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Get Ready for Great Recession, Part 2

1:30PM 10/17/2011

Economy, Moody's Corp, Berkshire Hathaway, McGraw-Hill

The capital of Pennsylvania just fell into bankruptcy. What? You didn't hear? Neither did the financial markets -- yet. The day after Harrisburg bit the bullet, the Dow barely trembled, while the Nasdaq actually rose slightly. But two of our smartest investors seem to think this is a very big deal indeed.

Nine Cheap, High-Quality Stocks for the Long Run

8:00AM 1/09/2011

By Dan Burrows

Investing, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill, Stock Picks, Investing Basics

Some stocks may seem like bargains when they're really duds. Here's how you can find stable, defensive stocks that might provide market-beating returns. You can start with these nine high-quality stocks that should do well for buy-and-hold investors.

Education Divisions Boost McGraw-Hill and Pearson Earnings

10:45AM 10/26/2010

By Sarah Weinman

Company News, Earnings, Media, McGraw-Hill, Books

Publishing companies McGraw-Hill and Pearson both saw earnings buoyed by their education segments.

McGraw-Hill and Scholastic Earnings: Publishers Post Positive Numbers

12:30PM 7/23/2010

By Sarah Weinman

Company News, Investing, Earnings, Media, McGraw-Hill, Amazon.com, Books

While Amazon sucked up most of the air in book publishing circles this week, both Scholastic and McGraw-Hill quietly posted encouraging earnings reports, with promising signs of good tidings over the next three months.

Why Credit Ratings Have Outlived Their Usefulness

7:00AM 6/10/2010

By Pallavi Gogoi

Economy, Investing, Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill, Credit

While defending the rating agencies last week before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Warren Buffett also admitted, "I don't need them." It seems that more and more, the financial markets are coming to agree with Buffett's stance on ratings.

Do Europe's Proposals to Curb Ratings Agencies Go Far Enough?

5:15PM 6/02/2010

By Charles Wallace

Company News, Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill

European proposals aimed at better oversight of the ratings agencies will create a EU-wide watchdog to license and oversee the big three, taking these duties from member nations. But critics say the proposals don't go far enough.

Warren Buffett on Who's at Fault for the Financial Crisis: Everyone

3:54PM 6/02/2010

By Dan Burrows

People, Investing, Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill

Before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, The World's Greatest Investor essentially said this: We are all of us, myself included, a bunch of junkies -- and history shows that markets will always oblige us with a fix.

Moody's, S&P, Fitch May Face New Competition for Debt Ratings

1:30PM 5/15/2010

By Charles Wallace

Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill, Credit

Lawmakers' decision to restrict financial institutions' ability to select a credit-rating agency to evaluate their bonds may open the market -- and S&P, Moody's and Fitch -- to competition.

Senate Votes to Upend Credit Rating Agency System

9:00PM 5/13/2010

By The Associated Press

Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill, Credit

The Senate is moving to end the ability of financial institutions to choose the credit rating agencies that rate their investment products, with two amendments to the financial reform bill that could force banks and others to vouch for their own offerings.

Legal Briefing: How Much Will Misleading Ratings Cost the Big Banks?

10:40AM 5/06/2010

By Abigail Field

Columns, Moody's Corp, McGraw-Hill

MBIA has sued Merrill Lynch because the CDOs on which Merrill bought insurance from MBIA were AAA-rated junk. MBIA says Merrill knew the CDOs didn't deserve the top rating at the time it insured them. If this case succeeds, big banks may find dud ratings very expensive.