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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (77903)8/18/2011 12:13:45 AM
From: TobagoJack1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 217744
 
heads up, eerie, scary, delicious, because sooooo predictable that we should have predicted it

cnbc.com

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US Inquiry Eyes S&P Ratings of Mortgages

The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews.



The investigation began before Standard & Poor’s cut the United States’ AAA credit rating this month, but it is likely to add fuel to the political firestorm that has surrounded that action. Lawmakers and some administration officials have since questioned the agency’s secretive process, its credibility and the competence of its analysts, claiming to have found an error in its debt calculations. ..."
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