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America’s Credit Rating Helps Make Case for Bitcoin
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoFitch’s downgrade of U.S. debt this week is a warning to American policymakers and underscores why Bitcoin and other open monetary systems matter, says...
U.S. panic over national debt might mark a culture shift—are Americans becoming more ‘European’...
Fortune via AOL· 1 month agoAs U.S. citizens swiped their credit cards, took on bumper loans, and applied for mega-mortgages...
Another US downgrade might not be as bad as it sounds
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 1 year agoOn August 8, 2011, the first trading day after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US credit rating for...
Credit Suisse rescue eases crisis fears, First Republic shares dive
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoShares of U.S. lender First Republic tumbled nearly 50% on Monday on fears it will need a second...
New ECB rating agency Scope puts greater weight on euro zone protection mechanisms
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoLONDON (Reuters) -Scope, Europe's first ECB-approved credit ratings agency, promises to put more...
MORNING BID EUROPE-Markets shake off surprise US credit downgrade
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoFitch delivered the markets a doozy of a surprise with an unexpected downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating, by one notch to AA+ from AAA, citing concerns over governance and U.S. ...
European stocks weaken after U.S. downgrade; risk sentiment hit hard
Investing.com via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoEuropean stock markets traded lower Wednesday, with risk sentiment hit by the surprise downgrade to the U.S.’s top-tier sovereign rating as well as slowing regional growth. At 03:35 ET (07:35 ...
Rate cut hopes fuel bets real estate crisis is easing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoCommercial property stocks and bonds are rallying as forecasters widely predict the end of a market...
Long-feared corporate debt woes start to hit home
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoThe spectre of rising corporate debt defaults exacerbating a global economic slowdown has for months been largely brushed aside by resilient credit...
‘Nobody knows when it's going to happen’: Wall Street wakes up to default threat.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW YORK — For months, Wall Street has barely focused on the possibility that the government might...