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Moody's Bottom Rung list includes AMD, Clearwire, Palm, Unisys; Media default Armageddon

Moody's Bottom Rung list includes AMD, Clearwire, Palm, Unisys; Media default Armageddoninformationnow here's info we can use thanksShouldn't stop you from buying a box with AMDShouldn't stop you from buying a box with AMD chips, though. If the chip works today, then, for the price, you're not likely to...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Moody's Bottom Rung, Armageddon, Clearwire Corp., Moody's Corp., Unisys Corp., Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Moody's Bottom Rung list includes AMD, Clearwire, Palm, Unisys; Media default Armageddon

Moody's has released its "Bottom Rung" list of companies that have a high risk of default and weak liquidity and there are a few technology and telecom household names on the list including AMD, Clearwire, Palm and Unisys. Media companies are the biggest chunk of companies on the verge of...

Tags: Unisys Corp., Palm Inc., Media, Clearwire Corp., Moody's Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Telephony, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Telecommunications, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Moody's software bug screws investors

Moody's software bug screws investorsGreedy investors deserve itI bet their eyes lit up at an investment listed as relatively safe but with a rate of return that was supposed to outshine it's closest peers."Too good to be true" comes to mind, especially if they didn't do their own research or...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial accounting, Investment, Moody's Corp., CPDO, software

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Moody's software bug screws investors

Moody's, a major credit rating agency, incorrectly awarded its top rating to $4 billion of risky debt due to a software bug in the company's mathematical models. The incorrect ratings misled investors into believing they could earn "very high returns with little risk," according to the...

Tags: Software, Moody's Corp., Investor, Software Bug, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Moody's Ooops! signals random crunch

Moody's Ooops! signals random crunchRandom number generation is an active area of statistical research1. Go to Google Scholar, search "random number generation," and ask for recent articles. This is not an area "everybody has known about for years but which nobody has wanted to really face up to and fix."...

Tags: Strategy, Moody's Corp., Moody's Ooops

Discussion threads 2008-05-24

Moody's Ooops! signals random crunch

Here's a bit from a May 20/08 Financial Times report under the title Moody's error gave top ratings to debt products: Moody's awarded incorrect triple-A ratings to billions of dollars worth of a type of complex debt product due to a bug in its...

Tags: Financial, Moody's Corp., Monte Carlo Simulation, Financial Accounting, Finance, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-24

The Benefits of Basel II and the Path to Improved Financial Performance

Basel II represents a significant opportunity for banks to enhance their risk management processes, models, abilities, and linkages with the rest of the organization. These improvements do not come without their cost in terms of time, resources, budget, and organizational fatigue. It is incumbent upon bank managers to make a...

Tags: Bank, Financial, Benefit, Moody's Corp., Risk Management, Moody's KMV, Basel II, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management

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