Why the Ratings Agencies Flunked
Story date: 2008-01-03 03:08:00
Added on: 2008-01-03 07:00:19
Street.Com - Falling home prices and subsequent defaults on mortgage-backed securities led to a ... if movie studios hired film critics to review their movies, and paid them only ... The whole thing rested on a conflict of interest analogous to that of stock analysts ...
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