S&P Global Credit Markets Digest.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003 Standard & Poor's--Here is the current lineup of top articles and research from Standard & Poor's: COMING UP: -- Bank Industry Risk Analysis: U.K. -- Bank Industry Risk Analysis: Poland UPCOMING TELECONFERENCES: -- Forest Products Credit Quality; Wed., July 9, 10 AM -- North American Building Materials, Homebuilder, and Home Center Retail Credit Quality; Tues., July 29, 10 AM All times U.S. Eastern. For complete details see ratingsdirect.com or standardandpoors.com PUBLISHED: RESEARCH REPORTS CORPORATES -- Quarterly U.S. Energy Commodity Pricing Report -- The FERC FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC FEMA Emergency Response Capability Considers Redefining Creditworthiness Creditworthiness The condition in which the risk of default on a debt obligation by that entity is deemed low. Creditworthiness Eligibility of an individual or firm to borrow money. and Collateral for Gas Pipeline Shippers -- Credit FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) A group of commonly asked questions about a subject along with the answers. Vendors often display them on their Web sites for use as troubleshooting guidelines. : AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Inc. -- Credit FAQ: Deere & Co. -- Credit FAQ: Caterpillar Inc. -- Strategy and Financial Policy Bolster Five Investment-Grade Energy Companies -- U.S. Power and Energy Sector Credit Quality in Flux; Few Expectations for Near-Term Stability CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCORES -- OJSC OJSC Open Joint Stock Company Sibirtelecom Assigned Corporate Governance Score of 'CGS-5.7' FINANCIAL SERVICES -- SCOR SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research SCOR Supply Chain Operations Reference model SCOR Small Corporate Offering Registration SCOR Specialized Center of Research (White Plains, NY) SCOR Second Cousin Once Removed LT Ratings Lowered to 'BBB+'; Watch Implications Revised to Developing From Negative -- Industry Report Card: Japan's Non-Life Insurers -- Bank Industry Risk Analysis: Kingdom of Thailand -- Credit FAQ: Japan's Life Insurers -- Report Released on Korean Non-Life Insurance Sector STRUCTURED FINANCE -- ROC Report July 2003 -- First Six Months Gives Mixed Outlook for European CMBS CMBS See: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Market in 2003 RATING ACTIONS: CORPORATE RATINGS -- CAB Holdings Ltd. Proposed Secured Bond Assigned 'B' Rating -- Cableuropa Outlook Revised to Stable on Improved Liquidity and Performance; Ratings Affirmed -- Russian Oil Company Rosneft 'B' Ratings Affirmed After Renegotiation of Covenants; Outlook Neg LOCAL & REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- Spain's Autonomous Community of Catalonia Long-Term Rating Affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable -- Long-Term 'AA+' Rtg on French Dept of Haut-Rhin Afrm'd; Outlook to Stable Due To Debt Rise -- Rating on City of Acapulco Raised to 'mxA+'; Outlook Revised to Stable STRUCTURED FINANCE -- Preliminary Ratings Assigned in TD Global Finance's Global Synthetic CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the Transaction -- Delphinus Capital's JPY JPY In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Japanese Yen. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 10 Billion Japanese Small Business Loan ABS Assigned Preliminary Ratings RESEARCH ANALYSIS: CORPORATES -- Santos Ltd. -- Boeing Co. -- BP PLC FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Aachener und Muenchener Versicherung AG -- Aachener und Munchener Lebensversicherung AG Copyright (c) 2003, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services |
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