S&P Global Credit Markets Digest.Business EditorsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2003 Here is the current lineup of top articles and research from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services: COMING UP: -- Adjusting for Off-Balance-Sheet Leases in Airline Credit Ratios -- 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. : Duke Energy -- Credit FAQ: Dow Chemical -- Asia-Pacific Banking: Outlook for 2004 -- Asia-Pacific Banking: A Comparative Analysis of Industry Risk UPCOMING TELECONFERENCES: -- Teleconference: Structured Finance - Trends in U.S. Residential Mortgage Products: Second-Quarter 2003 LTV LTV See: Loan-to-value ratio FICO FICO See: Financing corporation Scores, and Credit Support Levels, Fri., Aug. 15 @ 1:30 PM (All times U.S. Eastern. For further details, please see ratingsdirect.com or standardandpoors.com.) PUBLISHED: RESEARCH REPORTS CORPORATES -- Peer Comparison: Four Middle-Market Diversified Industrials -- Noble Energy Benefits From Overseas Investment -- Credit FAQ: Keyspan Corp. -- Keys to Success in the Semiconductor Industry -- Peer Comparison of Argentine Oil and Gas Companies Shows Stability Despite Country's Economy -- Industry Report Card: U.S. Telecommunications and Cable Industry -- Keys to Success for the Steel Industry -- Peer Comparison Report Released on U.S. Speculative-Grade Pay TV Companies FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Industry Report Card Released on Japanese Insurers -- The Unintended Consequences of Reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. Collateralization In medicine, collateralization, also vessel collaterlization and blood vessel collateralization, is the growth of a blood vessel or several blood vessels that serve the same end organ or vascular bed as another blood vessel that cannot adequately supply that end organ PUBLIC FINANCE -- Report Published on Illinois Municipal Ratings 2003 Comparison STRUCTURED FINANCE -- DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2003-A -- US$ ABCP ABCP Asset-Backed Commercial Paper ABCP Associação Brasileira de Cimento Portland (Brazil) ABCP Associação Brasileira de Ciência Política ABCP American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion ABCP Associate Business Continuity Planner Market Statistics: 1Q 2003 Partially Enhanced CP Issuance Remains Flat -- European Credit Card Indexes Show Continuing Growth in Stable Securitization Market INFRASTRUCTURE -- U.K. Electricity Sector Looks to Mothballed Plants for Stability as Prices Continue to Rise RATING ACTIONS CORPORATE RATINGS -- Altria Group Inc., Philip Morris Capital Remain on Watch Negative -- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line's New Note Issue Rated 'BBB'; Outlook Stable -- Ratings on AGL (programming) AGL - (Atelier de Genie Logiciel) French for IPSE. and NGC NGC New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Star Clusters; astronomy) NGC National Geographic Channel (TV) NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse Affirmed and Removed from CreditWatch Negative -- Tesoro Petroleum Corp. 'BB-' Ratings Affirmed, Outlook Revised to Stable -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Senior Unsecured Debt Rated 'AA-';Other Ratings Affirmed FINANCIAL SERVICES RATINGS -- Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan Ratings Raised to 'B+/B'; Outlook Stable SOVEREIGN RATINGS -- L-T Rating on Cook Islands Raised to 'B+' With Improved Fiscal Management; Outlook Positive STRUCTURED FINANCE RATINGS -- ARMS Targets Broader Investor Base With Latest RMBS RMBS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities RMBS Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) RMBS Russian Mortgage-Backed Securities Issue RESEARCH ANALYSES: CORPORATES -- Deutsche Bahn AG -- Compal Electronics Inc. FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Friends Provident Life and Pensions Ltd. -- Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. SOVEREIGNS -- Cook Islands Copyright (c) 2003, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services |
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