S&P Global Credit Markets Digest.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 24, 2002 Here is the current lineup of top articles and research from Standard & Poor's: UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS -- European Electricity Utilities Report Card -- Consolidation in the Latin American Banking System -- Response to Spitzer Settlement for Investment Banks -- Loan Ratings & Recoveries in the Current Global Economic Climate PUBLISHED: RESEARCH REPORTS CORPORATES -- Industry Report Card Released on European Consumer Products -- U.S. Retailers Keep Close Eye on Liquidity -- Taiwan Bond Funds: Spectacular Growth, Increasing Concerns -- Worldwide Tanker Budgets Could Swell With Oil Spill oil spill: see water pollution. Regulations, S&P Says -- Credit Quality in European Capital The term European capital may refer to:
Strained, Says Industry Report Card -- Industry Report Card Released on U.S. Capital Goods Capital Goods Any goods used by an organization to produce other goods. Notes: Examples of capital goods include office buildings, equipment, and machinery. See also: Capital Expenditure, Disinvestment Capital goods -- S&P Comments on Downgrades for U.S. Power Projects GLOBAL FIXED INCOME RESEARCH -- S&P: Global Defaults Hit Record $157.3 Billion in 2002; EU and Telecoms Hit Especially Hard SOVEREIGNS -- Looking Back, Looking Forward: A January View of Sovereign Credit Trends -- Global Financial System Stress STRUCTURED FINANCE -- U.S. Commercial Paper Looks to Improve in 2003 -- Bond Insurers' 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 Exposure Is Not Threatening -- S&P Examines Effect of U.S. Economy on Credit Card Loss Rates, Bankcard ABS RATING ACTIONS CORPORATE RATINGS -- Avon Energy Partners Rtgs Lowered to 'BB'; Subsids' Rtgs Lowered to 'BBB-'; On Watch Neg -- Russian Oil Co. OAO OAO Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO Over and Out OAO One And Only OAO Ontario Association of Orthodontists OAO Owned and Operated OAO Ontario Association of Optometrists OAO Opticians Association of Ohio OAO Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital NK Yukos Rated 'BB'; Outlook Stable; 'ruAA+' National Scale Rtg Assigned SOVEREIGN RATINGS -- Islamic Development Bank Islamic Development Bank (also known as IDB), is a multilateral development financing institution. located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), convened 18 December 1973. Added to Coverage with 'AAA' Rating PUBLIC FINANCE RATINGS -- California Rating Lowered to 'A' LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT RATINGS -- City of Prague's Rising Financial Pressures Take Local Currency Rating Down to A-; Outlook Stable STRUCTURED FINANCE RATINGS -- Ratings Raised on Subordinate Notes of Three Northern Rock U.K. RMBS RMBS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities RMBS Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) RMBS Russian Mortgage-Backed Securities Transactions -- Deutsche Issues Credit-Linked Notes Through SELECT ACCESS Investments (No.2) Ltd. -- Selected United Air Lines Ratings Lowered, Still on CreditWatch -- Pamco Cayman Ltd. Rating on Class A-2 Notes Lowered, Off Watch; A-1 Rating Affirmed -- Rating on Venantius AB's U.S. CP Program Withdrawn at Company's Request RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORPORATES -- Dynegy Holdings Inc. -- Dynegy Inc. FINANCIAL SERVICES The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. -- Sirius International Insurance Corp. -- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. (The) STRUCTURED FINANCE -- Sweetwater Capital Corp. |
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