Reuters notes:Two former Moody’s executives, in testimony at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, said workers were encouraged to remain silent and cover up evidence of alleged improper practices in assigning and monitoring credit…
Posts Tagged ‘ratings’
Senior Moody’s Executives: There’s a Culture of Covering Up Improper Ratings
September 30th, 2009 |
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The Beautiful Life not so beautiful……
September 28th, 2009 |
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Ashton Kutcher’s latest venture The Beautiful Life has already seen its final light……after only two episodes!!!
The Ashton Kutcher produced Mischa Barton starring teen drama about the “struggles” of up and coming models living together in New York didn’t fair well it’s first week, with just 1.4 million viewers, and had even less than a million [...]
New shows, New flops!
September 26th, 2009 |
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Uh-oh! There are going to be some good looking unemployed people soon!
Two new hit shows have tanked in the ratings, and both boast very good looking young casts! ‘
The Beautiful Life and the new Melrose Place have both flopped in the ratings, with their premieres pulling in only 1. and 1.6 million viewers respectively. Sources [...]
Kanye apologizes on Leno & Leno’s ratings are huge!!!
September 16th, 2009 |
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Kanye West is definitely feeling the heat from the MTV VMA’s incident with Taylor Swift, but is the rapper really sorry? We think so. He looks visibly shaken and actually seems sorry.
You be the judge.
Kanye, who has apologized on his blog twice thus far, also apologized live on the new Jay Leno show, which was [...]
Vampire Diaries is a ratings hit, but the stars need to be bailed out of prison?
September 13th, 2009 |
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Vampires are definitely taking over the entertainment industry!
The new show Vampire Diaries was a major hit for The CW network! The show brought in a record 4.8 million viewers, the mpst for any series premiere on the CW ever!
This all well and good, but any teen drama hit show does not come without it’s own [...]
Credit Rating Agencies Took “Bribes” for Higher Ratings
September 7th, 2009 |
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You may have heard how the big ratings agencies – Moody’s, S&P and Fitch – “sold their soul” by rating toxic assets and mismanaged companies much more highly than they should have been rated.But as the following discussion shows, the ratings agenci…
Reese Schonfeld: July Ratings: Food Beats News
July 29th, 2009 |
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The headlines: July cable news ratings confirm FoxNews dominance. CNN benefits from Michael Jackson’s death, and The Food Network wins the demographics.
July 29, 1994: Videogame Makers Propose Ratings Board to Congress
July 29th, 2009 |
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1994: A coalition of game publishers presents Congress with its proposal for the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a voluntary industry-wide standard for age ratings on videogames.
A joint congressional hearing in December 1993 took up the growing concern that the game industry was irresponsibly marketing violent videogames to minors. Spearheaded by Sens. Joe Lieberman (then D-Connecticut, [...]
Limbaugh: I Get High Ratings From ‘Being Positive’ (VIDEO)
July 25th, 2009 |
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On Fox News last night, Rush Limbaugh noted Aug. 1 marks his 21st anniversary of being on air. When host Greta Van Susteren asked him what his “secret” is to his “amazing” “longevity,” Limbaugh replied that it’s his “positive” and “inspiring” …