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After much effort and investment, Carnival's strategy to revive growth is at risk.

The event was held in partnership with the USO of Metropolitan New York, a nonprofit organization focused on lifting the spirits of America's troops and their families.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington.

Turkish sovereign dollar- and euro-denominated bonds will join a group of Barclays global indices on June 1, following Moody's decision last week to award the country its second investment grade credit rating.

Credit rating firms say they could further downgrade the ratings of highly indebted euro zone countries, putting their bonds at risk of being pitched out of global indexes and reversing a fall in their borrowing costs.

Bonds of the Puerto Rico agency that is the commonwealth's sole water provider are the most expensive this year as the authority plans to boost rates by 67 percent and wean itself from government financing.

Gold and silver futures rebounded Monday after Moody's Investors Service said U.S. policymakers must address debt woes to avoid a credit-rating downgrade this year, boosting the appeal of the metals as a haven.

Moody's Investors Service has taken multiple rating actions on 13 Turkish financial groups, following the upgrade of Turkey's government bond rating to Baa3 stable on 16 May 2013.

Bond rating agency Moody's Investors Service issued a negative update on this troubled city's bond debts, citing the state-appointed emergency manager's warnings this week that fixing the problems will require a significant restructuring of financial obligations.

South Africa's rand weakened for a sixth day, set for its longest losing streak in a year, on concern that falling commodity prices and labor unrest at mines are threatening the nation's credit rating.

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A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service released ratings updates.

KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional's election victory and rising capital imports will see the Malaysian economy grow strongly in the coming quarters, said Moody's Analytics, a division of Moody's Corp.

Detroit bonds trading at 91 cents on the dollar are still too costly for municipal investors after the city's emergency manager said the U.S. auto industry's capital may run out of cash and consider cutting debt payments.

Almost six years after the start of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, bond issuers are again exploiting credit ratings by seeking firms that will provide high grades on debt backed by assets from auto loans to office buildings considered inappropriate by rivals.

Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin named the new Deputy IGP effective Friday - - Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara berkuat kuasa Jumaat - - Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar appointed as new Inspector General of Police effective Friday - PM's Office - - Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar dilantik sebagai Ketua Polis Negara ... (more)

All information presented herein is in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and in Brazilian Reais , and all comparisons are with the first quarter of 2012 in 1Q13, 12.4% up over 1Q12.

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. , on Monday announced that the company was assigned a Baa3 issuer rating from Moody's Investors Service.

's stock had its "overweight" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Piper Jaffray in a report released on Monday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Warren Buffett told CNBC, "We're selling Moody's at six times what we paid." According to the GuruFocus Real Time Picks , Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.