Some of the challenges that Moody's noted were the reliance that the museum has on the tourist industry in New York for its operating revenue, and a large amount of debt.

When Hannover management refused, Moody's continued to give Hannover Re ratings, which were downgraded over successive years, all while making payment requests that the insurer rebuffed.

In 2004, Moody's cut Hannover's debt to junk status, and even though the insurer's other rating agencies gave it strong marks, shareholders were shocked by the downgrade and Hannover lost $ 175 million USD in market capitalization.

Other characters had catchphrases that were almost as famous as Claghorn's, such as Titus Moody's " Howdy, Bub ", and Falstaff Openshaw's " That is precisely why I am here.

Most notably, Weaver and Jamey Sheridan's characters were named Janey and Jim Carver, while in Moody's book, their surname was Williams.

After Moody's death, some of his official papers were placed in the custody of Professor Felix Frankfurter, then of Harvard Law School.

The investors in the Boston Manufacturing Company having successfully built upon Francis Cabot Lowell and Paul Moody's work in building a successfully integrated cotton mill at Waltham, Massachusetts on the Charles River were looking for a site that offered more waterpower and the Pawtucket Falls offered what they needed.

In May 2011, Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera performed the world premiere of Ivan Moody's Fables of La Fontaine ; the composer declared it " a magnificent performance ".

* 1997 – Alfa Bank draws US $ 40 million syndicated loan ; Euromoney declares Alfa Bank The Best Bank in Russia in 1997 ; first credit ratings received from Moody's and Standard & Poor's ( S & P ); Alfa Bank places the first issue of US $ 175 million, 3-year Eurobonds, becoming the first privately owned Russian bank to issue Eurobonds ; branches in Saint Petersburg and Samara open ; the value of total assets passes US $ 1 billion ;

* 2003 – unaudited financial statements reveal record high growth in profits in 2002 ( loan portfolio increased 70 % to US $ 1. 4 billion, assets surged 51 %, while net income rose by more than a third ); Alfa Bank, in partnership with the Lauder Institute of the Wharton School of Business, establishes a new award for Excellence in Foreign Investment, which would be presented to foreign companies operating in Russia for weighty contribution to the corporate governance and successful business operations ; Alfa Bank draws US $ 82 million unsecured syndicated loan, the biggest on record among private banks ; S & P, Fitch and Moody's upgrade Alfa Bank's rating during the year ;

* 2005 – Interbrand ranks Alfa Bank 9th strongest brand in Russia ; Mikhail Fridman becomes the member of the Public Chamber of Russia ; Alfa Bank issues US $ 225 million of subbordinated unsecured Eurobonds ; S & P, Fitch and Moody's upgrade Alfa Bank's rating during the year ;

The series makes no mention of Harry recovering the map from Moody's office, even though he continued to use it in later books ; when asked about this discrepancy, Rowling answered that Harry had indeed sneaked into the office and recovered it in the days following the Third Task, and that she had forgotten to include this detail in the book.

To each of its ratings from Aa through Caa, Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 ; the lower the number, the higher-end the rating.

Arthur F. Moody's Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity ; Some Notes on Habits & Management ( H. F. & G. Witherby, 326 High Holborn, London, W. C .) relates in detail the experience of the bird-keeper for Scampston's grounds in the years of William Herbert St Quintin.

They also found it extremely difficult to find employment in many industries ; the medical profession in particular drew the attention of the league, most likely due to founder and president Harold Moody's personal struggles in that area.

In 2011, Moody's Investors Service, a bond rating agency, rated $ 57 million worth of new debt in 2010 with a positive outlook and echoed their Aa2 bond credit rating for the underlying institution.

Moody's schools have a history of high SAT scores and their graduation rate is also high.

On the other hand, historically, many private users of ratings data have " defaulted " to Standard and Poor's and Moody's when specifying which ratings must be used for their own purposes.

Moody's and S & P, however, chose to affirm Ambac's AAA with their agencies after it succeeded in raising $ 1. 5 billion in new capital in March 2008.

In 2010, a team of five students also won 3rd place and a $ 10, 000 scholarship in the Moody's Mega Math ( M3 ) Challenge in their first year of competition.

Hungary's sovereign foreign currency debt issuance carries investment-grade ratings from all major credit-rating agencies, although recently the country was downgraded by Moody's, S & P and remains on negative outlook at Fitch.

Engineer Derek Varnals would also contribute heavily to the creation of the early Moody's studio sound, working with Pinder & Clarke to create a more symphonic overlapping sound on the Mellotron as opposed to the sharp ' cut off ' the instrument would normally give, partly achieved by removing all the " sound effects " tapes ( trains, whistles, cockerel crowing, etc.

Moody invited all the youth to his Church, and Dryer was invited to teach bible study to these masses of people, which fueled Moody's interest in education.

In 2007, Moody's Corporation was split into two operating divisions, Moody's Investors Service, the rating agency, and Moody's Analytics, with all of its other products.

Moody's Investors Service announced it was reviewing all US $ 4 billion of Dynegy debt.

The company maintains unsurpassed ratings for insurance financial strength from all four major rating agencies ( Standard & Poors lowered ratings for a number of insurance companies, including Northwestern Mutual, to AA + in August 2011 ): A. M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch Ratings.

Moody's Aaa Corporate Bond, also known as " Moody's Aaa " for short is an investment bond that acts as an index of the performance of all bonds given an Aaa rating by Moody's Investors Service.

The company is now one of only three life insurers to hold the highest ratings currently awarded to any life insurer by all four rating agencies ( Moody's: Aaa, A. M. Best: A ++.

New York Life maintains " superior " financial ratings from A. M. Best, Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard and Poor's, all of which have reaffirmed the ratings during the financial crisis of autumn 2008.

Unlike fellow NRSROs Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings -- all three of which issue ratings for a broad range of business sectors — A. M.

The key development that led to the eventual construction of the computer was Moody's invention of a new type of flip-flop circuit, a key component of all computer systems.

Moody's cited concern to investors about the city's latest gambit to postpone repayment of interest and principal on some construction bonds until at least 2018, resulting in much larger payments over the long run.

Moody's pinpointed concerns over weakening asset quality and the impact of a more challenging economic environment on profitability at Bank of Ireland.

On account of the growing concerns over the country's sovereign debt ratings, credit ratings agency Moody's has lowered the ratings for ICICI Bank.

This criticism was followed on 25 July 2012 with a statement questioning the timing and motivations behind the US rating agency Moody's comments over European ratings, drawing links with rating announcements in Europe with attempts to divert the attention of the markets from the growing debt mountain and economic difficulties in the US.

In 1916 Moody's rated the company's 50 year Gold First Mortgage Bonds due 1960 as " E ," meaning there was " uncertain security as to principal ... and a margin of safety over interest as small.

The club closed in 2003 and was slated to be taken over by the owners of another ( former ) club in town, Moody's.

By March 2009, Porsche SE was aiming for its first ever credit ratings from U. S. rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.

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According to Peter Robison and Christopher Donville of Bloomberg News, as reported in the Seattle Times ( April 17, 2009 ), " Weyerhaeuser is in a financial crisis so deep the largest U. S. lumber producer turns down the heat in its offices to save money ..." On September 28, 2009, Moody's reported Weyerhauser's proposed new notes rated at Ba1, a rating that puts them with junk bonds.

Fitch Ratings, dual-headquartered in New York and London, was one of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations ( NRSRO ) designated by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, together with Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

Economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics wrote that various factors had kept interest rates low globally in the years CDO volume grew, because of fears of deflation, the bursting of the dot-com bubble, a U. S. recession, and the U. S. trade deficit.

Moody's rates the U. S. companies " A2 " and the unsecured loan notes " A3 ".