CFO / Financial
S&P to Defend Credit Rating ‘Puffery’ in Case Over Fraud Charges
Standard & Poor's, getting its first shot in open court at U.S. Justice Department claims it should pay as much as $5 billion in civil penalties, will defend itself by arguing reasonable ...
Brightening U.S. Jobs Picture May Draw Fed Closer To Tapering
U.S. job growth increased more than expected in June, which could draw the Federal Reserve closer to implementing a plan to start scaling back its massive monetary stimulus later this year. Employers ...
U.S. Bond Funds Losing $60 Billion Foreshadow Impact of Fed Exit
Investors have pulled about $60 billion from U.S. bond funds since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke rattled markets by outlining his plan to end the central bank's unprecedented asset ...
AIR Releases Japan Earthquake Model Update; Reflects Tohoku Insights
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced Monday that it has updated its Earthquake Model for Japan to include insights gained from the Great Tohoku earthquake of March 2011. The Tohoku event ...