25 October 2002 21:28
S&P Global Credit Markets Digest
| | -- | Depending on War Scenario, Oil Prices
Worldwide Would Jolt
Differently
| | -- | End of Softwood Lumber Agreement and Tariff Issues Between
U.S. and Canada
| | -- | Time to Sink or Swim For AES Corp.
| | -- | Monthly U.S. Energy Commodity Report
| | -- | Liquidity in the North American Engineering and Construction
Sector
| | -- | Standard & Poor's Expands Criteria for Partially Guaranteed
Issuers
| | -- | Criteria for Multilateral Lending Institutions
| | -- | Property Catastrophe Rate Increases Vary by Account Size and
Region
| | -- | Southeast Asian Sovereign Credit Quality: Heading in the Right
Direction
| | -- | Non-Profit Profits: Not a Contradiction
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor's--Oct. 25, 2002--Here is the current lineup of top articles and
research from Standard & Poor's Credit Information Services: COMING UP:
--30--SAM/se*
CONTACT: Standard & Poor's
Media contacts:
Asia-Pacific: Nerys Williams, 852-2533-3515
London: Lisa Hall, 44-207-826-3536
Melbourne: Sharon Beach, 61-3-9631-2152
New York: Mimi Barker, 212-438-5054
Paris: Claude Chaubet-Bride, 33-1-4420-6657
Tokyo: Toshiko Tanabe, 813-3593-8410
PUBLISHED: RESEARCH REPORTS CORPORATES -- AES Corp. Attempts to Beat the Refinancing Curve -- U.S. Energy Commodity
Prices Set For Volatility -- Telecommunications in Latin America: Regulatory Risk in the Spotlight -- Regulatory Risk
Sets Negative Tone for Ratings on Brazilian Utilities -- Asian Transportation Would Suffer From Another U.S. West Coast
Port Closing -- Declining Profitability and Increased Debt Depress Senior Living Ratios and Ratings -- Post-Enron Era: A
Need for Corporate Governance -- Restoring Investor Confidence: Next Steps GLOBAL FIXED INCOME RESEARCH -- Standard
& Poor's Core Earnings Figures Released for the S&P 500 -- Number of Companies Defaulting in Third Quarter
Declines Globally, Dollar Amount Remains High -- Record Number of Fallen Angels Sets Tone for European Union -- Standard
& Poor's: U.S. Credit Spreads Widen and Volatility Rises FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Bank Loan Recovery Analysis For
Oil & Gas Exploration And Production Companies -- Rationale for Downgrades, Reasons for Hope, for U.S. Life Insurers
-- Industry Report Card Released on U.S. Finance Companies -- Japan Financial Sector Review 2003 Published -- Focus on
Accounting: Insurers' Loss Reserves Scrutinized -- Standard & Poor's Analyzes Finance Company Problem
Asset and Loan Loss Accounting LOCAL & REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- Spanish Local-Government Ratings Set to Withstand
Changes in Revenue Sources STRUCTURED FINANCE -- State Statutes for the Securitization of Tobacco Settlement Revenues --
New EU Regulation Clarifies Jurisdiction of Assets in Securitizations PUBLIC FINANCE -- Few November Ballot Initiatives
Pose Credit Concerns RATING ACTIONS CORPORATE RATINGS -- Tyco International Ltd. Ratings Still on Watch Negative After
Third-Quarter Earnings Statement -- Carnival Still Watch Negative; P&O Princess to Watch Positive; Royal Caribbean
Off Watch -- Hertz Long-Term Ratings Remain Watch Negative Following Ford Downgrade -- Ford Motor Co. Long-term Ratings
Lowered; Off Watch on Revitalization Plan Concerns FINANCIAL SERVICES RATINGS -- TIAA Global Market Inc. $500M Senior
Unsecured Notes Assigned 'AAA' Rating -- Old Republic Title Insurance Group Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
-- Radian Group Inc. and Subsidiaries Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable LOCAL & REGIONAL GOVERNMENT RATINGS -- City
of Madrid's EUR180 Million Bond Issue Assigned 'AA+' Rating -- Singapore's First Listed Property
Trust, CapitaMall Trust, Assigned 'A-' Rating -- Outlook on Hong Kong's Local Currency Ratings Revised to
Negative from Stable SOVEREIGN RATINGS -- Pakistan's PRs20 Billion Bonds Rated 'B+' -- Cook Islands'
Outlook Revised to Positive; Ratings Affirmed STRUCTURED FINANCE RATINGS -- Fort Point CDO I Ltd./Fort Point CDO I Corp.
Notes Assigned Ratings -- SKM LibertyView CBO I Ltd. Ratings on Class B Put On Watch Negative; A-1, A-2 Ratings Affirmed
RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORPORATES -- TJX Companies Inc. -- Kohl's Corp. -- RTL Group S.A. -- Sun Microsystems Inc. --
Procter & Gamble Co. -- Dell Computer Corp. FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Old National Bancorp -- Zurich Australia Ltd. --
Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd. -- Physicians Mutual Insurance Co. and Physicians Life Insurance Co. SOVEREIGNS --
Norway (Kingdom of) LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS -- Saxony - Anhalt (State of) -- Calgary (City of) -- Irkutsk Oblast
Copyright 2002, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
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