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NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust mortgage pass-through certificates. Unless stated otherwise, any bonds that were previously placed on Rating Watch... Fitch Affirms $775.7MM and Downgrades $46.7MM from 7 Renaissance HELT Subprime Transactions (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on 17 First Franklin mortgage pass-through certificate transactions. Unless stated otherwise, any bonds that were previously placed on Rating Watch Negative... Fitch Affirms $1.6B & Downgrades $1.0B from 17 First Franklin Subprime Deals (Business Wire)
SAN FRANCISCO----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-' rating to the approximately $153 million Industrial Development Authority of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, hospital revenue refunding bonds series 2008A.... Fitch Upgrades Scottsdale Healthcare (Arizona) Bnds to ‘A-’; Rates Series 2008A ‘A-’ (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch affirms the underlying 'A' rating to the City of Winter Park, Florida's $42.025 million series 2005A , and $7.775 million series 2005B electric revenue bonds. Fitch also affirms... Fitch Rates Winter Park, Florida Electric Revenue Bonds ‘A’; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A+' rating to Lower Colorado River Authority's $159.5 million transmission contract refunding revenue bonds, series 2008 . The bonds are expected to price on... Fitch Rates Lower Colorado River Authority’s (Texas) $159.5MM 2008 Transmission Revs ‘A+’ (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A+' rating to Lower Colorado River Authority's , $202.6 million refunding and improvement revenue bonds, series 2008. The Rating Outlook is Stable.... Fitch Rates Lower Colorado River Authority’s (Texas) $202.6MM 2008 Rfdg & Improvement Revs ‘A+’ (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating of Protective Life Corp. at 'A' and its senior debt ratings at 'A-'. In addition, Fitch has affirmed PL's trust preferred... Fitch Affirms Ratings of Protective Life Corp. and Subsidiaries (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA-/F1+' to the $260,000,000 JEA variable rate electric system revenue bonds, Series Three 2008D consisting of $130,000,000 Series Three 2008D-1 Bonds and $130,000,000... Fitch Rates JEA (FL) Variable Rate Electric Sys Revs, Series Three 2008C ‘AA-/F1+’ (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings confirms the rating of 'AA/F1+' assigned to the $121,595,000 Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority Variable Rate Revenue Bonds, series 2005B , and $63,800,000 Wisconsin Health and... Fitch Confirms Wisconsin Health & Educational Fac Auth VRBs, Series 2005B&C ‘AA/F1+’ (Business Wire)
Japanese shares fell Wednesday as investors sold commodity stocks, although investors were cautious ahead of an announcement by the U.S. Federal Reserve on interest rates.... Tokyo shares fall ahead of Fed decision (AP)