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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The heads of three
of the largest private equity firms in the world expressed

Outside of the stock market, it was actually a pretty decent week. Here are some of the better things that happened:[More...]

<ul><li>Therating outlook is stable. </li><li>The ratings are supported by the city’s declining debt burden, fiscal reform activities, sound debt and investment management policies,including for its related entities, and a stabl…

<ul><li>Moody’s Investors Service has today downgradedthe ratings on certain hybrid securities of three Kazakh banks, namelyKazkommertsbank, ATF Bank and Bank CenterCredit. </li><li>This concludes Moody’s review for possible dow…

<ul><li>Moody’s Investors Service confirmed the Caa2trust preferred rating of Citizens Funding Trust I. At the same time,Moody’s affirmed the ratings of the parent company, Citizens RepublicBancorp, Inc. (Citizens; issuer rating of B2, subo…

<ul><li>Jan. 30–It’s frigid, it’s slippery and it’s not going away very quickly. </li><li>That’s the outlook after a winter storm coated Wilson County throughout Saturday with snow, sleet and freezing rain. </li><li&gt…

<ul><li>Jan. 30–PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) expects higher profits this year as it accelerated its capital spending to expand its broadband network. </li><li>Manuel Pangilinan, PLDT chairman told reporters tha…

<ul><li>Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘BBB-’ rating of Coso Geothermal Power Holdings, LLC’s (CGP) pass-through trust certificates due 2026 and revised the Outlook to Positive from Stable.</li><li>While recent financial res…

The U.S. Dollar closed out the month of January sharply higher as aggressive buyers helped the Greenback surge to the upside following Friday morning’s better than expected U.S. GDP report. The report which blew out forecasts encouraged traders to bu…

<ul><li>(This is a correction for a release issued earlier today. </li><li>It adds the rating action taken on Wilmington Trust Company’s short-term IDR which was ommitted from the earlier version.)</li><li>Fitch …