Warning: rating agencies can do you harm

Commentary feature critical of the influence and work of ratings agencies in the context of the global economic crisis.

ESO: Background information: Brussels rating agencies plan triggers concern http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-rating-agencies-plan-triggers-concern/

Wikipedia: Credit rating agenciy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating_agency

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Securities: Rating Agencies http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/securities/agencies/index_en.htm

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