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</font></font></td> </tr> </table> <hr> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=2 color=#330066> <BR> <B>HEADLINE NEWS:</B><BR> <BR> <B>SEC Scolds, Moves To Reform Credit Agencies</B><br>Staff Writer<br><br>Reuters. September 21, 2009</font><BR> <font face='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color='#330066'> _________________________________________________________________________ </font> <BR><BR> <font face='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=2 color='#330066'> <!--PASTE ON THE LINE BELOW-->EXCERPT: Credit agencies will have to disclose more of their ratings history, and banks will have to share data used to rate financial products with all credit agencies, under rules adopted by U.S. regulators on Thursday. [& ] The agency also voted to ask for comment on whether credit agencies should be categorized as "experts" under securities law, and thus subject to tougher standards of liability. The SEC said it is not proposing such a move yet but wants feedback on its potential impact. Further, the SEC proposed on Thursday to require banks to disclose all preliminary ratings they receive from credit agencies in an attempt to stop banks from shopping for the best credit rating for their products. <!--PASTE ON THE LINE ABOVE--> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <TABLE witdh=100% align='left' valign='top'> <BR> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='/news.html'> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> News</font></A>&nbsp;page | <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='/news-archive/2009/list-index.html'> <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Archived News 2009</font></A>&nbsp;page | <font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Back to <A HREF='#top'><font FACE='Garmond,Helvetica,Times' size=1 color=#330066> Top</font></A>&nbsp; <!--we may use this space--> </font></font></font></TABLE><BR> </td> </tr> </table> <BR> </TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR> </BODY></HTML>