Fitch Ratings, one of the three major bond-rating services in the U.S., has assigned an AAA rating — the highest available — to two sets of bonds that the state will sell via competitive sale on July 24. To be sold are $435 million in tax-exempt bonds and $40 million in taxable bonds.

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NEW YORK — Fitch Ratings has downgraded its assessment of America’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. The rating agency’s move comes a day after JPMorgan disclosed a surprise $2 billion trading loss in a portfolio designed to hedge against ...

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WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking civil action against Standard & Poor’s for its rating of a 2007 mortgage debt offering. Such action could be just the first shot in a legal assault against the major ...

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Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it will keep its rating on U.S. debt at the highest grade, AAA, and issued a “stable” outlook, meaning it expects the rating to stay there. That’s better than the other two main ratings agencies: Moody’s ...

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The credit rating front has been quieter Wednesday with Maryland officials believing any Standard & Poor’s rating action will not come soon, if at all. Here are some of the things that didn’t quite make the stories in the dead-tree ...

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WASHINGTON — The head of a top credit rating agency says that some of the deficit-cutting plans being considered by Congress could bring the U.S. debt burden down to a level that would allow the country to keep its triple-A ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators advanced tighter rules Wednesday for agencies that rate the debt of companies and governments. Credit ratings can affect a company’s ability to raise or borrow money. They can also influence how much investors pay for securities. ...

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Fitch Ratings of New York, one of the three major bond-rating services, said it downgraded the rating of $92.2 million of Annapolis’ general obligation bonds to AA+ from the former AAA rating. Fitch said the downgrade “reflects the city’s diminished ...

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