S&P now under investigation by Justice Department

S&P is a joke, and they don't seem to have improved much since the rabS/Lehman debacles. Just before they downgraded treasuries they threw the CrabS market in to a tailspin by declining to rate a new Goldman/Citi issuance after previously agreeing to rate it. They cited a discrepancy in methodology between two departments and claimed they wouldn't rate any CrabS until further notice, then backtracked like a week later after GS/Citi had pulled the deal.

Now municipalities are dropping their ratings on their investment portfolios. No one has any faith in their ratings any more.
 
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