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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title> Yahoo! Finance: Upgrades &amp; Downgrades </title><link>http://biz.yahoo.com/topic/upgrades-downgrades/</link><description>The latest news on Upgrades &amp; Downgrades  from Yahoo! Finance </description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:34:00 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! 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The report provides a detailed and up-to-date perspective on key credit characteristics of the BSCMS 2007-TOP26 transaction and property-level performance of the related trust loans.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3594717387</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:04:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Rates Dallas County Community College District, Texas&apos; GOs &apos;AAA&apos;; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107007083.html?.v=1</link><description>AUSTIN, Texas----Fitch Ratings assigns an &apos;AAA&apos; rating to the following Dallas County Community College District, Texas&apos; general obligation bonds:</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2085894349</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:39:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Affirms and Withdraws Ratings of Aracruz Celulose (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107007068.html?.v=1</link><description>CHICAGO----Fitch Ratings has affirmed and withdrawn the &apos;BB&apos; foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings of Aracruz Celulose S.A. . Fitch has also affirmed and withdrawn the &apos;A+ &apos; national scale rating of Aracruz.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/219595336</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:19:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Rates Energy Future Holdings $500MM 10% New Secured Notes &apos;B+&apos; (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107007059.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating of &apos;B+&apos; to the new Energy Future Holdings Corp issuance of $500 million 10.0% secured notes due 2020. Collateral for the secured notes consists of a pledge of 100% of Energy Future Intermediate Holdings, Inc. membership interests in Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings .</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/296186596</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:13:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Publishes U.S. CMBS Focus Report on BSCMS 2007-PWR17 (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107007034.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has published its U.S. CMBS Focus Performance Report on Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, series 2007-PWR17 . The report provides a detailed and up-to-date perspective on key credit characteristics of the BSCMS 2007-PWR17 transaction and property-level performance of the related trust loans.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4164135551</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:56:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Affirms CollegeInvest May 1, 2008 Series I Indenture of Trust, Assigns Outlook (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107007009.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings affirms the long- and short-term ratings of the CollegeInvest May 1, 2008 Series I Indenture of Trust at &apos;AA-&apos; and &apos;F1+&apos;, respectively. 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Senior Series 2008B-1 to &apos;AA-/F1+&apos; (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107006937.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has downgraded to &apos;AA-/F1+&apos; from &apos;AAA/F1+&apos; the rating assigned to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation , education loan revenue bonds, senior series 2008B-1 .</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4206742014</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:02:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Withdraws &apos;AAA/V1+&apos; Ratings for 2 Invesco AIM Money Market Funds (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107006879.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings withdraws the &apos;AAA/V1+&apos; credit and volatility ratings for the following two money market funds managed by Invesco AIM:</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1422501253</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:38:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Downgrades 12 Classes from BACM 2005-1; Assigns Outlooks &amp; LS Ratings (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107006844.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings takes various rating actions on Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, series 2005-1 commercial mortgage pass-through certificates including downgrades of 12 classes.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2110144845</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:25:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Affirms Boone Hospital Center&apos;s (Missouri) Revs at &apos;A&apos;; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107006838.html?.v=1</link><description>NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings takes the following action on Boone County, Missouri as part of its continuous surveillance effort:</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/320437092</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:24:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fitch Assigns &apos;BBB-&apos; Local &amp; Foreign Currency IDRs to Furnas; National Scale Rating &apos;AA(bra)&apos; (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/100107/20100107006812.html?.v=1</link><description>SAO PAULO----Fitch Ratings has assigned &apos;BBB-&apos; local and foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings and a &apos;AA&apos; National Scale Rating to Furnas Centrais Eletricas S.A. . 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