With the help of Pulte's mortgage unit in Denver, the company set up its systems to meet the standards of U.S. ratings agencies like Fitch Investors Service, which earlier this year gave it an AA rating.

FORBES: Mi Casita Es Su Casita

With the help of Pulte's mortgage unit in Denver, Colorado, the company set up its systems to meet the standards of such U.S. ratings agencies as Fitch Investors Service, which earlier this year gave it an AA rating.

FORBES: Mi Casita Es Su Casita

Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings each downgraded Kodak's debt deeper into junk-bond territory this week.

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Over the past two years, the country received long-coveted investment-grade ratings on its sovereign debt from Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service.

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