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Securities

Apr. 21, 2010

A.G.: Moody's Is 'Stonewalling'

California Attorney General Jerry Brown lashed out at Moody's Investors Service on Monday for refusing to cooperate in a probe of how credit rating agencies valued of mortgage-backed securities issued by Countrywide Financial.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - California Attorney General Jerry Brown lashed out at Moody's Investors Service on Monday, accusing the firm of refusing to cooperate in a probe of how credit rating agencies valued mortgage-backed securities issued by Countrywide Financial.

In a petition filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Brown accuses Moody's of calling it a "waste of time" ...

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