Finding Credit Ratings

I was helping a student yesterday find credit ratings for the Gap, Inc and found out some interesting things. All the major rating agencies, Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch, announce rating actions through press releases. Moody's ratings are released through their Moody's Investors Service Press Releases available through Factiva. Search with the subject term "corporate credit ratings." Both the Fitch Wire and S&P Credit Wire are available in the ThomsonONE Analytics database in the Subotnick Center. If you would like to see a sample of a credit announcement, Standard & Poor's posts today's releases at their website.