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On the recordApril 26, 2010
They were under a lot of pressures in order to keep market share and in order to keep their business alive, so, therefore, they had to rate competitively against the other rating agencies.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper discusses the competitive pressures on rating agencies.

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