Reuters - A rout in Asia pushed world stocks to their lowest in 5- years on Thursday, while oil fell to below $53 a barrel and safe havens such as the yen gained as economic data indicated a global recession could get even uglier.

AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday delayed a plan to adopt new rules aimed at stemming conflicts of interest in Wall Street's credit rating industry.

Reuters - U.S. auto executives went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day to plead for $25 billion in government aid, but legislators tried to fashion a last-minute compromise bailout bill that could pass both Congressional and White House muster.

Moody’s Investors Service has cut the corporate family rating of United Site Services Inc. to B1 from Ba3, downgraded its first lien revolving credit facility to B1 from Ba3 and downgraded its second lien term loan to Caa1 from B3. USS is a Westborough, Mass.-based renter of on-site event services like portable restrooms, temporary fencing. It has been owned by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners since 2006.
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MINNEAPOLIS----Wind Energy America Inc. announced today that it has started ordering parts and commencing construction and interconnect operations to complete its wind farm project in Minnesota which contains two of the Gamesa wind turbines acquired in the Boreal Energy asset purchase.