News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today published for public comment proposed rule changes to make the limits and purposes of credit ratings clear to investors and ensure that the role assigned to ratings in SEC rules is consistent with the objectives of having investors make an independent judgment of credit risks.”

The proposing releases comprising this third set of rule proposals have been posted to the SEC Web site:

• http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2008/34-58070.pdf
• http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2008/33-8940.pdf
• http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2008/ic-28327.pdf