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Not even Warren E. Buffett whose Berkshire Hathaway owns about 12 percent of Moody's, says he depends on ratings in making investment decisions. Mr. Buffett prefers to make his own judgments on companies, he said last year while appearing before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. But ratings servi

d 2009 laid bare the conflicts at the heart of the ratings game. The world learned that the three dominant services — Moody' , Standard & Poor's and Fitch — had stamped sterling ratings on mortgage investments that turned out to be nearly worthless. It was a lesson that nearly brought down the financia

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