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Rating agencies definition in Wikipedia A  credit rating agency  ( CRA ) is a company that assigns  credit ratings  for  issuers  of certain types of  debt  obligations as well as the debt instruments themselves. In some cases, the  services  of the underlying debt are also given ratings.Source :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating_agency With the advent of social media and a digitally connected world at almost real time credit rating agencies are under pressure to change they work . Will there come a time when rating agencies will have  a twitter feed on companies as events impact the instruments that they rate, With the convergence of Big Data and the Financial World this seems to be the reality.  But it appears that these real time rating of financial instruments will emanate from new innovative and agile startups and not from the old established rating agencies. The rating agencies have not been...

This weeks headlines has been about Dell departing from Wall Street and becoming a private company under the leadership of Mr. Michael Dell . " Dell to go private in landmark $24.4 billion deal" Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/us-dell-buyout-idUSBRE9140NF20130205 We also see Microsoft helping Dell with this buyout which has caused speculation of a merger of Microsoft and Dell. " Microsoft and Dell what the buyout means for them " runs another headline lauding the synergies .  Source: http://www.firstpost.com/tech/microsoft-and-dell-what-the-buyout-means-for-them-615566.html In the past Microsoft and Dell had a great partnership  for 25 years, Microsoft provided the software solutions and Dell did the desktop But then came along two disruptive technologies the Mobile and Cloud Computing,  the world of desktops and desktop software started to shrink. The partnership struggled to keep the Microsoft desktop and the Dell PC alive ...