MPs give rating agencies a bumpy ride

LONDON (Reuters) - Credit rating agencies were given a rough ride by politicians on Wednesday after refusing to apologise properly for "blunders" that sowed some of the seeds of the financial crisis. Industry officials grilled by the treasury committee left MPs "unconvinced" that problems which surfaced during the crisis have been addressed, the committee's Conservative chairman Andrew Tyrie said. "A number of you don't even feel you have anything to apologise for," Tyrie told the top officials from Moody's, Standard & Poor's, Fitch and DBRS. ...