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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Friday lowered American International Group's senior unsecured debt rating to A3 from A2. At the same time, AIG's long-term ratings and its Prime-1 short-term rating remain on review for possible downgrade. 'Moody's believes that the asset sales plan announced today, if successful, will enable the company to repay borrowings under the Fed facility and emerge as a more focused, albeit less diversified, insurance firm,' the ratings agency said. The review will take into consideration the risk that the situation may deteriorate, either due to shortfalls in executing the restructuring plan or because of declines in the business or financial profiles of the operations to be retained, according to Moody's. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

MISSION VIEJO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Aperture Health, Inc. (OTCBB: APRE) announced today that it has raised $800,000 in additional funding over the past ninety days. This capital was raised pursuant to an unregistered Convertible Debenture offered to qualified investors. This round of funding is notable given the challenging economic environment and the fact that the conversion price of $0.50 per share represents a valuation ten times greater than the current share trading price.

Britain's banks face another setback next week when the competition watchdog is due to announce a crackdown on the huge profits it claims the lenders make on insurance products

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP will be adding 15 partners from Heller Ehrman, including four who will open a new office in Seattle, the firm announced Friday.

A Honolulu real estate agent who made more than $700,000 in commissions but didn’t file state tax returns avoided jail time under a plea deal announced Friday.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday its ban on financial stock short-selling will expire at 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 8.

Plans for a 15-unit, mixed-use development in Germantown were announced today.

Shares in British Airways fell 7 per cent to their lowest level for more than five years as the airline announced a big drop in premium passenger traffic in September

A new commercial property and casualty insurance company now is available for Hawaii residents, insurance commissioner J.P. Schmidt announced Friday.

PHILLIPSBURG, KS (MARKET WIRE) Brooke Capital Corporation (AMEX: BCP) (the 'Company') announced today that, on September 30, 2008, the Company was notified by the Director of Listing Qualifications of the American Stock Exchange ('AMEX') that its review of the Company's publicly-available information indicated that the Company was not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(iv) of the AMEX Company Guide (the 'Company Guide') in that it has sustained losses which are so substantial in relation to its overall operations or its existing financial resources or its financial condition has become so impaired that it appears