1.   All of the companies had asked for the export credit guarantee agencies of their countries to fund their part of the work.

2.   These included indirect costs such as losses incurred by the state export credit guarantee agency Coface.

3.   A bilateral deal was also agreed between Germany and Russia providing for Russian counter-guarantees, enabling the German export credit agency Hermes to resume credit guarantees for German exporters.

4.   And some market strategists say that the credit agencies are overreacting.

5.   And she said that while federal law prohibits video stores and credit agencies from releasing private information, health records have no such federal protection.

6.   Any changes it makes will be passed on to the other two credit agencies.

7.   As a result, credit agencies are among the most profitable companies in Chile.

8.   Both credit agencies said the situation in Korea is worse than originally thought.

9.   But international credit agencies have characterized any such renegotiation as effectively a default.