Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Delphinidæ, to which very different limits have been assigned,
- noun One of the ancient constellations, representing a dolphin. It is situated east of Aquila.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See
dolphin , 1. - noun (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Delphinidae — thedolphins . - proper noun astronomy A small
summer constellation of thenorthern sky, said to resemble adolphin . It lies between the constellationsCygnus andAquila .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Delphinidae
- noun a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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McGraw-Hill Cos . said Monday the SEC had given it a so-called Wells notice over its Standard & Poor's Ratings Services unit, alleging S&P violated federal securities laws with respect to its ratings for a collateralized debt obligation known as Delphinus CDO 2007-1 and arranged by Mizuho International PLC, a unit of Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
SEC Warns Over S&P Mortgage Rating Maxwell Murphy 2011
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S&P's parent company, McGraw-Hill, said the SEC is weighing civil enforcement action against the firm for its ratings on a collateralized debt obligation called Delphinus CDO 2007-1 issued in July 2007 as the housing market was taking a turn for the worse.
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SEC officials are examining whether S&P thoroughly scrutinized the assets that replaced the dummy assets in a July 2007 deal called Delphinus CDO 2007-1, according to people familiar with the matter.
Rating Firms' Asset Game Jeannette Neumann 2011
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The Illinois Attorney General cites that same CDO , called Delphinus 2007-1, in Wednesday's lawsuit.
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The notice was tied to how S&P rated a CDO called Delphinus 2007-1.
U.S. Steps Up S&P Inquiry Jeannette Neumann 2012
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McGraw-Hill said the SEC is weighing civil enforcement action against the firm for its ratings on a collateralized debt obligation called Delphinus CDO 2007-1 issued in July 2007 as the housing market was taking a turn for the worse.
SEC Eyes Ratings From S&P Jeannette Neumann 2011
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The company said SEC staff are considering recommending that commissioners take action against S&P for violating securities laws in its ratings of a 2007 collaterized debt obligation known as "Delphinus CDO 2007-1."
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The company said it received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that commission staff may recommend a civil lawsuit against the unit for a rating on 2007 collateralized debt offering CDO known as "Delphinus CDO 2007-1."
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The SEC's so-called Wells notice is related to a $1.6 billion collateralized debt obligation known as Delphinus CDO 2007-1, New York-based McGraw-Hill said today in a statement.
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Wells Notice, the SEC told McGraw Hill that it was considering starting a "civil injunctive action" against S&P for alleged "violations of federal securities laws with respect to S&P's ratings for a particular 2007 offering of collateralized debt obligations, known as 'Delphinus CDO 2007-1.'"
Forbes.com: News Agustino Fontevecchia 2011
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