NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) March 29, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its 'BB' issue-level rating to Akron, Ohio-based The Goodyear Tire&Rubber Co.'s $1.2 billion senior secured second-lien term loan. At the same time, we assigned our recovery rating of '2' to the term loan, indicating our expectation that lenders would receive substantial recovery (70%-90%) in the event of a payment default. (For the recovery analysis, see Standard&Poor's recovery report on Goodyear, to be published on RatingsDirect as soon as possible following the release of this report.) The company is refinancing its domestic credit facilities. The commitment under its senior secured second-lien term loan will remain at $1.2 billion and