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Source: Courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is not exactly the sort of company you think of with a corporate credit rating call. Standard & Poor’s has issued a rating of...
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Source: ThinkstockIt seems almost too hard to believe, but we have seen two of the PIIGS upgraded by different credit ratings agencies this Friday. Fitch ratings has raised Greece’s sovereign...
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Source: ThinkstockCan you imagine that the Greek banking sector is being raised by a credit ratings agency? It sounds impossible to imagine if you have been following the story as long as we have....
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Source: ThinkstockSaying that a recent decision by the European Parliament calls into question government support of European banks, Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday cut its outlook on 15 of the...
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Source: ThinkstockRussia paid for the instability it has helped create in Ukraine and the surrounding areas. S&P cut its foreign currency rating to BBB-/A-3 from BBB-/A-2. The outlook on the currency...
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Standard & Poor's has affirmed its CCC rating on National Bank of Greece. The call sounds like it is one of stability on the surface, but S&P's outlook is Negative.
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Source: General Motors Co.Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said in a credit FAQ late Thursday that while the 6 million vehicles recalled this year by General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) will have no...
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Coca-Cola is a Dow Jones industrial Average component with shares that have been pressured compared to the broad market. Now we have a positive ratings action from Standard & Poor's.
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If you want proof that the emerging market BRIC trade strategy of Brazil, Russia, India and China is less and less opportunistic now, what does it tell you when a credit rating agency downgrades one...
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It seems as though the U.S. cigarette business may not be on the way out any time soon. Standard & Poor's has upgraded Altria Group to a rating of BBB+ from BBB.
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In the dead of night, after markets closed on Monday, Standard & Poor's issued a research update on J.C. Penney. Well, not exactly the dead of night, but in the late afternoon after markets had...
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Some experts believe the S&P 500 has risen too much, because the increase has little support from the general economy and corporate earnings. A sudden weakness of a few large cap stocks would...
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Ukraine faces a default on some of its sovereign bonds as the political upheaval in the country has caused a rift with Russia. Russian leadership believes a new government in Ukraine might form...
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Source: Jon OggWe have already seen that Standard & Poor’s had downgraded Puerto Rico to junk bond status from investment grade. Now we have the same call coming from one of the other top ratings...
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Source: ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Rating Services has just turned Puerto Rico into the equivalent of on of the PIIGS over credit ratings. Well, maybe Puerto Rico did it with poor finances and S&P...
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