Standard & Poor's
Tariff revision likely to weaken operating performance of India's state-owned power companies
06 Mar 2014
S&P cuts EU rating, spares the UK
21 Dec 2013
Neeraj Sahai appointed president as S&P fights lawsuit over ratings fraud
28 Nov 2013
Neeraj Sahai is the second person of Indian origin to take over the reins of S&P after Deven Sharma who quit in 2011 after a controversial downgrade of the US from its `AAA’ rating
Reform or face downgrade, S&P warns India
17 May 2013
Government lobbying with S&P for rating upgrade
25 Apr 2013
Standard and Poor's to be hit with more lawsuits
17 Apr 2013
Rating agencies under cloud as US sues S&P
06 Feb 2013
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has been accused by the US justice department of defrauding investors in mortgage-related securities of at least $5 billion by issuing inflated ratings to win hundreds of millions of dollars in fees
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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