Standard & Poor's
S&P affirms Japan’s credit rating at AA-
20 Feb 2012
S&P cuts EFSF credit rating one notch
17 Jan 2012
S&P downgrades ratings of France, 8 other euro zone nations
14 Jan 2012
S&P kept the rating of Germany in tact at `AAA’, but put on rating watch for possible further downgrades 14 euro zone nations, including France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
India’s 2011-12 GDP growth may fall below 7 per cent: Moody's
21 Dec 2011
Global rating agency Moody’s has projected a further moderation in the country’s economic growth during the current financial year (2011-12) to below 7 per cent
S&P warns of mass downgrade of euro zone countries
06 Dec 2011
The rating agency has threatened to downgrade 15 countries, including top-rated Germany and France, putting pressure on leaders to act.
S&P accidentally downgrades France’s AAA rating
11 Nov 2011
S&P chief Deven Sharma to step down after US downgrade
23 Aug 2011
The management change had been in the works for months, and was unrelated to either the Justice Department's inquiry into S&P's ratings of subprime mortgage securities or the US ratings downgrade
S&P under scanner over ratings of mortgage securities leading to financial crisis
18 Aug 2011
The US Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor’s, the nation’s largest credit rating agency, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis.
India’s BBB- rating currently safe: says S&P
16 Aug 2011
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's says there is no immediate threat to India's sovereign debt rating of BBB, though loose fiscal policy and the government's inability to carry forward economic reforms could have implications in the medium term
US downgrade won't impact IT sector: NASSCOM
09 Aug 2011
No immediate impact of US downgarde on Asia Pacific, says S&P
08 Aug 2011
However, the rating agency warns, that in the long-term a contraction in the US and Europe could lead to a deeper and more prolonged impact than the one witnessed recently
US downgrading will hit India's exports: FIEO
06 Aug 2011
Why S&P downgraded the US
06 Aug 2011
S&P lowers US rating from `AAA' to `AA+'
06 Aug 2011
S&P cut US's long-term credit rating from `AAA' to `AA+' and the short-term rating to `A-1+', giving a fresh blow to the embattled economy.
Chinese banks face profit squeeze: S&P
25 May 2011
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