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...Its largest holdings included Alphabet, Canadian National Railway, Visa, General Electric and rating agency Moody’s as at the end of September, according to a regulatory filing....
...In each instance, there was no similar change in purchases of ratings from S&P’s biggest rival, Moody’s....
...Rating agency Moody’s in November said that IVC had “elevated debt leverage and [an] aggressive acquisition policy”....
...With the National Retail Federation calculating that $430bn in industry revenues could evaporate over the next three months, the question is how many of them will reopen....
...Earnings season in the US is beginning to wind down with just 44 companies in the S&P 500 scheduled to report results....
...S&P intended to establish a locally incorporated subsidiary, the company said in a statement....
...Mr Ramaphosa, who took over as head of state in February after the ruling African National Congress forced Mr Zuma to resign, has vowed to fight corruption and appointed technocrats to important financial...
...ING, in contrast “still think the risks of both an S&P and Moody’s downgrade are high”, with S&P the most likely to cut....
...The impact would have probably been even worse had Moody’s on Friday not decided to hold fire on also downgrading South Africa....
...Nachmann, a German national, is relocating from New York to London — perhaps a sign that the bank is looking to be more aggressive in lending on deals in Europe....
...This week Moody’s said that “shortlived political uncertainty would have limited credit implications for Australia”....
...The Australian dollar was 0.1 per cent lower, too, with investors generally receiving some respite as Moody’s Investors Service affirmed its triple A credit rating on the country, and data showed national...
...S&P’s announcement was accompanied by a similar cut from Fitch, one of the other two big agencies, and follows Moody’s assessment of the UK outlook on Friday as negative, down from stable....
...(In 1996, the budget was shifted to August to accommodate a national election.)...
...Earlier this month, Moody’s and S&P cut the country’s credit rating, warning that any deal to restructure the debt would be considered tantamount to default if investors received less value that the original...
...Even larger potential losses are lurking in some of the large state-controlled national oil companies in emerging economies, including PDVSA of Venezuela and Petrobras of Brazil, according to Moody’s, another...
...Last week, Fitch cut South Africa’s credit rating to BBB-, just above junk status, while S&P lowered its outlook from stable to negative....
...Moody’s cut Japan’s rating to A1, the same as an A+ from S&P, last December....
...capital expenditure programme. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9adabeb2-2c94-11e3-8b20-00144feab7de.html Moody’s warns on Brazil Moody’s has cut its outlook on Brazil’s rating from positive to stable....
...Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union, its Bavarian Christian Social Union sister party and the Social Democrats agreed to introduce a national minimum wage and toughen labor market rules, as...
...Moody’s said the outlook for France, which has public debt levels of more than 90 per cent of gross national product, was “uncertain” and highlighted “multiple structural challenges, including its gradual...
...S&P earlier this month raised the likelihood of government support from “high” to “very high.”...
...and National Bank of Dubai....
...Shares in HP were up 0.1 per cent at $46.86....
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