Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 14, 2012
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France risks another downgrade of its sovereign credit rating if its public debt and budget deficit deteriorate further, Standard & Poor’s said on Saturday, a day after it cut the country’s top-notch AAA rating by one notch to AA+.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The finances of three major U.S. airports could weaken from the bankruptcy filings of American Airlines and its parent company, Fitch Ratings said on Friday as it revised rating outlooks lower on some of their debt from negative to stable.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of Standard & Poor’s sovereign ratings, David Beers told “Fox News Sunday” he did not expect “that much impact” when global markets open on Monday due to what he called a “mild deterioration” in the U.S. credit standing to AA-plus from top-tier AAA.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 6, 2010
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings downgraded Ireland’s credit rating to A+ from AA- and put it on a negative outlook, pointing to the bigger-than-expected cost of cleaning up the country’s banks and…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 28, 2010
MADRID (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings cut Spain’s credit ratings to AA+ from AAA on Friday, saying its economic recovery would be more muted than the government forecast, pushing world equities and the euro lower.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on March 24, 2010
LISBON (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings cut Portugal’s sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA- on Wednesday, citing budgetary underperformance in 2009 and warning that a similar outcome this year and next could cause another downgrade.
