Moody's maintains French debt rating

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 13:29

The US agency affirmed the bond rating one notch below the top AAA rating.

Moody's downgrades Qantas to 'junk' status

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 06:07

Moody`s cited "a sharp deterioration in the company`s core domestic business" following the airline issuing a shock profit warning and slashing jobs in December.

Credit Suisse overweight on India, bets on cyclicals

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 10:50

Credit Suisse says "overweight" on India, noting return on equity in the country could be at an "inflection point" after three consecutive months of upgrades.

S&P downgrades Venezuela citing policy `radicalization`

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 09:46

Standard & Poor`s cut Venezuela`s credit rating by one step to B- on Friday and put the country on watch for another downgrade, citing the "growing radicalization of economic policy".

India rating may be pressured if polls end in hung parliament: S&P

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 12:41

S&P has a "negative" outlook on India's sovereign ratings, meaning any downgrade from its current "BBB-minus" would place the country's debt in so-called "junk."

IDBI Bank shares fall 2% after S&P lowers rating

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 13:31

The foreign currency issuer credit rating on IDBI Bank was cut to 'BB+/B' from 'BBB-/A-3'. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative, S&P had said.

S&P lowers IDBI Bank on foreign currency issuer credit rating

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 22:46

"...Lowered foreign currency issuer credit rating on India-based IDBI Bank to 'BB+/B' from 'BBB-/A-3'. The outlook on the long-term rating is negative," S&P said in a release.

S&P lowers France credit rating, cites slow reform pace

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 19:51

All three major rating agencies had already stripped France of its top-grade triple-A status. But S&P was the first to downgrade it for a second time, warning that the economic reforms of the past year were not sufficient to lift growth.

S&P downgrades France credit rating to 'AA'

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 14:24

The Standard and Poor's ratings agency on Friday downgraded France's credit rating by one notch to "AA," with outlook stable.

S&P affirms India rating; outlook remains negative

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 13:34

Standard & Poor's has affirmed 'BBB-/A-3' sovereign credit rating on India.

Asian sovereigns unlikely to be hit by US downgrade prospects

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 18:48

Sovereign ratings of Asian economies are unlikely to be directly impacted by the prospects of a downgrade of the US credit rating, Fitch said on Friday.

Chinese agency downgrades US credit rating

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 15:11

A Chinese ratings agency downgraded its US sovereign credit rating Thursday despite Washington`s resolution of the debt ceiling deadlock, warning that fundamentals for a potential default remained "unchanged".