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The price of oil and Saudi Arabia’s inability to support its finances indefinitely in the face of the crude price drop have triggered a downgrade by credit rating agency S&P The announcement:...
Standard & Poor's has maintained GE's corporate credit rating, but it has now revised its outlook to Negative.
Wikimedia CommonsStandard & Poor’s Rating Services affirmed its ratings on Thursday, including one for AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T). The telecommunications giant is currently rated with a BBB+...
ThinkstockThere is yet another incident happening in South America, and it just makes you wonder how long the vicious cycle of socialism versus capitalism can be played as a financial and economic...
ThinkstockJust when you thought no good news could come out Greece, just look outside of Greece for good news on Greece. Standard & Poor’s has decided to raise Greece’s sovereign credit...
The odds of a U.K. downgrade just increased. Standard & Poor's has changed its outlook for the credit ratings of the country.
ThinkstockMany investors, economists and people in general have watched the longstanding woes in Europe. The people inside Europe have lived through these woes as well, and some nations know how to...
S&P, which is evaluating the Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent merger from a credit perspective, sees the combined companies in a positive light.
24/7 Wall St. has already highlighted the worst performing S&P 500 stocks of 2015, and now wants to highlight the best performing S&P 500 stocks of 2015.
This past week was yet another one that took some of the charge out of the bulls. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to highlight the worst large stocks of the year.
What happens when a company's focus on dividends and return of capital to shareholders becomes too strong? Does it end up simply gutting its future?
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded all ratings for Petrobras, putting the unsecured debt in the junk bond category.
American Airlines will be the newest addition to the S&P 500, taking the place of Allergan.
All indexes rebalance on a quarterly basis. 24/7 Wall St. screened a recent Jefferies report for the stocks that will see the most trading on Friday's rebalance.
The ratings agencies have struck again -- this time in Russia. Standard & Poor's has downgraded the nation to below investment grade.