Investors prepare to snap up bargain eurozone shares
Posted on January 29, 2012
Despite losing its AAA credit rating, there are at least some sectors of Europe’s economy that are buoyant.
Read More: The Telegraph – Investments
Rating cuts push eurozone banks lower
Posted on January 24, 2012
Credit rating cuts for eurozone lenders knock European equities, as a slight improvement in eurozone manufacturing data fails to improve sentiment.
Read More: FT – Markets
France downplays rating downgrade
Posted on January 15, 2012
French PM Francois Fillon defends his government’s economic policies following the decision by Standard and Poor’s to downgrade the country’s credit rating.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
France top AAA credit rating lost
Posted on January 13, 2012
France loses a top AAA credit rating as many eurozone governments are downgraded by Standard & Poor’s prompting markets to fall.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
France confirms rating downgrade
Posted on January 13, 2012
France confirms it has lost a top AAA credit rating after stock markets fell on reports many eurozone governments are being downgraded.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
Fitch changes outlook on France
Posted on December 16, 2011
Ratings agency Fitch affirms France’s top-notch AAA credit rating but revises its outlook on the country to “negative”.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
IMF chief warns over 1930s-style threats
Posted on December 16, 2011
Lagarde speaks out against isolation and Paris suggests that the UK’s credit rating should be downgraded before France’s
Read More: FT – Economy News
Rating threat to European Union
Posted on December 8, 2011
Standard & Poor’s says it will review the top AAA credit rating of the European Union for a possible downgrade.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
Banks shrug off rating cuts
Posted on November 30, 2011
European banks remain strong in the face of credit rating cuts across the sector, as shares across Europe rise
Read More: FT – Markets
Chinese loosening move invigorates bulls
Posted on November 30, 2011
Credit rating downgrades add to persistent concerns over the European debt crisis
Read More: FT – Markets
S&P’s bank downgrade snaps equity rally
Posted on November 30, 2011
Credit rating downgrades add to persistent concerns over the European debt crisis
Read More: FT – Markets
S&P’s bank move highlights strains
Posted on November 30, 2011
Credit rating downgrades add to persistent concerns over the European debt crisis
Read More: FT – Markets
Asian shares drop following S&P’s bank move
Posted on November 30, 2011
Credit rating downgrades add to persistent concerns over the European debt crisis
Read More: FT – Markets
Belgium credit rating downgraded
Posted on November 27, 2011
Belgium has its credit rating downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, on concerns about government debt.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
Egypt has its credit rating cut
Posted on November 24, 2011
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cuts Egypt’s sovereign debt rating, pushing it further into junk status.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
France furious over S&P ‘downgrade’ error
Posted on November 11, 2011
A mistake on rating agency’s website that it had downgraded the country’s prized triple A credit rating sparks sell-off of French government bonds
Read More: FT – Markets
France reveals new budget savings
Posted on November 8, 2011
France announces further budget savings as it seeks to reduce its deficit and protect its triple-A credit rating.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
Premier Foods bond hopes hit by downgrade
Posted on October 28, 2011
Moody’s has lowered the ailing food producer’s credit rating to B2, dealing a blow to the group’s negotiations with banks to reset terms
Read More: FT – UK Companies
China reduces holdings of US debt
Posted on October 19, 2011
China reduces its holdings of US government debt after United States’s credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poor’s.
Read More: BBC News – Economy
Europe shrugs off Spain downgrade
Posted on October 14, 2011
European bourses on the front foot, as traders again bet that the eurozone debt crisis can be contained, shrugging off a downgrade of Spain’s credit rating
Read More: FT – Markets
