S&P still negative on India, warns of rating downgrade

Nothing much seems to have changed in India at the macro level or so feels Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency. Friday, it maintained India's sovereign credit rating at BBB- for long term and A-3 for short term. The credit outlook, which ...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc had its credit rating cut one notch by Standard & Poor's, which cited a new methodology for evaluating insurers and Berkshire's dependence on its insurance business for dividend income. The rating was cut to ...

NEW DELHI:The government on Friday shot back at Standard & Poor's reiteration of a possible downgrade of India's sovereign rating, going to the extent of questioning the agency's methodology. In the afternoon, S&P issued a statement, listing out a ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's expects India to grow around 6 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 2014, said credit analyst Takahira Ogawa. The rating agency also does not expects any significant improvement in structural reforms ...

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up 140% since the low of 9 March 2009. That asks the question of when the next pull back or correction come The topic of the next pullback is a hot one on Wall Street. Being called high-end is usually good when ...

U.S. stocks advanced, putting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on track for its fourth straight week of gains, as gauges for leading indicators and consumer sentiment advanced more than estimated. Northrop Grumman Corp. climbed 3.5 percent after ...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had its credit grade lowered one level by Standard & Poor's after the ratings firm revised its criteria for evaluating insurance holding companies.Berkshire was cut to AA from AA+. Its outlook on all of ...

In a statement issued here, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S) said that Pakistan's parliamentary election results set the stage for longer-term stability of its 'B-' sovereign credit rating on the country. Pinning hopes on significant economic reforms in ...

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, ending four days of records for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, amid disappointing economic data and after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank may slow the pace of stimulus as early as this ...