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Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, a day after Standard & Poor's placed the credit ratings of 15 euro-zone nations on review for possible downgrade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 50 points to 12,116 and S&P 500 index futures rose 5 points to 1,...

US stock futures are higher this morning, a day after Standard & Poor's placed the credit ratings of 15 euro-zone nations on review for possible downgrade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 45 points to 12,111.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 5.20 points to 1,260.20....

Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered Egypt's rating by one notch to “B+.”

After a strong opening, Japanese stock prices fell for most of the Wednesday trading session after Moody's Investor Service downgraded Japan's credit rating from Aa2 down to Aa3. Moody's Investor Service said that Japan's disappointing growth rate, large budget deficits and political uncertainty...

S&P will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 index: GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT) will replace Radiant Systems (NASD: RADS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 24. S&P MidCap 400 constituent NCR (NYSE: NCR) is...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Equity analysts at Standard...

The SEC is being accused of destroying thousands of documents. That's okay. When you got rid of the uptick rule, you destroyed thousands of lives, so I guess that's fair. The Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor's, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities. Talk...

Switzerland's central bank increased its efforts to cool a rising Swiss franc that threatens the competitiveness of the country's exporters. The Swiss franc has become an even more popular safe haven currency in the aftermath of Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States' credit rating...

The governments of Italy and Spain are breathing a sigh of relief as a bond purchasing market intervention by the European Central Bank (ECB) has pushed down yields on bonds issued by the two troubled eurozone members. The European Central Bank's previous efforts to keep the yields of troubled...

Several Asian stock market indexes hit 52-week lows during trading on Monday in Asia, the first day of trading after Standard & Poor's lowered its rating of United States government debt. While much of the selloff in Asian stocks could be blamed on the Standard & Poor's move to lower its...

In response to questions, Standard & Poor's today said that the ratings decision to lower the long-term rating to AA+ from AAA was not affected by the change of assumptions regarding the pace of discretionary spending growth. In the near term horizon to 2015, the U.S. net general government...

In a report released late Friday night, one of the largest and most respected creditworthiness ratings agencies, Standard & Poors, downgraded the USA itself for the first time in modern history. In the report, Standard & Poors notes, "We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on...

Asian stock markets continued to fall during Wednesday trading as concerns over America's economy continued to overshadow the recent positive news that the United States was able to avoid a default on its debt. Asian stocks began the week on the upswing after it was announced that President Barack...

Although the United States was able to maintain its AAA credit rating with the top three ratings agencies after it avoided a default on its debt, a little known Chinese rating agency has lowered its rating of American debt from A+ to A with a negative outlook. Earlier this week, President Barack...

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said on Thursday that proposed savings of $4 trillion over 10 years would be a good start for the United States, but further action would be necessary to stem the country's debt problems. The comments come as legislators face an increasingly difficult battle to...