Standard & Poor's
Tariff revision likely to weaken operating performance of India's state-owned power companies
06 Mar 2014
S&P cuts EU rating, spares the UK
21 Dec 2013
Neeraj Sahai appointed president as S&P fights lawsuit over ratings fraud
28 Nov 2013
Neeraj Sahai is the second person of Indian origin to take over the reins of S&P after Deven Sharma who quit in 2011 after a controversial downgrade of the US from its `AAA’ rating
Government lobbying with S&P for rating upgrade
25 Apr 2013
Rating agencies under cloud as US sues S&P
06 Feb 2013
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has been accused by the US justice department of defrauding investors in mortgage-related securities of at least $5 billion by issuing inflated ratings to win hundreds of millions of dollars in fees
S&P threatens to downgrade UK's credit rating, as it cuts outlook to negative
14 Dec 2012
The UK’s rock solid sovereign credit rating took another blow today with Standard & Poor’s becoming the third major agency to downgrade the outlook to “negative”.
India still faces risk of negative rating: S&P
10 Oct 2012
S&P is pinning its stance on investor sentiment, which is closely linked to policy changes that would allow greater flows of capital to the lucrative financial sector
S&P lowers 2012 China GDP forecasts to 7.5 %, India to 5.5 %
24 Sep 2012
A slowdown in China coupled with ongoing troubles in the Eurozone, and a weaker recovery in the US has led S&P to forecast lower economic growth rates for Asia Pacific
S&P cuts India’s growth forecast to 5.5 %
24 Sep 2012
Rating agency Standard & Poor's today lowered India's GDP growth forecast to 5.5 per cent from the earlier 6.5 per cent despite a slew of policy measures announced by the government last week
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