S&P rating darkens Sarkozy's re-election prospects

Standard & Poor's decision to lower France's credit rating will help outsiders in the presidential election, making it bad news for Nicolas Sarkozy.

Standard & Poor's downgrades US credit rating

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the US credit rating for the first time since 1917.

US debt crisis moves to Senate, deadlock persists

A bitter divide remained in the US before Tuesday's deadline to raise the country's debt ceiling, to avoid a crippling default.

S&P cuts SA outlook to negative

Standard & Poor's cut the outlook for South African ratings to negative from stable on Tuesday on concerns about a large current account deficit.

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