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S&P 500 Flirts With Record High on Upbeat Earnings

The S&P 500 was within striking distance of its all-time high on April 23 as better-than-expected results from Twitter and a host of industrial companies eased concerns about slowing corporate ...

April 25, 2019BY Reuters

S&P Becomes First Foreign Credit-Rating Firm to Enter China Market

Standard & Poor’s Chinese subsidiary has been approved by Chinese authorities to offer credit-rating services in the country, ...

January 30, 2019BY Nicole Hao

S&P Flags Credit-Boom Risks in China Amid Trade War

TOKYO—Standard & Poor's on Nov. 29 expressed concern that China's sovereign rating could face pressure if policymakers revert ...

November 29, 2018BY Reuters

China Local Governments’ Hidden Debt May Be as High as $5.8 Trillion

BEIJING—Off-balance-sheet borrowings by Chinese local governments could be as high as 40 trillion yuan ($5.78 trillion) and amount ...

October 16, 2018BY Reuters

US Companies’ Cash Pile at New Record

U.S. companies have a lot of cash but debt grew even faster in 2015. U.S. non-financial companies held ...

May 25, 2016BY Emel Akan

S&P Lowers Outlook on Canada’s Six Big Banks to Negative From Stable

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s lowered its outlook on Canada’s six largest banks on Aug. 8 a ...

August 12, 2014BY Rahul Vaidyanath

Australian Court Rules S&P Misled Investors

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Nov. 5 that S&P misled investors by assigning AAA rating to a ...

November 6, 2012BY Valentin Schmid