Standard & Poor's

...and represents the failure of the Dubai government (not rated) to provide timely financial support to a core government-related entity," S&P said in a statement. The agency lowered its issuer credit rating on DIFC Investments LLC by four...

In this article: Dubai, Nakheel, Dubai World, and Credit crunch

Global ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) says the long-term credit ratings of Australia's major banks will not change in light of the agency's new capital ratio analysis. S&P said on Wednesday that the credit rating of Commonwealth...

In this article: Australia, Balance sheet, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, Fairfax Media, and CBA

U.S. stocks trimmed declines on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 turning positive as minutes showing Federal Reserve officials are confident the recovery is sustainable offset an earlier report that the economy grew at a slower-than-expected...

In this article: S&P, Nasdaq Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, Federal Reserve, and U.S.

...by its original report. "We stand by the references to UBS in our report, including their RAC ratio," S&P said. "The purpose of our report was to provide a snapshot, as at June 30, of the comparable capital position of the world's largest...

In this article: UBS, Citigroup, Balance sheet, Zurich, and London

...on this measure, its risk-adjusted capital ratio was 7.1 percent compared with 2.2 percent in the S&P report. [ID:GEE5AM11I] UBS said the S&P's report did not take into account a conversion of 6 billion Swiss francs ($5.92 billion) of...

In this article: UBS and Switzerland

Most global banks are still unsafe, warns S&P Standard & Poor's has given warning that nearly all of the world's big banks lack sufficient capital to cover trading and investment exposure, risking further downgrades over the next 18 months...

In this article: Leverage, UBS, Citigroup, US, Credit crunch, Standard Chartered, Mitsubishi, and Danske Bank

...to date appear to confirm our view that capital is a rating weakness for a majority of banks in our sample," S&P said in its report. S&P said the global average for its RAC ratio was 6.7 percent at the end of June, but Citigroup's RAC...

In this article: UBS, Mizuho Financial Group, HSBC, Citigroup, Balance sheet, Standard Chartered, Barclays, BBVA, and Toronto-Dominion Bank

* Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch sued * Lawsuit alleges agencies caused $457 million losses * Moody's, S&P reject allegations; Fitch has no comment * Moody's shares down 2 pct, McGraw-Hill shares down 3 pct (Adds Moody's and S&P...

In this article: Moody's, Fitch, Richard Cordray, First Amendment, Ohio, NEW YORK, and Allegation

...number-tag fees * Commission says it abused monopoly when charging * Group dismisses accusations from EU (Adds comment from S&P, detail) By John O'Donnell and Foo Yun Chee The European Commission said it believed Standard & Poor's...

In this article: EU, Monopoly, Europe, and U.S.

...date. Another S&P SmallCap 600 index company, The Dress Barn Inc., is buying Tween Brands in a deal that is expected to close soon. S&P said it would monitor the transaction and post changes to its Web site. City Holding, based in...

In this article: Tween Brands Inc., Charleston, NEW YORK, and West Virginia