Downgrade could imperil U.S. economy by driving up rates on services. Aug. 5, 2011 — -- For the first time ever, the United States lost its perfect credit rating as Standard & Poor's reduced ...

NEW YORK — Wall Street snapped out of its holiday-season funk Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rallied 1.3% for its first gain since Dec. 24 and its best day in nearly two months. Strength ...

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 1.1% to clinch its highest finish since Dec. 2. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.8%. More swings may ...

The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.4%. Both indexes closed out November with their best monthly performances of the year. The Nasdaq added 0.8%.

The company's roots date back to the 1860s. Known for many years as Standard & Poor's, its official corporate name since 2016 has been S&P Global. S&P Global is a public company trading under the ...

The S&P 500 Index or Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the U.S. The index includes 503 components because three have ...

Standard & Poor’s decision to place the city on what it calls “credit watch” — even while reaffirming the city’s BBB+ rating — could raise the interest rate by roughly one-quarter of ...

Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt.

Standard & Poor’s (S&P), one of the largest credit rating agencies in the nation, has issued a AA+ rating for Taunton, the second highest rating a municipality can receive. “This is an ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Verallia (Paris:VRLA) announces that Standard & Poor's has upgraded the Group's long-term credit rating to BBB- with a positive outlook. The issue rating ...

However, in response to uncertainties in our sector, Standard & Poor’s Global Rating Services (S&P) has made changes to its rating methodology for higher education that impact Drexel’s credit ratings.