UK - In August, ratings agency Standard & Poor's identified 49 of the weakest-rated global issuers, representing US$43bn in rated bonds.
This is an increase of one issuer but a decrease of US$7bn in rated bonds from a month before. The drop in dollar volume was partially due to WorldCom that was downgraded to ‘D’ on 17 July, followi...
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