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Standard and Poor's cut its unsolicited ratings on Italy by one notch, warning of a deteriorating growth outlook and damaging political uncertainty, in a move that took markets by surprise and added to pressure on the debt-stressed euro zone. more...

The yen came under a bit of pressure on Wednesday after Moody's cut its rating for Japan's government debt, but commodity currencies held firm having gained after manufacturing data in China and Europe were less grim than feared.* more...

President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered his finance and budget ministers to find new ways to prune the public deficit on Wednesday, as markets fretted over France's strained finances and banks following a U.S. debt downgrade. more...

Now that Standard & Poor's has done the unthinkable, you need to know who might take the next ratings hit. Here's the list, and how to trade it. more...

Warren Buffett says there's no question that the United States' debt is still AAA and that he's not changing his mind about Treasurys based on S&P's downgrade. more...

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday that market trust in the dollar and U.S. Treasurys has not wavered, signalling Tokyo's readiness to maintain its massive holdings of U.S. government bonds. more...

The man who leads one of China’s top rating agencies says the greenback’s status as the world’s reserve currency is set to wane as the world’s most powerful policy makers convene to examine the implication of S&P’s decision to strip the United States of its triple “A” rating. more...

China's Dagong Global Credit Rating has cut the credit rating on U.S. sovereign debt further to A from A+, Chen Jialin, general manager of the international department at the firm confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. more...

Analysts at Barclays Capital expect the United States to lose its AAA credit rating as a compromise plan is past by congress that leads S&P to cut its rating on US debt. more...

Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Greece's sovereign debt ratings by three notches to Ca with a developing outlook from Caa1 and said the country still faced serious medium term solvency challenges. more...

The United States may lose its top-notch credit rating in the next few weeks if lawmakers fail to increase the country's debt ceiling, forcing the government to miss debt payments, Moody's Investors Service warned Wednesday. more...

Spot gold on Wednesday hovered near a 1-1/2-week high hit in the previous session, supported by renewed worries about the euro zone's debt problem after Moody's slashed Portugal's credit rating to junk. more...

Belgium became the latest small European nation to come under the cloud of having its credit ratings outlook cut on Monday. As rating agencies themselves are increasingly criticized, is this the threat it once was? more...

Fitch became the second ratings agency to threaten Belgium with a credit downgrade on Monday, saying a lack of government undermined budget efforts in one of the euro zone's most indebted states. more...