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Dow Jones rises 71 points Wednesday, S&P 500 hits new high NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks moved modestly higher on Wednesday with the Standard and Poor's racking up a new all-time closing record. (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's lowered Japan's credit ratings Wednesday, citing a lack of confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies. [4]

SINGAPORE -- Despite a proliferation of modern financial products in Asia, such mortgages and credit cards, most consumers do not have a good grasp of finance, according to a recent survey compiled by ratings agency Standard & Poor's. [5]

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte blasted credit-rating agencies and international organizations on Thursday after Standard & Poor's warned of a downgrade if the Philippines' recent economic gains are reversed. [6]

TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's raised Japan's sovereign credit outlook to "positive" from "stable" on Friday. The rating agency cited healthier economic prospects as the primary reason for the revision. [7]

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK — Two Thai business tycoons, one a politically connected Chinese speaker, the other the son of a street vendor, have spent US $27 billion on acquisitions in the past year, mainly abroad – more than all Thai firms spent overseas in t... [8]

ผู้ใช้งานรับทราบว่า การใช้ข้อมูล รายละเอียด สินค้า หรือบริการที่ปรากฏในเว็บไซต์นี้ อาจมีการอ้างอิงหรือประกอบไปด้วยข้อมูล เนื้อหา หรือซอฟต์แวร์ของผู้ให้บริการรายอื่นซึ่งอยู่ภายใต้เงื่อนไขการใช้ข้อมูลของผู้ให้บริการรายดังกล่าว ในการใช้งานข้อมูลดังกล่าว... [9]

The obvious peril of trying to pen any analysis of Burma’s political transition is that publication will render any insight redundant or dated. This is especially true for notoriously slow academic collections. [10]

Sources
[1] MM bignewsnetwork.com · 85% match

Big News Network.com

Dow Jones rises 71 points Wednesday, S&P 500 hits new high NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks moved modestly higher on Wednesday with the Standard and Poor's racking up a new all-time closing record.

[2] FI yle.fi · 2021-10-23 · 75% match

Bond Credit Rating

[3] FI yle.fi · 2014-04-11 · 75% match

News

The credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has slightly downgraded Finland’s economic outlook from stable to negative, although it has maintained the country’s highly-rated AAA credit status.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-09-16 · 71% match

S&P downgrades Japan ratings

TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's lowered Japan's credit ratings Wednesday, citing a lack of confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-12-04 · 71% match

Three quarters of Asians ignorant of money matters, survey finds

SINGAPORE -- Despite a proliferation of modern financial products in Asia, such mortgages and credit cards, most consumers do not have a good grasp of finance, according to a recent survey compiled by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-09-22 · 71% match

'Leave us': Duterte reacts to S&P's credit-rating outlook

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte blasted credit-rating agencies and international organizations on Thursday after Standard & Poor's warned of a downgrade if the Philippines' recent economic gains are reversed.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-04-13 · 71% match

S&P raises Japan's credit outlook to positive

TOKYO -- Standard & Poor's raised Japan's sovereign credit outlook to "positive" from "stable" on Friday. The rating agency cited healthier economic prospects as the primary reason for the revision.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-06-11 · 71% match

Big Debts Loom Over Thai Tycoons’ Bold Bets

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK — Two Thai business tycoons, one a politically connected Chinese speaker, the other the son of a street vendor, have spent US $27 billion on acquisitions in the past year, mainly abroad – more than all Thai firms spent overseas in t

[9] TH www.set.or.th · 75% match

เงื่อนไขการใช้ข้อมูลของผู้ให้บริการรายอื่น

ผู้ใช้งานรับทราบว่า การใช้ข้อมูล รายละเอียด สินค้า หรือบริการที่ปรากฏในเว็บไซต์นี้ อาจมีการอ้างอิงหรือประกอบไปด้วยข้อมูล เนื้อหา หรือซอฟต์แวร์ของผู้ให้บริการรายอื่นซึ่งอยู่ภายใต้เงื่อนไขการใช้ข้อมูลของผู้ให้บริการรายดังกล่าว ในการใช้งานข้อมูลดังกล่าว

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-01-28 · 69% match

‘Metamorphosis’: Tracing the Transformation in Burma

The obvious peril of trying to pen any analysis of Burma’s political transition is that publication will render any insight redundant or dated. This is especially true for notoriously slow academic collections.

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