Source link China Lianhe Credit Rating has assigned Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, an international rating of AA- with a stable outlook, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. Alfa-Bank has become the first large Russian bank to receive an international rating in China. Alfa-Bank is at the same level that Lianhe rates the […]
Source link Moody’s placed the country on review following the escalation of hostilities in Gaza International ratings agency Moody’s has lowered Israel’s credit rating, in the country’s first-ever sovereign downgrade, the company announced on Friday. Moody’s cut Israel’s credit score to A2, the sixth-highest investment grade, and kept its outlook as “negative,” meaning further downgrades […]
Source link Global credit rating agency S&P warned on Monday that it could cut Israel’s sovereign credit rating if the war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas expands to other fronts. In October, S&P maintained Israel’s ‘AA-’ rating but lowered the country’s credit outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’, citing risks that the Israel-Hamas war could […]
Source link Donald Trump has rejected a claim by movie director Chris Columbus that he “bullied” his way into his brief appearance in the 1992 hit movie ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.’ He argued that the scene with him helped to make the iconic Christmas film a success. Writing on his Truth Social […]
Source link Moscow will no longer consider the assessments when making foreign loan decisions, effectively easing requirements for countries to borrow The Russian government will no longer base its foreign loan decisions on credit ratings compiled by Western agencies and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A corresponding decree was signed by Russian […]
Source link Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban previously threatened to use the “hard veto” against Ukrainian accession to the bloc German Chancellor Olaf Scholz convinced Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to leave the room where the bloc’s leaders were voting on whether to open negotiations with Ukraine about joining the EU, he confirmed to reporters […]