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Standard & Poor has trimmed Brazil's loan rating into "junk territory' following the nation's failure to reduce its fiscal risks and the political hurdles facing the economy of Brazil. The government is hopeful to reform its fiscal strategy amid political challenges and economic slowdown.

S&P rating service on Tuesday downgraded Sprint credit to B, citing a challenging environment for the wireless industry. Morningstar and Moody have also demoted Spring credit rating.

China's economy is now more sustainable and domestic consumption is steadily rising, Chinese Central Bank Vice Governor Yi Gang told a G20 meeting of finance officials earlier this week.

State-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. is considering to offer bonds to individual investors in Singapore. Temasek's current $10 billion medium-term bond program offers securities to institutions.

Moody's Investors Service says that the announcement on 24 December by Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (WFH) that NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH FG) is the preferred bidder to acquire Woori Investment & Securities Co Ltd

Washington-based tech company Microsoft Corp sold a record offering of USD8 billion of bonds in dollars and euros to fund general corporate purposes, according to regulatory filings today.

Upgrades were issued to the CPR and MTN of DHCOG including a positive outlook stamp of approval by Moody's Investor's Service.

After a Moody's advisory, Winsway was able to leverage a buyback of its bonds at a third of its original value.

GM debt had been upgraded by Moody's Investment Service to investment grade from junk status.