S&P cuts Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority's revenue bonds

S&P cuts Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority's revenue bonds
CORRECTED-BRIEF-Standard & Poor's - Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority revenue bonds downgraded to 'BB'
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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 10:17 AM PDT

July 14 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut its rating on Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority's (PRASA) revenue bonds, backed by the government, by one notch to 'BB'.

CORRECTED-BRIEF-Standard & Poor's - Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority revenue bonds downgraded to 'BB'

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT

July 14 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's: * Standard & Poor's - Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority revenue bonds downgraded to 'BB' following downgrade to commonwealth * Source text -...

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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:43 AM PDT

* Oil near three-month lows as supply fears ease (Adds close of European bond, stock markets)

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks recover poise on Citi news, dollar steady

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:31 AM PDT

* Oil near three-month lows as supply fears ease (Adds opening of U.S. markets, byline, dateline; previous LONDON)

TABLE-Most emerging market hard currency reserves rise in H1 2014

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:15 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Hard currency reserves in many big emerging economies have risen this year, thanks to buoyant investment inflows and central bank efforts to replenish depleted coffers....

GRAPHIC-Emerging central banks rebuild hard currency reserves

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:15 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Hard currency reserves across emerging markets excluding China have surged by around $100 billion from levels at the end of 2013 as central banks exploit this year's...

FOREX-Dollar steady against most currencies, firms on yen

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 07:18 AM PDT

* Dollar index trades tightly * Fed's Yellen to testify at Congress on Tuesday, Wednesday (Adds New York trading, quotes and changes byline and dateline; previous LONDON) NEW YORK, July 14 (Reuters)...

CANADA FX DEBT-C$ little changed with focus on Bank of Canada

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:32 AM PDT

* Canadian dollar at C$1.0731 or 93.19 U.S. cents * Bond prices mostly lower across the maturity curve By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, July 14 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was little changed against the...

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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Stock markets rose on Monday as investors put aside concerns about euro zone banks and looked forward to corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events, including...

FOREX-Dollar awaits Yellen's testimony, Draghi may check euro's gains

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:43 AM PDT

* Euro rises ahead of ECB's Draghi speech in Strasbourg * Bank of Japan, China data feature this week * Fed's Yellen to testify at Congress on Tuesday, Wednesday By Jemima Kelly LONDON, July 14...

TABLE-Economists cut Brazil's 2014 growth forecast for 7th week

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:35 AM PDT

BRASILIA, July 14 (Reuters) - Economists cut their forecasts for Brazil's 2014 economic growth for a seventh straight week to 1.05 percent from 1.07 percent in the previous week, a central bank...

Egyptian pound stable at central bank sale, weaker on black market

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:33 AM PDT

CAIRO, July 14 (Reuters) - The Egyptian pound remained stable at a central bank dollar sale on Monday but weakened on the black market.

Portuguese bond yields fall after BES acts to reassure market

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:26 AM PDT

* Portugal's BES takes steps to ease worries over its health

EMERGING MARKETS-Political tensions dampen emerging markets; rouble at 1-week lows

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 03:32 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Russian stocks fell 0.8 percent on Monday and the rouble tumbled to one-week lows on fears that a fierce Russian response to the death of a citizen in cross-border...

RPT-Fitch Rates Kazakhstan's National Management Holding Baiterek 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 03:11 AM PDT

July 14 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)

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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:37 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Stock markets in Europe and Asia rose on Monday as investors put aside concern about euro zone banks and looked forward to corporate earnings and a raft of global economic...

FOREX-Dollar awaits Yellen's testimony, Draghi may limit euro's gains

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 01:08 AM PDT

* Euro rises ahead of ECB's Draghi speech in Strasbourg * Bank of Japan, China data feature this week * Fed's Yellen to testify at Congress on Tuesday, Wednesday By Anirban Nag LONDON, July 14...

Portuguese bond yields fall after BES takes steps to reassure market

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 12:50 AM PDT

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Portuguese bond yields fell further on Monday after the country's biggest bank took steps aimed at reassuring investors of its stability, calming peripheral debt markets...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares edge higher, oil nurses losses

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 11:10 PM PDT

SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Monday as investors put aside concerns about euro zone banks and looked forward to corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events, including...

FOREX-Dollar firms in subdued trade as market awaits Yellen

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:55 PM PDT

* Euro steady as ECB's Draghi to speak later in the session * Bank of Japan, ZEW, China data, earnings feature this week * Aussie dollar wary after Stevens again talks down currency * Fed's Yellen to...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares nudge higher, oil nurses losses

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 05:34 PM PDT

SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Asian share markets edged higher on Monday as euro zone banking jitters faded, to be replaced by caution ahead of corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events...

FOREX-Dollar steady in subdued market as key events loom

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 04:25 PM PDT

* Yellen's testimony, BOJ, Chinese data, earnings feature this week

U.S. prosecutors offer junior UK traders immunity in forex probe -FT

Posted: 13 Jul 2014 03:14 PM PDT

July 13 (Reuters) - Prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice are offering immunity deals to junior traders in London as they continue to investigate the alleged rigging of foreign exchange...