Rio On Negative Credit Watch
The chances have risen that Rio Tinto (RIO) will lose its coveted A credit rating after Standard & Poor’s put the miner on credit watch with a negative outlook – two days after it did the same to its would be suitor, Glencore (which reacted overnight with a huge asset sale and debt cut valued at $US10 billion). That news saw Glencore shares leap 7% in London.
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