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December 6 2012
S&P downgrades world's oldest bank to junk status http://t.co/ts0GwhJX via @FRANCE24
December 07, 2012
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S&P downgrades world's oldest bank to junk status
AFP - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday cut its credit rating for troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena -- the world's oldest surviving lender -- to speculative-grade status of BB+ from BBB-. The ratings agency said it was also placing the bank on negative outlook.