Rating agencies fire warning shot at Reuters

Wednesday 19 February 2003 at 16:00

Reuters is in danger of being downgraded by Standard & Poor's and Moody's, the rating agencies, after the global information and technology group released details of another radical restructuring plan.

S&P placed its A-plus long-term corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Reuters on CreditWatch with negative implications. Moody's followed by placing its A2 rating on review for downgrade.