Moody's Investors Service downgraded the rating of more than $1 billion of the Puerto Rico Public Building Authority’s general obligation bonds to Baa1 from A3, providing a negative outlook for Series R and Series S. The bonds are expected to go to market Tuesday.
The United States’ 94-year excellent credit run ended Friday, when ratings agency Standard & Poor’s lowered the country’s AAA credit to AA+ for the first time, dissatisfied with the results of the spending cuts package agreement between Congress and the White House reached earlier in the week.
Claro has stepped up its efforts to obtain the franchise license it requested more than three years ago to break into the island’s paid television market by launching an online signature collection campaign Friday in support of its IPTV service.