Standard & Poor’s cuts oil price forecast, threat to company credit ratings

By Angela Macdonald Smith
Updated December 17 2014 - 3:13pm, first published 2:42pm

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cut its price assumptions for crude oil for the second time this month, raising the prospect that companies will face further pressure on their credit ratings as their creditworthiness is tested against the lower prices.

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