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S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time

The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

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