VOL. XLV

No 17

29-April-2002

RATINGS

S&PSays Middle East, North AfricaCould See Improvements In Corporate Credit Quality

International ratingsagency Standard and Poor痴 (S&P) said in a 23 April report on emergingmarket corporate credit quality that the Middle East and North Africa region(along with Eastern Europe) appears most favorably placed for potentialimprovements in corporate credit quality. Nineteen of the 33 issuers listed oneither CreditWatch Positive or Positive Outlook werefrom...