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Stories for January 31st 2015
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Saturday, January 31st 2015 - 10:44 UTC
Moody's downgrades Petrobras credit rating because of corruption scandal
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit rating of Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras because of the widening kickback-corruption scandal affecting the country's largest corporation.The credit rating agency announced its decision late Thursday in a statement posted on its website.
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Saturday, January 31st 2015 - 09:30 UTC
Despite fourth quarter blip US economy fundamentals remain robust with strong tailwind
US economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter as weak business spending and a wider trade deficit offset the fastest pace of consumer spending since 2006. GDP expanded at a 2.6% annual pace after the third quarter's spectacular 5%, the Commerce Department said in its first fourth-quarter GDP snapshot.
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Saturday, January 31st 2015 - 09:25 UTC
Britain marks 50 years of state funeral for Winston Churchill
Britain marked 50 years on Friday since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin under the dipping dockside cranes in 1965 retracing its journey along London's River Thames.
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Saturday, January 31st 2015 - 09:23 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Celac summit, including Commonwealth members, support Argentina's 'legitimate' claims
The Celac summit held in Costa Rica and which brings together all Latin American and Caribbean countries released a declaration expressing full support for Argentina's 'legitimate' rights over the Falklands/Malvinas, recalls that 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Resolution 2065 (first UN Assembly General resolution on the Falklands dispute) and again call on the goods offices of Ban Ki-moon to help start negotiations on the Argentina/UK dispute.
