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  • Sony moves a step closer to junk; outlook "negative"

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    Vladimir Cole
    Vladimir Cole
    10.11.2006

    Fitch Ratings (a company that assesses the risk level of debt) announced today that they have downgraded several types of Sony debt to "BBB+" (the debt is still three notches above the dreaded "junk" moniker, however). Fitch also slapped a "negative" outlook on the debt, indicating that future debt downgrades are possible as "Sony's financial profile [continues] to weaken in the next one to two years." Reasons for the downgrade include: