EDF suffers credit downgrade following Hinkley approval

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Standard & Poors downgrades EDF's credit rating just days after Moody's places its EDF rating on review

Influential credit ratings agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has downgraded its rating on EDF following the UK government's approval of the controversial Hinkley C nuclear plant. The change of EDF's rating...

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