Downgrade Of Spain Pushes Markets Lower

By CHRISTINE HAUSER and MATTHEW SALTMARSH, New York Times
Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:49am

Downgrade of Spain Pushes Markets Lower

Fitch cut Spain’s credit rating, saying that the country’s debt will probably weigh on the country’s growth.

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