Credit rating agency may downgrade Tata if Jaguar bid succeeds
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Credit ratings agency Moody's says it may cut the ratings of Tata Motors if it buys Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover units, saying the acquisition could create "substantial" challenges for the Indian company.
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Indian business conglomerate Tata Group has confirmed its interest in purchasing the Jaguar and Land Rover units of Ford, making Tata the first company to publicly suggest it would pursue the brands.
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EMI Group Plc  is expected to  reject a potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from  private equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times  newspaper said on Monday.
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The British government has contacted Ford following a report the US automaker is to sell luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover, an official spokesman said Tuesday amid concern for the fate of British jobs.
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Commercial and investment banks could  see their credit ratings cut if the bond insurers which hedge  some of their assets were themselves downgraded, Standard &  Poor's said on Tuesday, as billionaire investor Wilbur Ross  mulled whether to invest $1 billion or more in the sector.
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Tata Motors said that it was entering detailed talks with Ford about the takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover, confirming what investors and analysts have anticipated for months.
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General Motors Corp. GM.N was warned  of another possible cut in its debt rating on Monday, a day  after the world's largest automaker said it would spend about  $2 billion (1.55 billion euros) to end its troubled alliance  with Fiat Spa FIA.MI.
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"We hope both parties can reach an agreement in the forthcoming weeks, though these are complex discussions and there is still much work that needs to be done before that position is reached."  Ford Motor Co. picked India's Tata Motors Ltd. as the top bidder for its Jaguar and Land Rover units, the Detroit automaker said Thursday. Ford has entered into "focused negotiations at a more detailed level" with Tata, meaning it has become the preferred bidder for the storied British automakers, the company said in a statement. "There is still a considerable amount of work to do, and while no final decision has been made, we will proceed with further substantive discussions with Tata Motors over the forthcoming weeks with a view to securing an agreement that is in the best interests of all parties concerned," Lewis Booth, executive vice president of Ford's European units, said in a statement. Read more
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Sobering expectations â foreshadowed on Sunday when management announced the lower prices â weighed on the companyâs already drooping stock.
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The luxury brand Jaguar is poised to join Tata Motors, a widely diverse Indian auto company that makes tractor-trailers, full-size S.U.V.âs and the worldâs cheapest car.
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The electronics retailer might seek bankruptcy to fend off lenders.
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India's Tata Motors Ltd  is  preparing for "an outright purchase" of Ford Motor Co's   Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands, against an earlier plan  for a majority stake, the Economic Times said on Wednesday.
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A low P/S ratio can point to undervalued companies.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.   subprime mortgage bonds issued last year are being downgraded  by rating companies at the fastest rate of any issuer,  according to Citigroup Inc. research dated June 22.
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Two major rating agencies cut General  Motors Corp.&#039;s  debt rating deeper into junk territory on  Tuesday after the automaker said it was offering banks  collateral to renew a credit facility.
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Ford would prefer not to keep a stake in its Jaguar and Land Rover units, when and if the automaker finds a buyer for the two luxury brands.
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Ford Motor Co  is poised to name  India's Tata Motors  as preferred bidder for its  Jaguar and Land Rover brands, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper  reported.