<div>S&P downgrades Lebanon's credit rating amidst ongoing protests</div> <!-- no image --> <div>S&P Global Ratings said on Friday that it lowered Lebanon's long-term and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to 'CCC/C' from 'B-/B', citing rising financial and monetary risks.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Doz1iEcFZ5A:wYtRNJUXAgM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Doz1iEcFZ5A:wYtRNJUXAgM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Doz1iEcFZ5A:wYtRNJUXAgM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Doz1iEcFZ5A:wYtRNJUXAgM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Doz1iEcFZ5A:wYtRNJUXAgM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Doz1iEcFZ5A" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters