Another Stock Rating Upgrade for Interpublic

Company slowly shakes junk bond status

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Moody’s Investors Service today upgraded Interpublic Group’s stock into investment grade status—eight months after Fitch Ratings did the same. In each case, Interpublic escaped junk bond territory.

Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, however, has yet to follow suit. That said, today marks the first time since 2003 that two of the three credit ratings agencies have deemed IPG investment-worthy.

Pre-2002, IPG enjoyed relatively high ratings among the agencies. Then the holding company unearthed a $183.1

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