Bloomberg Turkey’s sovereign credit rating was cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service, which concluded a review initiated after an unsuccessful coup attempt on July 15. Moody’s cited rising risks related to Turkey’s external financing needs and a weakening in its credit fundamentals as economic growth slows. The rating was cut to Ba1 from Baa3, leaving Fitch Ratings as …

Reuters Vodafone Group Plc is getting squeezed in Egypt as its state-backed partner embarks on a solo push into wireless services — crowding the market with a fourth provider while potentially leaving its U.K.-based ally to fend for itself. To finance its own network, Telecom Egypt may sell its 45 percent stake in an existing venture with Vodafone, according to …

  BAGHDAD / AP Iraq’s Oil Minister said his country supports any deal to prop up oil prices in the international market ahead of next week’s meeting of oil producers in Algeria, adding that fluctuating prices have badly affected the producers. Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC producers are scheduled to meet Sept. 28 in …