Moody's Investors Service lowered its ratings on AT&T Inc. by one notch, saying the telecom giant's debt-financed share-repurchase program will result in materially higher leverage for several years.
Moody's downgraded AT&T's senior unsecured rating to A3, four notches into investment grade, from A2. The downgrade concludes a review launched in November.
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