Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26 billion, but there may be another price to pay

While there is a compelling case that Microsoft's massive $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn will be good for business, it may force Microsoft out of the ranks of the debt elite.
Credit-rating agency Moody's has placed Microsoft's perfect "AAA" rating under review after the tech giant announced that it would issue new debt in order to finance the takeover of LinkedIn.
Microsoft is one of only three companies to have the perfect "AAA" rating from the agency, along with Johnson & Johnson