Market overview: S&P takes BHP off CreditWatch

LONDON (ShareCast) – (ShareCast News) – 1416: S&P takes BHP BIlliton(NYSE: BBL – news) ´s long-term credit ratings off CreditWatch, reaffirms at A/A-1, albeit with a negative outlook. S&P highlights the change to the company´s policy on payouts, linking them more closely to market conditions but notes the potential for reputational risk stemming from the bursting of a damn owned by its JV in Brazil, Samarco.1400: US outfits NRG Energy(NYSE: NRG – news