Panathinaikos 1 Standard Liege 3 - Europa League result (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) - Panathinaikos 1 Standard Liege 3 - Europa League last 16 first leg result on Thursday.

Indonesia’s Credit Rating Raised by Standard & Poor’s (Update1) (Bloomberg) - March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s sovereign debt ratings were raised to the highest level in 12 years by Standard & Poor’s after the economy grew at the fastest pace in more than a year last quarter.

Reds win set the standard - Martinez (Soccer365) - Roberto Martinez says Wigan have set the standard with their victory over Liverpool - and challenged them to maintain at Bolton on Saturday.

Standard & Poor's hikes Ukraine's credit rating a notch after new government was formed (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - KIEV, Ukraine - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's says it has raised Ukraine's sovereign credit rating by one notch, citing reduced political risks in the country.

Standard or itemized deductions? (Highland Community News) - Most taxpayers have a choice of either taking a standard deduction or itemizing their deductions. If you have a choice, you can use the method that gives you the lowest tax.

Standard Liege’s Milan Jovanovic Taken Aback By Fine Panathinaikos Europa League Win (Goal.com) - After proving to be a thorn in Panathinaikos ’ side for the duration of Standard Liege ’s Europa League encounter in Greece, Milan Jovanovic has confessed that he has been somewhat taken aback by the relatively simple manner of his team’s victory.

NEWSPAPER ABCs: Sex, style and fashion helps Standard rise to the occasion (Media Week Online) - LONDON - Alexander Lebedev's London Evening Standard has posted an "average net circulation" of 610,226 for February, the highest known distribution in the newspaper's 180 year history.

Standard and Poor’s raises Ukraine crediting rating (Itar-Tass) - MOSCOW, March 12 (Itar-Tass) -- Standard and Poor’s, an international rating agency, has raised the sovereign crediting rating of Ukraine on its liabilities in foreign currency from CCC+/C to B-/C, and on the liabilities in the national currency – from B-/C to B/B. The forecast on the ratings is “positive,” says a press release of Standard and Poor’s.

Happy surfin': Standard launches improved Web site (The Montana Standard) - Online readers of The Montana Standard will see a new mtstandard.com Web site redesign starting today.

Africa Clean Energy Projects May Triple, Standard Bank Says (Bloomberg) - March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The value of carbon emission- reduction projects in Africa is expected to almost triple from 2008, Standard Bank Group Ltd. said.