Amid the heat of battle, Fitch entered the scene announcing it was placing Southern Union onratingwatchnegative given uncertainty over its future corporate structure.
The Fitch ratings agency warned that if Greece did leave the euro, it would probably place all 16 remaining euro nations' sovereign ratings on"rating watchnegative" - meaning they would be in danger of being downgraded.
The packages have not been sufficient to calm the markets or stop the rot from spreading: 2010 ended with Fitch downgrading Portugal and putting Greece onnegativeratingwatch.
And while Fitch says the rest of the UK would keep its triple-A rating intact, it adds that the problems in the UK economy put it onnegativewatch - that is, at risk of a downgrade.
Rather tight, perhaps, especially since the company was this week put onnegativewatch by Moody's (the agency that boosted Russia's sovereign debt rating to investment grade three weeks ago).