Sentence examples for downgraded issues from inspiring English sources
Since so many of the downgraded issues had glittery AAA ratings before the latest review, there has been some grousing in the market that the rating agencies were overreacting to criticism that they were too generous in rating the controversial mortgage-backed bonds that blew up in the financial crisis of 2008.
Updated at 9.09am GMT 8.50am GMT BG Group blames Egypt and US for 'very disappointing' new guidance Shares in energy producer BG Group have tumbled 14% as investors digest downgraded forecasts issued this morning.
According to email exchanges, Cherry and Peevey paid extremely close attention to Wall Street analysts, two of whom downgraded stock issued by PG&E and Southern California Edison days after Brown's inauguration.
PARIS — Standard & Poor's lowered its rating on Belgium's sovereign debt on Friday, the latest in a string of downgrades issued this week on European countries and banks that have been hit by the European debt crisis.
There now appears to be general agreement that the downgrade issued a week ago by Standard & Poor's on the "Political Risks and Rising Debt Burden" of long-term United States debt was not a statement on the probability of default on Treasury bonds at all.
Based on data through Dec. 17, Moody's Investors Service has downgraded 616 bond issues this year, well above the 2000 count of 472.
For example, when some of its debt ratings were downgraded last week, Sears Holdings issued a statement saying it was being unfairly treated, noting that other companies were also suffering from high levels of debt taken on in the last few years.
Several hours after being downgraded, the CPHC issued its final advisory on Felicia as it degenerated into a remnant low near the Hawaiian Islands.
They claim that a late-round pick is being unfairly downgraded because of character issues: he will stop habitually running over Watch for Children signs near kindergartens as soon as he has a seven-figure contract to emotionally ground him.
Randomized trials are generally rated as high-quality evidence but can be downgraded if key methodological issues arise.
