In February, Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency, upgraded South Africa's debt rating to investment grade, noting that Mr. Mbeki's administration "had stepped up the pace of structural reform".
The report gave similar media policies in the US an average B- grade, noting scientists there can much more freely interact with the public.
They awarded the defense the same grade, noting that though they improved in the second half, they were "torched" on consecutive drives early in the game.
Concerning the results related to grades, note that we add a second specification which includes an interaction term between the lower secondary school track and the relevant grade (columns 3 and 4).
In a recent blog post, the Financial Services Roundtable cited its opposition to our banking grades by noting, among other things, that big companies sometimes have loan balances that fall below $1 million.
Fitch, a leading rating agency, recently gave it an investment-grade rating, noting that it had operated successfully in some extremely difficult environments.
Two major credit ratings agencies recently rated Indonesia investment-grade status in recognition of strong growth and falling debt, though Standard & Poor's held its rating one notch below investment grade last month, noting the possibility of new mining regulations.
Mr. Laplanche does not much care for this characterization when it applies to high-grade loans, noting that one life insurance company, which he will not name, has put $5 million to work on Lending Club.
The A.V. Clubs Todd VerDan Werff gave "The Moms" episode a B grade rating, noting "...I just liked the episode for having all of the characters have their moms wandering around".
We piloted the questionnaire in a private school (run by a Society/Trust, without government aid) [ 22] with 12 children of grade nine, noting all requests for clarifications.
