The biggest threat of failure lies in downgrading this government's previous "green" environmental agenda.
Mr. Tanona joined analysts from Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in downgrading their ratings on Lehman's stock.
Its obsession with Woodhenges, Sea Henges and Time Team demotic digging only succeeds in downgrading our greatest monument.
Last month, in downgrading DaimlerChrysler's debt rating, Standard & Poor's cited the risks Chrysler posed to its parent.
Fitch, a ratings agency, put America's sovereign debt on negative watch, suggesting that it is contemplating following Standard & Poor's in downgrading America's rating.
In downgrading Greece's debt, Moody's warned that Athens would have difficulty fulfilling its promises to overhaul its finances and might have to restructure debt.
It faces a crunch at the end of the year if Moody's joins the two other major credit-rating agencies in downgrading Greek debt below A grade.
In downgrading the county's bond rating, Moody's signaled that it was not impressed with the measures the county had taken so far to cut costs.
Under Putin, the EU acquiesced in downgrading talk about human rights from the summits to twice-yearly low-level human rights consultations.
