Those of the PIGS—Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain—have all been downgraded.
Standard & Poor's has downgraded three of them and put another on credit watch.
After five years, 27% of A-rated corporate bonds were downgraded, versus 6% of municipal bonds and just 3% of sovereign issues. Unsurprisingly, a whopping 53% of CDOs were downgraded.
Strange view: Over time, poorly performing websites will be downgraded in the search results, while websites that people use and stay on will be nudged up.
Contrary to the expectations of many, the researchers also found that two high-profile species, the gorilla and the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, should be downgraded to a lower level of threat.
She was downgraded to assistant manager.
The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious.
Ratings agencies have already downgraded the debt of Portugal and Spain.
But neither America, which was downgraded in 2011, or France, which suffered a similar fate last year, have suffered much.
The likelihood of an attack by international terrorists was downgraded to "substantial", while the threat level from Northern Ireland terrorism within the province continued to be classified "severe".
When analysts at Bear Stearns, an investment bank, downgraded the firm's shares on January 2nd, they plunged by another 12%. This sealed the fate of Jim Donald, the chief executive since 2005.
She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.
Ratings agencies have recently downgraded Greek bonds to junk status, as well as lowered the ratings of Portugal and Spain.
International credit rating agencies downgraded Vietnam last December because of worries about the health of its banking sector, capital outflows and weak economic policies.
The embassy was downgraded to a legation.
"They didn't take more chances because they suddenly downgraded the risk," says Steinberg.
The Bank of England on Wednesday downgraded its forecast and also kindled expectation it may take more extraordinary action to boost the U.K. economy, despite stubborn inflation.
He had unwittingly downgraded public opinion.
We downgraded Ghana because it was without Michael Essien. Same goes for Germany, which was without captain Michael Ballack.
Just before the annual meetings, the IMF downgraded its forecast for global economic growth this year to 3.1 percent from the 3.3 percent it forecast in July and the 3.5 percent it projected in April.
S&P downgraded Italy's long-term and short-term sovereign debt rating one-notch to A/A-1.
But they only played that season for another downgrade, that is, free of charge downgraded.
On Wednesday, China's Dagong credit rating agency downgraded American debt.
California's debt rating was downgraded to BBB, two notches above junk status, by Fitch, a credit-rating agency.
The Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, also announced that the media centre – due to form a major part of the legacy from the games – would not be downgraded to a temporary building.
Technology sector was also hit hard, dragged by Hewlett-Packard, whose shares plunged more than 20 percent after several Wall Street analysts downgraded its stock.
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