NEW YORK AP -- Shares of PepsiCo Inc. fell for a third-straight day Thursday to their lowest level since January after an analyst's downgrade led to concerns about the company's restaurant business.
Moody's today announced it placed on review for possible downgrade the A2/P-1 ratings of Egg Banking Egg. Moody's also changed the outlook on the D+ BFSR to stable from positive. The action follows the downgrade to A- from A (on review for possi ...
Moody's today announced it placed on reviewfor possible downgrade the A2/P-1 ratings of Egg Banking Egg. Moody'salso changed the outlook on the D+ BFSR to stable from positive. Theaction follows the downgrade to A- from A (on review for possible furtherMoody's today announced it placed on reviewfor possible downgrade the...
London Standard & Poor's rationale for the recent downgrade of Swiss Re from a double-A-plus" to a "double-A" has been questioned by some reinsurance market observers. In the downgrade announcement issued on July 28, S&P s London Standard...
CHICAGO -- Based on a preliminary review and assuming the closing of the leverage buyout LBO, Fitch Ratings expects to downgrade and remove from Rating Watch Negative HCA, Inc. as follows:
Polygon Insurance Company, the U.K. specialist aviation insurer, received a rating downgrade from Standard & Poor's from "BBB-plus" to "BBB-minus" with developing implications. The downgrade is the result of heavy losses su Polygon Insurance Company, the U.K. specialist aviation insurer, received a...
First the downgrade, then record earnings Mr. Karmanos is reacting to a downgrade in Compuware stock from analyst James Mendelson at tech-stock research specialists SoundView Technology Group Inc. in Stamford, Conn. According to reports ...
Moody's Investor Service granted struggling EchoStar a brief stay from a full downgrade, but still dropped the DBS company to a possible downgrade from a possible upgrade in the light of the failing News Corp. merger. Although Moody's "is concer Moody's Investor Service granted struggling EchoStar...
Glitnir's rating is unaffected by S&P's sovereign downgrade of Iceland. S&P states in a release today, that Glitnir's rating is not threatened by Republic of Iceland downgrade. Glitnir was rated by S&P in March 2006, as the first and only Icelandic Bank to date. Glitnir, the Nordic financial group, with...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Retailer Saks Incorporated (NYSE:SKS) (the "Company") today issued a response to Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the Company's credit ratings.
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Mercilessly tough competition has seen analysts at Lehman Bros downgrade Unilever to an 'underweight' position from an earlier 'neutral' position. Lehman says the downgrade is based on worry about future sales growth in the next year. "We believ Mercilessly tough competition has seen analysts at Lehman...
Scott Rothbort submits: Yesterday UBS analyst David Palmer downgraded Darden Restaurants DRI to “Neutral” from “Buy”. In order to rationalize that downgrade the analyst moved their price target down $1 from $39 to $38. Yet DRI remains his top pick in the casual dining segment. The stock moved from...
* Moody's Investors Service has placed the Baa2 debt rating of Qatar Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company under review for downgrade. The action is due to the increased possibility of war in the region as well as the recent increase in global terrorist activity.
Michael Shedlock submits: In what would have been major news nearly any other week this year, MarketWatch is reporting Ambac warns downgrade would put unit under pressure: Ambac Financial said late Friday that a downgrade by ratings agency Moody's Investors Service would leave its guaranteed investment contract business short...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Barely a week after its rights issue, telecom equipment maker L.M. Ericsson said the company's downgrade by Moody's Investors Service from Ba1 to Ba2 will increase its financing cost. Ericsson's shares dropped on the downgrade. STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Barely a week after its...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings will host a teleconference on Monday, March 3 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss its downgrade and outlook for Sprint Nextel. Fitch downgraded the company to 'BB+' from 'BBB-' yesterday and placed it on Ratings Watch Negative.
Moody's said it may downgrade six classes of a $335 million securitization backed by mortgages on three office buildings occupied by struggling telecommunications giant Lucent. Moody's said it may downgrade six classes of a $335 million securitization backed by mortgages on three office buildings...
So you've decided Windows Vista just isn't your cup of OS tea. Perhaps you're not happy with its sluggish performance or software incompatibilities. Whatever the reason, you may be able to "downgrade" to Windows XP (or, if you prefer, an earlier version of Windows). All volume-licensed editions of Vista, meaning...