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And if in a year's time the ratings have gone up and my interviews are being perceived as good interviews, then job done.

The defense might also claim that it was the ratings agencies, not Deutsche Bank, that were to blame.

A television show called "Glee" may top the ratings, but nowadays blissful feelings seem to be in shorter supply than ever before.

The ratings are also irrelevant so long as Greece does not need to access the capital markets, which means at least the next two years.

The ratings agency, however, 'cautions that these changes do not mean it believes there is nothing but open road ahead of these companies. '

the ratings settings to reflect what you think is appropriate content in each of four areas: language, nudity, sex, and violence.

But you know we went back and really tried to address the ratings and how we calculated what everybody was getting this year.

The study said the ratings, while low, are still better than they were at the start of the war with Iraq.

The ratings company cut the grade one step to AA and assigned it a "stable" outlook, according to a statement from London today.

Gibson took over the ratings lead shortly after he took over at "World News. "

As it appointed the ratings agencies and managers, it could shop round for those that were likely to be the most compliant.

The chances of at least one if not more of the ratings agencies downgrading American debt are now quite good.

Over the long term the ratings of most developed nations have been remarkably stable.

The ratings agency worries that the deal, one of the year's biggest involving private equity, will increase Del Monte's debt.

However, it has re-examined these incidents and concluded that none of the bugs did distort the ratings.

Article 90 A commercial bank shall at least make an update to the ratings of borrowers and guarantors for non-retail exposures each year.

"People used to ask me if the ratings are scientific, or if we are playing any tricks, " Mr.

The reputation of the ratings agencies is now so thoroughly trashed that their continued usefulness might seem in doubt .

One of the ways to restore confidence in the ratings process and capital markets is through appropriate regulation.

Called drowned in the portfolio today is no longer winning the ratings of the Xiang Bobo .

The ratings agencies accept that conflicts of interest exist, but claim they have mitigated them through a disclosure of models and ratings.

Some fret that might be shorthand for suppressing cuts to the ratings of wobbly European states.

countries, economies, that in real time are seeing their borrowing costs spike in no small part due to what the ratings agencies say.

As part of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC is looking at a number of topics related to the ratings agencies, one of which is standardization.

The ratings are supposed to give guidance to investment risk during bad times, not to be downgraded when the situation turns sour.

Most of his TV dramas ranked the first in the ratings. "princess Huai Yu" was eulogized as "the king of viewership" .

The anonymous staff member also said that the ratings for the contest this year "kept being higher than other TV programs of its kind" .

The ratings encompassed a wide range of attributes, from communication and conflict management to trustworthiness and teamwork.

An effective solution to the ratings problem would make the profits that rating agencies earn depend on how the bonds they rate perform.

It is recovering in the ratings and Mr Wright hopes to prove NBC's critics wrong with a crop of new shows for the autumn.

It was this, rather than wider concerns over its corporate governance standards, that prompted the ratings withdrawal, it said.

Shortly after, a correction was released and the ratings agency confirmed that France's rating remained AAA with a stable outlook.

The actual number of individuals in different demographic groups who have returned usable information to the ratings company.

They also asked independent observers to rate the men's faces, and found broad agreement with the ratings from partners.

but also emphasized the influence of animation on the ratings among the best animated film to be additional incentives.

Moody's, S&P's main rival in the ratings business, also maintains a Aaa credit rating - its highest - on the United States.

Yet when some supposedly good-quality assets proved to be worth little, people lost faith in the models and the ratings .

Politicizing the ratings game would only make matters worse -- for tomorrow and for the more distant future.

While circumstances and economic paths differed, the impacts of the ratings change itself weren't significant, analysts say.

However, because the bank has not revealed the ratings on its holdings, it is very difficult to estimate how big the losses will be.

The ratings outlooks are all stable, as the ratings firm said Berkshire's rating is 'well supported' at the new level.

I hope you guys do not put so much stress on the ratings.

The ratings firm noted that the unit's regulatory capital fell 22% in 2008 and a 'significant additional amount' through early March.

Bason: Our star ratings take into consideration the ratings of three of the top online travel agencies.

Ratings agencies have recently downgraded Greek bonds to junk status, as well as lowered the ratings of Portugal and Spain.

The ratings agency said it made the upgrade, "based on the company's strengthened capital position and improved risk profile. "

However, the ratings changed after, and sometimes in anticipation of, life-altering events, including sudden changes in income.

The first mate was standing at the rail with three of the ratings. He wore a pistol in a waterproof holster.

The ratings for reflexes, handling, communication, jumping and positioning are generally a good indicator for how good a goalkeeper is.

Then Mr Brown will be remembered for fantasy finances, mendacious promises and perhaps the intervention of the ratings agencies.

But bond-fund managers say the ratings firms' track record makes them unreliable indicators when picking investments in volatile markets.

Overall, averaging all the ratings, the gap between prediction and reality was three times greater for women than for men.

More likely, bond investors are so shell-shocked that they need the ratings as justification should their purchases go wrong.

Confidence in the ratings agencies to get it right has been shaken recently by a number of missteps and controversies.

Personally I wish the ratings agencies would just downgrade all the remaining triple-As.

Badges next to the results for restaurant Web sites like Open Table aggregate and present the ratings that users have given the restaurant.

But more important for the markets than the ratings moves, analysts say, are the country's underlying economic trends.

Even if agreement is quickly reached by Congress, the reaction of the ratings agencies poses a larger question mark.

Our show has gone up in the ratings.

The ratings are free, but much of the data and explanation behind them is not.

The ratings seem to back him up.

"We don't want to challenge the ratings agencies by being overtly provocative, " he told the Financial Times in an interview.

The first game of the final selection to be held on New Year's Eve, when the booming Shanghai, the ratings reached 94%.

Unfortunately, the ratings agencies, which once served this purpose, have lost their credibility.

Similarly, the ratings agencies run credit checks on companies, countries and financial products.

Xinhua operates in areas uncovered by the ratings agencies, so its hard to gauge audience size.

The ratings by students help your price. The better service you provide, the better ratings you will have and the more fees you will earn.

Along with those reasons, "increased usage of social media is definitely driving the ratings, " said Jon Gibs, a vice president at Nielsen.

The ratings of each performance indicator are defined in the guideline.

NBC wants Jerry Seinfeld's The Marriage Ref to also creep up the ratings ranks.

The ratings agencies retort that they cannot be blamed for the way ratings are used.

One way to find out is to check out the ratings on Glassdoor for a specific company in a specific location.

The ratings firm said it expects violent demonstrations to persist despite the move by Mubarak to appoint a vice president.

Then the participants viewed the ratings of the same songs by two professional music experts.

As for the section of the packaging to better attract the audience's eye and raise the ratings.

Japan has run continuous fiscal deficits and seen its debt downgraded by the ratings agencies.

The ratings agencies may move shortly to reassess CDOs, but the investment banks have seen no deterioration in their own ratings.

The Europeans are in talks with the ratings agencies over this key issue, but no agreement was forged last week.

What are the biggest misunderstandings that people have about the ratings system?

Peter Case, my boss , the man who owns this station, hoped he could improve the ratings. Instead , our audience is disappearing.

If the ratings don't go up soon, they are going to pull the plug on this show.

The ratings for "60 Minutes, " CBS' only top-10 hit that season, dropped while Rooney was off the air.

Bloomberg does not release figures about the size of its audience and does not have a partnership with Nielsen, the ratings company.

Moving six years down the line to 1986, a talk show called AM Chicago on the WLS-TV station was trailing last in the ratings.

The ratings, reviews, and screen shots for each application help you determine which one best fits your needs.

419 college students stated how proud or ashamed they would be of 96 behaviors. The ratings by each sex were then factor analyzed.

Unlike Zagat, eBay users rate each other, they do so in massive numbers, and the ratings are instantly available to all users.

And last Thursday the ratings agency said that it might downgrade 13 Italian banks if the nation's sovereign rating was cut.

The ratings engine allows consumers to create an account on Hotelicopter using the same account information they would on Facebook.

Can we please, oh please, get beyond the ratings game and focus instead on the possible consequences to our children?

'In Europe, people are laughing that the ratings are where they are, ' Mr. Abbad says.

Any good news mostly centered around establishments that topped the ratings.

Kronenberger said it's not enough to rely solely on the ratings.

The ratings will go up. The directing will be excellent.

Velshi S & P guides investors, but the ratings' business is also becoming a facilitator for emerging economies.

For instance, it could allow these investors to influence the ratings, as could the issuers.

But again, that does not mean the ratings are new information.

Q. But do you think that if you had done that the ratings would have been even higher?

The commission ruled that it could find "no advantage" in the ratings.

Doctors say the ratings are often based on faulty data, and could lead doctors to cherry-pick healthy patients who are easiest to treat.

As for the ratings agencies: since when have they been right about anything?

That is part of the ratings process for any credit [including corporate, sovereign, and structured credit]. We talk to the issuer.

The ratings agency also noted new concerns about the braking systems on Toyota Prius vehicles.

You can generate reports based on the ratings of your Web site content or resources.

The television programme was rapidly losing ground in the ratings.

In return, the ratings in Cataclysm should be much harder to cap.

His response was "The ratings aren't great, but Fox already ordered a full, 22-episode season and they have yet to amend that order. "

Analytical Writing Assessment scores range from 0 to 6 and represent the average of the ratings from the two GMAT essays.

Mr. Guan defends his firm's ratings on the U. S. , but acknowledges the ratings industry's problems in China.

Yeah, I think we have a strong enough built in audience and it actually has been doing really well this season with the ratings.

Much management time goes on "gaming" the ratings to ensure a good score.

A Disney TV show called "So Random! " has ranked first in the ratings among tweens.

Yes. I'd spend some time at the station. I'd follow the ratings. Then, after I learned everything about the show, I'd think about changes.

Others say that Hunan's accusation is simply sour grapes because the Jiangsu TV program is topping the ratings.

Meanwhile, the ratings for Bonds's reality show were miserable.

The ratings are each two steps lower than the grades of the holding company.

VelshiS & P guides investors, but the ratings' business is also becoming a facilitator for emerging economies.

Online conversations can also help or hinder opening weekends for movies and the ratings for politicians.

The ratings for "Larry King Live" had fallen sharply in recent years.

Despite the gloomy outlook, the ratings agency said it expected house prices in the UK to remain flat in 2008.

'Government support is a big, big factor, ' Mr. Maheshwari said of the ratings changes.

The ratings also changed depending on what the listeners thought the sounds were.

The ratings of club and nation relationships can now be updated.

Such measures should curb the "ratings shopping" that was prevalent in the boom.

From the three television stations, each of them has a magic weapon for winning in the ratings war in equal shares.

The ratings are summarized for all evaluators by topic and also overall to provide feedback.

In order to meet the need of morden people and the ratings, television programs have witnessed a extremely entertainment scene.

And one cannot overlook the visual acuity of the ratings agencies in the past.

Or it could push the ratings firms further to the sidelines.

The show is high in the ratings, which means it will attract good publicity.

In the first three months of 2007, we've seen three different malicious programs topping the ratings.

After all, many were given the AAA seal of approval by the ratings agencies, and we know how reliable they are.

View and change the ratings systems and bureaus you use.

I'd follow the ratings. Then, after I learned everything about the show.

To rate a file by using the ratings property, click the star that represents the rating you want to apply.

However, timestamps of the ratings, which are given in Track 1, are withheld for Track 2.

I have it have high confidence in the ratings, and strive to exceed the CCTV Spring Festival Evening bar!

Mike: Are the ratings up?

U should have seen the ratings that day !

PITY the ratings agencies.

He also promises that if the ratings break 10, he will treat everyone to Hakka delicacies.

Why not just leave the ratings at hold?

No, and this is new information as far as I'm aware, but the ratings will remain, however they will likely be lowered.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress.

The show was taken off its prime-time slot because the ratings dropped.

Very stylish, very nice, very many people look at the ratings, but first!

Are the ratings up? Not yet.

At first, the ratings of science film and science television was very low. The development of ratings appeared difficult.

Even so, these numbers are better than those in the same month last year when the ratings reached as high as 151 in late July.

The ratings service also lowered its estimate for 2009 U. S. auto sales to 10. 55 million cars and trucks from 10. 8 million.

But because of the ratings systems, that is considered an R rating.

Is it really just for the ratings?

The ratings firm made similar moves for three other Chinese developers late last year.

Have you seen the ratings from yesterday?

For further information on the ratings system, please refer to the attachment to this letter.

In an age where reality television still rules the ratings, fans of daytime television want to see more reality infused into their soaps--

So, the agencies are stuck in a bind, as are investors and regulators: the ratings might be flawed, but nobody can afford to ignore them;

This fridge knows what kinds of foods you like to eat, based on the ratings you have given to your dinners.

Please indicate which one of the ratings below best describes our relationship

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