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But after repeated downgrades, forecasts for eurozone growth might soon have to be revised up, he said.

Others expect more modest downgrades of one to two notches on average, but few can afford even that sort of deterioration.

Fitch said the downgrades reflected deteriorating market conditions.

Italy and Belgium are also likely to come under pressure if Greece defaults while Portugal and Ireland would be at a risk of downgrades.

The sector is experiencing revenue downgrades due to a steady migration of advertisers from print to online, where margins are often lower.

Banks and insurers, effectively backstopped by the U. S. government, could also face downgrades and find it more costly to borrow money.

Their optimism on earnings-defined as the ratio of earnings upgrades to downgrades-has plunged in the last six or so weeks, SG reports.

The lack of a pension fix has led to downgrades of Illinois credit ratings. Cheryl Corley, NPR News.

Ratings agencies issued downgrades, and the company's bond prices took a dive.

Concerns over the global cycle, earnings downgrades, and financial system worries are all likely to cap the market upside.

As companies across the region cut staff and hack profit forecasts, further downgrades to Asian growth estimates could well follow.

But Moody's downgrades coincided with a rerun of the European Banking Authority's stress tests of the region's banks.

The company's stock fell more than 4 percent on Wednesday after analyst downgrades and grim forecast by PC rival Dell (DELL).

Operating momentum is expected to stall in the fourth quarter and there are risks of investment-led downgrades and a consumer slowdown.

Over history, downgrades happen to a third of credits within six to 24 months after they go on negative outlook.

This time round governments cannot recapitalise banks without triggering downgrades and renewed fears of sovereign default.

Today's more positive verdict on the Chinese economy follows two downgrades to the bank's growth forecast for 2009.

With growth prospects dimming, we think the agencies will take another look at the UK's AAA standing and start to talk about downgrades.

A day earlier, Moody's Investor Services placed debt of several Portuguese banks under review for possible downgrades.

Downgrades between the Enterprise and Standard CAL editions in Office SharePoint Server 2007 are technically not possible.

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financialpuorgwas a key decliner after forecast earnings downgrades as it absorbs UFJ's bad loans.

Greece, Spain and Portugal have already suffered debt downgrades by the rating agencies; Ireland may follow.

Ratings downgrades would reduce the EFSF's resources or force it to operate as a less highly rated, and more expensive, borrower.

Credit agencies issued downgrades or downgrade warnings for countries like Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Greece.

So it is very necessary to improve the traffic safety of the heavy commercial vehicles in the continuous long and steep downgrades.

If Moody's downgrades Greece, its bonds cease to be eligible for ECB refinancing.

Large international banks from Bank of America to Barclays suffered credit rating downgrades from Standard & Poor's on Tuesday.

Standard & Poor's, another rating agency, has said that many commercial mortgage-backed securities are highly susceptible to downgrades.

Moody's and Standard & Poor's, two credit-rating agencies, put the firm on their watch lists for potential downgrades.

They are seeing downgrades on their debt due even as they are agreeing to further outlays to rescue another country's balance sheet.

Further purchases are possible, particularly if the Fed again downgrades its economic forecasts.

The downgrades help to explain why the economy has only regained a fraction of the more than 8 million jobs lost during the downturn.

With earnings downgrades on the cards , Beijing's much -heralded coming out party looks like being little fun for shareholders .

That prospect comes alongside concerns of more ratings downgrades and higher default risk if governments act too slowly.

Standard & Poor's, a rating agency, says that three recent downgrades show the difficulties that some universities face.

When Moody's recently downgraded the debt of Ireland, it warned that "multi-notch" downgrades might follow, and explained why.

Insurers are already being threatened with downgrades by rating agencies for the terrorism cover they have sold.

Of more complex products, collateralised-debt obligations (CDOs) downgrades have affected just 1% of securities by value.

But they are being poisoned by the toxic public finances, not least because sovereign-debt downgrades hurt their own credit ratings.

And some are critical of the industry's slowness in recognising asset downgrades, which would trigger falls in management fees.

And the bigger the earnings downgrades between now and then, the greater the reliance on deleveraging to plug the gap.

The markets usually react to earnings downgrades, so this rally could be short-lived.

The agency left in place its negative outlook, signalling further downgrades are possible.

Those downgrades usually take place within six months of the outlook change.

On Wall Street, two ratings agencies downgraded BP's debt and warned that further downgrades are likely.

The prices of credit default swaps have signaled for months some downgrades of triple-A companies.

Rating agency downgrades often confirm what most investors already know.

German banks also fear the effects of credit downgrades among their corporate clients.

The combination of heavy truck and highway downgrades has potential dangerous for truck drivers and other drivers.

Analyst downgrades have followed, in part from the fear that other countries may follow suit.

But further downgrades may be needed before a deal is finally struck.

Multi-notch downgrades could put further downward pressure on prices.

The downgrades were announced after the market closed, muting their impact.

Moody's Investors Service cut Spain's credit rating one notch to Aa2 and warned of possible further downgrades.

Ratings downgrades can spark collateral calls on derivatives, reduce access to some funding markets and add to market fears over bank heath.

Rating agencies, for instance, are told about pending deals so they can be ready with upgrades or downgrades when the announcement comes.

S& P defines weakest links as borrowers with junk bonds with ratings of B minus or lower and at risk of further downgrades.

Given the profit downgrades, what to make of those unit sales?

Ratings downgrades of assets guaranteed by Spain's central bank didn't help either.

The downgrades follow from Germany's insistence that private-sector bondholders play a part in a Greek bailout now under negotiation.

Interest rate differentials are helping to keep the euro ( EUR) well bid in spite of another round of downgrades by S&P.

And while this is partly political posturing, it is hard to deny that those downgrades are rocking markets.

Meanwhile, other downgrades will follow for financials institutions such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Upgrades of sovereign debt exceeded downgrades in every year between 1999 and 2007.

Nestle SA, the world's biggest food company, fell 3 percent on analyst downgrades.

Downgrades by Moody's had been in prospect for days amid wild gyrations in French banks' share prices.

IN GREECE ouzo and olives have given way to debt and downgrades.

Moody's downgrades Greece again By: Colin Barr Source: FORTUNE China

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Downgrades can also be trigger events in financial contracts, like credit default swaps, that force money to change hands between parties;

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