downgrade
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However, Fitch in its downgrade of Delaware Life said the plan may prove “insufficient to fully address governance, reporting, and investment oversight issues.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
President Nicusor Dan, a pro-European centrist, tried to address people's concerns last weekend after Romania avoided a downgrade of its credit rating by Fitch to "junk", or below investment grade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The downgrade reflects weak first-half service revenue results, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jenrick said: "Frankly I find it astonishing that, just a short period after he was elected to Parliament, the authorities, the government, chose to massively downgrade his security".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
She submitted a list of the bonds she wished to downgrade to her superiors and received back a list of what she was permitted to downgrade.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
DBS downgrades the stock’s rating to hold from buy and lowers its target price to $0.80 from $1.95.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh downgrades shares of the Keytruda maker following a nearly 13% rally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Walter is now racing to sell or unwind many of those undisclosed loans to head off ratings downgrades that would scare off policy buyers, the Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
AmInvestment Bank downgrades Public Bank’s rating to hold from buy, while maintaining a 5.60 ringgit target price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Last year, Prince Harry lost a legal challenge in which he sought to overturn a decision that had downgraded his security after his move to the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Fitch Ratings last week downgraded its long-term issuer default rating on Baidu to A-minus from A, citing the structural decline in the company’s search ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Since the disclosures, rating agencies Fitch, AM Best and S&P Global have downgraded the companies’ outlook to negative, but they also have said the insurers maintain a high level of financial strength.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The level-5 warnings of heavy rain were all downgraded to level-4 as of Friday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I can’t believe he actually just downgraded Peeta’s dire circumstances to a setback.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
On Monday, shortly after authorities began downgrading some mandatory evacuation orders to warnings around Somersett, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said people were already venturing too far into dangerous wildlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Osterman said many companies treated employees as dispensable, cutting them when convenient, or downgrading them into contractor or part-time roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ader upgraded Backblaze shares to Market Perform from Underperform—just a few months after downgrading the stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Anmuth was more critical of Meta’s spending plans, downgrading the stock to neutral from overweight on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Another principle of the educational system is the promotion of technical or vocational education and the simultaneous downgrading of the humanities.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
