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This is just huge for that hour. People stayed with us all night. [Late night comedian] Jimmy Kimmel did a 15 rating at 2 o'clock in the morning.

Patrick Henry

I don't buy 'Debbie Does Dallas,' I buy the ones where the R-rating is for [action]... I get the movies that were [big at the] box office.

Rosann Sanders

There is a certain amount of cost involved for that level of quality and an effort entailed in keeping that rating. If you jump into that realm, you want to keep it. It's not an easy task to do.

Carl Gronlund

What we're getting in the Hong Kong story this year is the re-rating of the market, the growth of the China play potential of the market, and I think people have completely discounted any problems at all with the hand over.

Nicholas Horsley

For 110 basis points, we believe it's not worth getting into high yield. On average, you're sliding six notches in the credit rating.

Dilip Parameswaran

The game will be managing the debt and reducing it at a pace that doesn't affect their investment rating.

Ben Holden

It really was a business decision. Putting that $17 million into the pool of resources will allow us to have more cash in hand, get a better bond rating and borrow money at a lower rate.

Joseph Orlando

I'd be surprised if one quarterback in the league could compute his own rating. Peyton Manning is as cerebral as it gets, and I don't think he'd have a first clue.

Troy Aikman

By not paying or by paying only the minimum balance, you can hurt your credit rating. Students can come out of school with not only educational but also consumer debt.

Noreen Lephardt

It is possible that pharmaceutical group stock momentum could carry (Lilly) higher, but we believe the risk/reward warrants a neutral rating.

David Risinger

The fuel bill was higher than expected. But there is nothing in these results to make me change our rating.

Stephen Furlong

Management will need to carefully monitor operating results and capital spending over the next two years in order to maintain the rating. Failure to meet projections could result in a rating or outlook change.

Liz Sweeney

The rating reflects the company's high leverage, weak profit margins relative to peers, participation in a highly competitive industry, and reliance on the popularity of Hollywood films.

Tulip Lim

We have a negative outlook on the company. We don't think anything will happen in 2006 to cause the rating to go up.

Robert Schulz

We will have to work very hard to sail to our rating.

Jim Madden

I feel very confident about our performance. We're growing in ratings and revenues, so I'm pleased with what we're bringing to the table. I don't see them passing on us with our outstanding rating and reputation.

Carol Lafever

Despite the fact that the stock has had an unbelievably strong run, we believe there is further to go and hence we believe the correct approach is to move back to a 'Buy' rating.

Nigel Coe

Manitou pontoons are built right in Lansing. They were just awarded on Feb. 16 'the J.D. Powers highest customer satisfaction rating on Pontoon Boats.' This is a highly prestigious honor and we're proud to be associated with this Michigan-made product.

Matt Hamel

[By October] it will be difficult to justify an 'amber' rating.

Don Cruickshank

The rating system is pretty accurate as far as who the best teams out there are.

Hugo Luna

The region tournament has kind of lost value due to the new rating system.

Hugo Luna

We're really embracing our 'M' rating.

Gaute Godager

I am not changing my rating on the stock (.

Robert Peck

There is a certain capacity where we can borrow without affecting our credit rating - probably in the ballpark of about $2 billion.

Alexander Izosimov

It's an Atom Egoyan movie, ... We know he's not the world's great pornographer. It's hard to quantify what kind of damage (the rating) will have done.

Colin Firth

Racing has been surprisingly close. The rating system has done a very good job of comparing the boats. We tied a race, which is really rare. Other races have been decided by seconds. You can't get much closer.

Dee Smith

Sharp declines in the government?s external debt indicators and structural improvements that, over time, should help Pakistan?s export capacity motivated the change in outlook for the foreign currency rating.

Agost Benard

Many people feel if regular is good than premium must be better, ... and that's not the case. Due to advertising, a lot of people think premium fuel is better fuel, when in actuality it simply has a higher octane rating.

Rik Paul

The foam unit that fits inside the ear blocks the maximum amount of damaging sound with a noise reduction rating [NRR] of 29 decibels [dB] to 33 dB.

Bob Walker

We looked at companies that got the most A's and the most F's. What we do is we collect on an A to F scale and so we averaged those reports together and a company's rating is an average of those reports.

Angie Hicks

A less visible part of the damage done by Katrina may be what's happened to the President's approval rating.

Charlie Cook

Even with the same rating level but with better mobility and endurance makes the competition somewhat unbalanced.

Bob Hammond

If we should downgrade Tyson Foods' long-term debt rating after our review it would place the bonds in the speculative grade (junk) category.

John Cline

The one thing I can't forgive [Henry] for was ... the ratings were really a code intended for institutional buyers. They would know the actual rating was two degrees off the stated one. But the rest of his clients did not know that.

David Denby

(We presented the) $600 million plan for the benefit of our rate payers. We thought we had an agreement. The credit agencies, the rating agencies, those are key to us. The more damaging effects to us, the more costly it is to borrow money.

Rob Gould

This is long-awaited good news for bond investors. The next question is whether the new unit will have an investment-grade rating.

Pete Hastings

Trusts should take note that they will feel the effect in their annual rating if they fail to rise to the challenge.

Anna Walker

Even though it seems very minor, and well within construction tolerances, it still did not meet the fire rating needed.

Jon Hopkins

I'm sitting there trying to figure that one out. I guess it really doesn't matter any more, the actual rating, it's the directional change.

Mike Thompson

Maybe I'm alone in this view. But I'd think that Gore, if he were to lose, might have a hard time capturing the nomination because he failed to win at a time of great prosperity and having a president with a 55% approval rating despite 'Clinton fatigue' and all that. Many might argue that the problems were based on the candidate and not on the issues.

Andrew Kohut

Some of those pilots were very high-time pilots, with the best airline transport rating, which is the highest license a pilot can have, ... Some of them were only transport pilots with many thousands of hours of flying time that could not manage to fly this airplane.

Don Kennedy

That could affect your rating anywhere from 20 to 60 points. And that in turn, could affect if you get a 6 percent mortgage or a 5 percent mortgage.

James Lucas

Given the low rating of the shares, we would hope they would be buying them and indeed they are.

Hilary Cook

It's the bigger picture that continues to wear down Bush's approval rating on Iraq, and voter frustration with Iraq.

Amy Walter

The rating on its face is inexplicable in that a substantial majority of the committee found him 'well qualified' yet a minority somehow found him 'not qualified,' ... The ABA has an obligation to be forthright and explain this decision.

Viet Dinh

We are definitely looking at it, like we participated in the earlier bond sale by Indonesia. There is going to be a rating upgrade, which is positive.

Desmond Soon

Net-net, it is quite positive and would help to alleviate some of the concerns on the credit. There is now ample scope for S&P to remove the negative outlook on its rating.

John Teng

They spend an awful lot of money to raise their money, which usually is something that's not necessary when you have the star power and public relations rating of an organization like that.

Trent Stamp

They're being careful not to lower the investment rating for their credit. Paying this price doesn't jeopardize the company in any way.

Robert Faulkner

If you have a twin engine rating and if you have the money you can go out and buy one of these airplanes, and you can get in it and fly it.

Don Kennedy

I think there is a remote chance of GM being removed only because the Dow people probably don't necessarily like having companies in there with a junk bond rating.

Chuck Carlson

The rating agency actions have reinforced a message to investors that fiscal consolidation in both countries is a trend and will drive asset prices higher. So markets are reacting to this.

Tim Condon

We always want to have the right rating on a company. There's nothing magical about the timing.

Robert Schulz

Our change in rating is primarily a function of near-term valuation.

Peter Nesvold

Upward rating potential exists, but will need to be accompanied by some combination of a reduction in the debt load, continued growth in liquidity, and consistent growth in cash flow leading to higher coverage levels.

Liz Sweeney

The downgrade reflects expectations for debt reduction in 2006, which — while meaningful — is nevertheless insufficient to improve leverage and other key credit ratios to a level consistent with an 'A' rating level.

Joe Morin

We reiterate our buy rating with a $55 price target.

Daniel Niles

The only reason to own a diesel now would be to tow an extremely heavy trailer. The heaviest tow rating for a GM light-duty diesel is 14,000 pounds; the gas motor is 12,000 pounds.

Barry Lehmer

Some smaller providers get nervous when you start talking about a rating system.

Chris Duggan

The rating factors in the expectation that the consolidated net debt to operating revenue is likely to be lower than that implied by council's long term plans. The negative outlook reflects the potential for the rating to come under pressure if the council achieves or exceeds those levels.

Danielle Westwater

To achieve that, we need to have qualified rating companies.

Darmin Nasution

Your bond rating is not so high, and you have a lot of government workers. That's not a good thing for us.

David G. Tuerck

Not only can you tell your friends about it, but you can rate it, review it, give it a star rating, put it onto our database, and other people in Austin might want to find where the best places to run or cycle.

Andy Graham

Not good numbers, not bad numbers, management gave us what we least expected ... No numbers. We are suspending our rating pending greater visibility into the impairment and guidance issues raised in last night's inadequate press release.

David Windley

We can help parents raise kids by adopting a uniform media rating system and banning marketing of violence to children.

Al From

Overall the ratings are positive, but there is room for improvement. Ultimately, we hope all seats will achieve an 'A' rating.

Jeffrey Runge

You're being told that the TV rating system is enough to protect children, that it's ultimately up to parents to do something about the problem caused by Hollywood. This to me is an amazing dodge. The ratings system has been an inconsistent, inaccurate, arbitrary and capricious mess.

Brent Bozell

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.

Al Franken

We have it ( IBM ) as a recommended list rating because, ironically, this currency change comes at a time when the fundamental picture is actually perhaps a little bit better than what we had been expecting.

Laura Conigliaro

Only establishments that meet the extensive quality criteria required to become AAA Approved receive an AAA Diamond rating.

Brenda Yager

We do deserve, and should be at, a higher rating than we currently are.

Mark Swartz

Yes, we've seen his numbers drop among Democrats, but he still enjoys a good approval rating among Democrats. And his support for the war has helped boost him with Republicans, which has kept his overall approval rating high.

Douglas Schwartz

This is the worst time to miss a bill. Pay down any large credit card or other large revolving accounts if you can, because high balances will hurt your credit rating. And avoid opening any other accounts before the loan you're pursuing is closed.

Craig Watts

We continue to be impressed by the strength of earnings and cash flow at Ericsson. The 2005 results and the 2006 outlook continue to support the momentum in the rating.

Stuart Reid

The first call I'm looking for the day after the game is what was our rating. It's enormously important and getting more so.

Bruce Binkowski

This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that the peso will continue to climb because she would pursue her economic reforms.

Jose Arnulfo Veloso

What I am hoping we can do in the conference committee is to find another way that is not the credit rating way.

Mike Enzi

While we view the acquisition favorably, we are maintaining our market perform investment rating at this time due to valuation.

Alexander Paris Jr

My feeling is that these attacks on him are going to subside by the (end of the year), and my surprise is that the Clintons will enjoy Christmas 1997 with the highest popularity rating of any president since the 1950's.

Byron Wien

We don't have an 'extremely critical' ranking very often. We use the rating sparingly so people will know when the danger is very serious.

Thomas Kristensen

To my knowledge there are only 13 other buildings in the world have achieved a LEED platinum rating. We're pushing the envelope (on environmental design).

Jim Steinmann

BASF's rating level will depend on the ultimate prices paid, plans for future share buybacks and dividends mitigated by the cash flow benefits of current strong petrochemical market conditions and operating cash flows, which may help it to reduce the increased debt load more quickly.

Tobias Mock

It could hurt us with the bond-rating agencies if we change the revenue horse in midstream.

Gilbert Gallegos

The interest rate matches what the county would get by investing that money at the AAA bond rating rate, ... If we weren't able to come up with this, they would almost certainly have to divide it up and develop it.

Paul Gilbert

Five years ago, this wouldn't have been on the radar screen. But now, we have a strong county executive whose approval rating is in the 80's, a revitalized party, and a candidate who will be in the majority and can deliver for the district.

Richard Schaffer

The most important thing you can do to boost your credit rating is to learn your score. If it's great, maintain it. If it's bad, fix it. It will mean more money in your pocket.

Michael Bridges

The rumors that Mexico's rating is going to be raised imminently are groundless.

Victor Herrera

We're expecting an A rating. We're in the best shape.

Garry Abbott

The next rating move is probably going to be upward.

Kristin Lindow

Ongoing fears of possible Bank of Japan intervention combined with renewed rumors of a possible downgrade of Japan's credit rating also weighed on the yen.

Alex Beuzelin

Virtually all of the rating changes at the higher end of the rating scale have been accompanied by one or both of these factors.

Michael Kaplan

We'll use this rating as a benchmark to help us strive for higher service marks in the future. We're proud of this certification, but we'll do even better.

Jon Osterberg

With the party, he's much more popular than statewide. This approval rating likely reflects general dissatisfaction not just with the governor but the political process.

Jerry Polinard

It was the highest television rating in that entire 24-hour period.

Dick Ebersol

Interestingly enough, (a decision of Atom's) is possibly part of the reason why we're unable to over-turn this rating because he chose to shoot it in one master.

Kevin Bacon

It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent approval rating.

Frank Mackay

We're delivering a great event that will last 17 days. Even with a 12 to 14 rating in prime time, that's the equivalent of having six Super Bowls.

Randy Falco

It's a tremendous increase, ... We feel like we have a system in place that, if we had a rating, it would be superior.

Greg Wright

I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating. And rather than try to figure out how to cut it and make it work for us, we decided it's probably better not to butcher Takashi's vision.

Robert Greenblatt

They can reexamine it at any time, once there's significant data to change that rating.

Ingrid Reisman

Market nervousness can lead to counterparty nervousness, which can lead to rating agency nervousness and banker nervousness, and the company's financial flexibility could become impaired.

Carol Levenson

Mine supply in zinc remains very constrained. Zinc is the one metal that deserves a re-rating based on physical demand and supply characteristics alone.

Jon Bergtheil

We are lowering our rating on the copper industry to neutral from favorable as demand in the United States and some parts of Asia are weaker than expected.

John Tumazos

Clearly this poll indicates that Nelson remains vulnerable. His favorable rating in the eyes of Florida voters remains well below 50 percent.

Morgan Dobbs

Sonia is a very private person; yet, she is enigmatic. I wrote this book in 2003, when Sonia's political rating was low, but I knew she would turn around the Congress' political future. She is an ordinary person with extraordinary qualities.

Sonia Gandhi

Our rating on this share is a buy. And again that is really a function of the fact that I believe eBay is one of the few Internet and e-tailing sites out there that is really poised for dramatic growth for the long term.

Scott Reamer

Bondholders will benefit from a simplified structure and significant rating improvements.

Graham Roberts

The possibility of an upgrade in Mexico's rating came out, the Mexican stock market went up and the other markets followed suit.

Carlos Augusto Levorin

Every time you open an account, you're dinging your credit rating a little bit.

Craig Watts

It's the most popular among advertisers, which is a rating of its own.

Charley Johnson

We are not highly leveraged, and we have a strong balance sheet. The rating agencies will readily admit that our financial numbers put us above investment grade.

Dianne Neal

I think it would be the equivalent of an X rating if it were going in front of the MPAA.

Robert Greenblatt

We maintain our overweight rating on the integrated oil sector, believing that the stocks are only pricing in, on average, a $41-a-barrel crude oil price.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

We are maintaining our 'in-line' rating on the stock, but our key message to investors would be not to panic given that the bookings number was not bad and should provide increased support to revenue estimates in 2006.

Sarah Friar

We expect that Del Monte will apply its free cash flow to debt reduction over the intermediate term to improve credit measures to those more commensurate with the current rating. The rating could be lowered if Del Monte is unable to reduce leverage as planned.

Ronald Neysmith

There's no question we've got a very serious budget crisis facing California. We've got the nation's worst credit rating.

Bill Simon

Despite initial criticism of the federal government's slow response to Katrina, Bush's overall job approval rating remains essentially where it was at the end of August.

David J. Moore

This rise is really buoyed by investors' vote of confidence in the economy, with the strong peso as an indicator, and expectations of credit rating upgrades for the country.

Rommel Macapagal

If this were a sitcom or a reality TV show, I think it would have a very high rating.

Marcus Lawrence

A quarter of all of the violence in all of the rating categories was of lethal magnitude. There was a lot of it.

Theresa Webb

If you were rating bank CEOs on investing for revenue growth rather than tweaking the existing system, John would rate way up there.

James Mccormick

Not only is it not unusual for a president to have an approval rating at 38 percent, it's almost predictable. Every president has rough patches, it says nothing about the ultimate historical judgment.

Whit Ayres

She has the kind of qualifications that are sort of classic ABA qualifications. President of a bar, active in the ABA, managing partner of a big firm. The bulk of the committee that will decide her rating is composed of people who look like her.

Stephen Bainbridge

The merger will also lead to stock price re-rating as the merged company moves to large cap category, which should have a positive impact on its credit rating.

Nestor Tan

The credibility and utility of the initial ESRB rating has been seriously undermined.

Patricia Vance

Frankly I will confess to this panel that privately I take issue every now and then with the rating of a film, and I think the rating board might have erred. But if there are errors in the accuracy of a movie rating, it is a matter of a judgment call and not an exile in integrity.

Jack Valenti

Abroad, it is not the brand or the rating, but the fact that you are not in India, which counts. It is taken for granted that you will earn double the money out there.

Vaidyanath Purohith

There's a lot of opportunity to conserve energy in this town with a 30 percent rating.

George Wood

The bottom line is, agencies will maintain their highest credit rating. Agencies are looking like pretty good value.

Josh Stiles

Understanding that large houses are going to be built, they should be energy efficient. In the case of this home, it got a 92 (home energy) rating, which means that it still uses energy very efficiently.

Patrick Hudson

There's no doubt it is going to be a horse race for every rating point.

Kelly Kahl

We are hopeful by amending this rating the entire facility will be able to conform to requirement and able to perform without diminishing capacity until 2013 but in retrospect, we are hopeful to have a new facility on another site by 2010.

Eric Willis

It's not that people are willfully saying we're only going to build it to a Category 3 [rating], and that's where we'll stop. It's just that's as far as the levee system had developed.

Elizabeth English

The Moody's action was not totally unexpected given their stated view of the industry. It will have no practical effect on the conduct of our business. Even after the debt-rating cut, AT&T has a higher rating than its competitors ... AT&T is in a far better position than most of our competitors.

Eileen Connolly

The Moody's action was not totally unexpected given their stated view of the industry, ... It will have no practical effect on the conduct of our business. Even after the debt-rating cut, AT&T has a higher rating than its competitors ... AT&T is in a far better position than most of our competitors.

Eileen Connolly

The Class 5 rating we have now will work well with this project. We have very little down time for the wind we have now. Right now San Isabel is behind us 100 percent in helping us get a pilot purchase agreement prepared.

Fred Johnson

He's at 50 percent favorability plus, and finally got job rating around 50 percent. So the McCain ads have finally caught some traction.

Ed Sarpolus