Sentences with phrase «downgrading of»

Bill Miller, chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital Management, had this to say about Standard & Poors» downgrading of American debt: «The action was wholly unnecessary and the timing could not have been worse.

A critical geopolitical event elsewhere, deteriorating debt conditions in Europe, an increasing debt - to - GDP ratio in the United States, or further downgrading of our nation's credit rating could all push the U.S. and global economy into a recession.

The downgrading of Rite Aid has made it more difficult to borrow against credit - lease financing deals.

[239] Given the pre-eminence of ICCs in the new arrangements, this change appears to represent a major downgrading of OIPC's role.

Here's how to get started on downgrading some of the most popular Samsung Galaxy, Nexus, LG and Motorola devices.

The downgrading of the front camera from 16 to 8 megapixels shouldn't worry anyone.

Taggart's Online Driver Improvement Course is provided in response to the decision of many courts in the State of Georgia, under pre-trial diversion practices, to accept a completion certificate from an online provider for ticket dismissal, or downgrading of a traffic ticket.

The same classroom course may be accepted by a court for ticket dismissal or downgrading of a traffic ticket.

Taggart's Driving School does not offer a six - hour Online Driver Improvement / Defensive Driving Course because courts in the state of Georgia, based upon state law, shall not accept a completion certificate from an online provider for ticket dismissal, or downgrading of a traffic ticket.

WEAR AND TEAR - Loss or damage causes by mean of downgrading of the article or wear and tear or depreciation.

Though the lawsuit against Avvo apparently relates to downgrading of lawyers by the Web site itself rather than commentors, because Avvo invites lawyer and client testimonials, it could also face lawsuits by attorneys upset about negative comments.

The coalition highlights that the structure of the new Commission, the mission letters, and the choice of Commissioners all reveal a serious downgrading of environment and a roll back of EU commitments to sustainable development, resource efficiency, air quality, biodiversity protection and climate action.

Statement made, continuing to insist that less - precise bridge load calculations are as precise as accepted - as - more - precise solar calculations may lead to the downgrading of personal opinion as to the precision of solar calculations.

And we are still not seeing a realistic downgrading of TCS, ECS and future temperature projections.

In the process he forgets that both the downgrading of reserves and the current high price of energy can be explained by political forces rather than geological ones.

Ratings agencies have expressed concerns, with Standard and Poor's concluding that the risk could lead to the downgrading of the credit ratings of oil companies within a few years.

They are, «Gravely concerned at reports of a downgrading of expectations for COP15» and they are «calling therefore for a redoubling of efforts — including through the attendance in Copenhagen, at Head of State - or Head of Government - level, of all States, and especially of major industrialized nations and all major emerging economies.»

Gravely concerned at reports of a downgrading of expectations for COP15 and calling therefore for a redoubling of efforts — including through the attendance in Copenhagen, at head of state — or head of government - level, of all states, and especially of major industrialized nations and all major emerging economies.

One thing I hadn't noticed from looking at Gavin's plots was the slight downgrading of 1998 to about the same level as 2005.

We were going to leave it at that, but we've just seen the initial media coverage where this result is being spun as a downgrading of predictions!

Politics play a major roll in the downgrading of america because they receive farm subsidies at election time.

[Response: Those are the numbers taken from Table 2.10 in AR4 — but that includes old reconstructions that have been superseded because of the downgrading of the sun - like stars comparison etc (see Foukal et al, 2006; Gray et al, 2010).

The recent upsurge of «intellectual» art and the resultant downgrading of Abstract - Expressionism do not particularly surprise or alarm her.

All of these artists are engaged in scrutinizing their immediate circumstances, and have neither been swayed by the elsewhere nor deterred by the downgrading of sight by many thinkers.

Oh sure, these people go nuts over pieces of clothing yet don't bat an eye to the downgrading of visuals and other things that actually affect the experience and make it inferior to the PS2 version in some ways.

I already mentioned it before, but there has been downgrading of the Final Fantasy XIII game ever since the start of the Xbox 360 build.

I will drop Amex for sure, but I can't help but feel this is part of the downgrading of Continental with United especially since United was never part of the program.

Or the downgrading of U.S. Treasury debt.

There are other issues to consider here, of course, including what came out today: the downgrading of WaMu ratings.

Doomsayers have pointed to any number of reasons in recent years why they believed the market was headed for a downturn: Standard & Poor's downgrading of U.S. Treasury debt in 2011; the growth - slowdown scare in China that sent stock prices down 12 % in the summer of 2015; Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, both of which were supposed to be catalysts for a market rout.

The downgrading of the Xperia Arc's 8.1 Mp camera, Exmor R CMOS sensor and 720p video to a standard (and rather poor) 5Mp camera and WVGA video recording might be an acceptable trade - off in a device geared towards gaming.

Furthermore, an example of Microsoft storage policies not being etched in stone was the sudden announcement on 2 November 2015 of the downgrading of free OneDrive storage to 5 GB for Office 365 customers.

This would be no easy task — doing so would require major optimizing and downgrading of assets, much like Nicalis» Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on New Nintendo 3DS.

[James Estes et al., «Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth»] Such absence can be seen throughout ecosystems: biomes haunted by the ghosts of missing species.

A new study titled Body size downgrading of mammals over the late Quaternary, released Friday in the journal Science, is the first to quantitatively show that human effects on mammal body size predates their migration out of Africa and that size selective extinction is a hallmark of human activities and not the norm in mammal evolution.

YouGov has conducted its first survey, for the Sun, since two big stories erupted out of the blue late last week: the downgrading of Britain's credit - rating, and media reports of allegations of improper behaviour against Lord Rennard, a leading Liberal Democrat peer.

So essentially, the GOP is demanding that the Democrats in Congress cave in to their demands for drastic cuts to Medicare and other social programs under threat of default on our federal debt, the downgrading of our international credit rating, and a likely plunge into economic depression.

Blair wrote that he could see clearly the force of the «common sense and practical argument» against Trident, but in the end he thought giving it up would be «too big a downgrading of our status as a nation...»

The criticism over the downgrading of the leader of the Lords was led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, a former Scotland secretary, who is a respected figure on the right.

She was an active member of the Save Royal Glamorgan Services campaign which sought to prevent the closing of consultant led maternity and special care baby services and the downgrading of the A&E department.

I'm picking up a little bit of anger amongst some of the greenest blues at Conference at what they are interpreting as a downgrading of their agenda.

Mr Hogan - Howe has a mild reputation for authoritarianism after he spoke out against the case brought against the Met for the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes and the downgrading of cannabis from class B to C.

The former business secretary said the chancellor had been severely restricted by the downgrading of the growth figures and the unexpected rise in borrowing, which he estimated would cost every person # 700 per year compared to pre-election forecast.

The UK government is among those criticised in a UN report over the downgrading of cannabis, use of which continues to rise worldwide.

«Missed debt and deficit targets coupled with the OBR's downgrading of forecasts have exposed the Chancellor's lack of a long - term strategy for growth and he is now presented with a golden opportunity to reverse the downward spiral which is rapidly leading to increased and institutionalised poverty and unemployment.

Labour's unexpected victory in Hammersmith and Fulham was heavily dependent on a campaign against the downgrading of Charing Cross hospital, for instance.

To base the faith on that would have dangerous consequences not least of which would be the downgrading of God's revelation through His Son Jesus Christ.

For example, the report decries the downgrading of the Ambassador - at - Large for International Religious Freedom and the downsizing of her staff.

It is no secret that the Orthodox have been particularly unhappy about the downgrading of Faith and Order.

I'm offended by the recent downgrading of King David in Bible history books.