downgrade
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“With the lack of another EPS downgrade, we are hopeful this result has marked the end of Ebos’s downgrade cycle and investor confidence can start to rebuild,” says Forsyth Barr analyst Ben Crozier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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
RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh downgrades shares of the Keytruda maker following a nearly 13% rally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
Nomura downgrades its rating on the stock to neutral from buy and lowers its target price by 59% to 38,000 won.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“City Council needs to be laser-focused on ensuring that we don’t get downgraded again, and with this budget season, we face some real hurdles there,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
Credit rating agencies Fitch, S&P Global and AM Best have all downgraded the outlook for the two insurers, though they still rate them highly financially.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This was downgraded to a level four by Friday morning, but they continue to warn of landslide and flooding risks.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Adelaide has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Anmuth was more critical of Meta’s spending plans, downgrading the stock to neutral from overweight on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford called for the end of what he described as a "culture" of agencies passing responsibility between each other or downgrading their own involvement in such cases.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Chief Executive Thierry Delaporte said Sodexo underperformed, downgrading fiscal 2026 organic revenue growth to 0.5%-1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
