downgrade
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Lockheed Martin stock caught an upgrade on Tuesday, while L3Harris stock caught a downgrade.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Seattle, tech workers said relocating to the pricier San Francisco area would be a lifestyle downgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even with the downgrade, Abdullah raises the target price to $77 from $74.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
But even without my downgrade in the birth order, Kia was a huge disappointment once he entered the world.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
It downgrades Westgold to “accumulate,” from “buy,” and cuts its target price by 11%, to A$6.50/share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh downgrades shares of the Keytruda maker following a nearly 13% rally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
If the heatwave continues, third and fourth-quarter GDP forecasts could get downgrades of between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Since Oracle’s last quarterly update in June, S&P downgraded its debt to one notch above junk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Moody’s downgraded New Jersey’s second-largest city to a lower investment-grade rating in December, describing it as a “struggling city with a deteriorating liquidity profile.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
But, after criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and others, the district attorney downgraded the counts to misdemeanors with a diversion agreement that will probably allow Flores to avoid any time behind bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Global ratings agency Moody's last week downgraded Senegal's long-term foreign-currency debt rating to Caa2 from Caa1, mid-negotiations with the IMF.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I heard that it’s been downgraded to a Category Four,” John said.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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
The organisation replaced the Scottish Qualifications Authority, which was scrapped after a series of controversies, including the downgrading of some students during the Covid pandemic.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ader upgraded Backblaze shares to Market Perform from Underperform—just a few months after downgrading the stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
China had sent its defense minister, a primarily diplomatic role with no combat responsibilities, to four straight editions of the dialogue before downgrading its representation last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
We the people—they refute last week's television commentary downgrading our optimism and our idealism.
From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan
