The jones case , which could be argued as soon as this fall , will give the supreme court a chance to give americans a privacy upgrade - or a serious downgrade .
In the current european crisis , ratings firms had begun to downgrade peripheral euro-zone countries years before bond markets woke up to default risk .
Such a downgrade would be " somewhat stunning " , said james gorman , morgan stanley 's boss , on june 12th .
如此大幅度的下降可能让人“瞠目结舌”,摩根老板詹姆斯.戈尔曼在六月十二号说。
But they may look back on 2011 and see three events that undermine that story : the downgrade of america 's credit rating ; the last flight of the space shuttle ; and mr jobs 's death .
At what point , some financial analysts ask , do rating agencies downgrade the united states ?
一些经济分析家们问,在什么时候评级机构在美国才能走下坡?
S & p 's current rating for india is bbb-minus , so a downgrade would put it in " junk " territory .
标准普尔现在对印度的评级是bbb-,如果再降低的话就属于“垃圾”级了。
You recognise if it 's from a reputable business school , " mr essop says . " Our intention is not to downgrade the qualification .
你会认出这个学位出自一所声誉良好的商学院,”埃索普表示,“我们的本意不是要降低这一资格的级别。
Seldom if ever did moody 's or standard & poor 's say , " if you put one more risky asset on your balance sheet , you will face a serious downgrade . "
Even the americans seem to be having difficulty doing the right thing this time around , or at least doing it at the right moment , as the market turbulence following standard & poor 's downgrade of u.s. overeign debt served to underline .
There is another reason russia is keen not to exaggerate the importance of the bric : not to downgrade the importance of the g8 group of industrialised countries , which meets in italy in july .