Greece is in an even worse state as the rating fell two grades to BB-.
Greece was cut by two notches to 'BB-', the latest in a series of downgrades.
The portfolio is 35% in BB-rated issues, 35% in Bs, 15% in CCCs and 10% in bank debt.
The ratings service cited the thrift's exposure to the mortgage securities market, downgrading it to BB-minus from BBB-minus.
It starts with BB-size pellets of polyethylene that are fed into a long, cylindrical extruder and heated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
The ratings agency dropped GM's bonds to BB- from BB, helping to trigger a 10% selloff in the automaker's share price.
BB-mounted systems, for instance, drive from the chain rings, meaning potential loss through the rings and chain, while also increasing wear on these components.
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But, while that may be like shooting an elephant with a BB-gun, the Mayor is taking a shotgun to a far more egregious and insidious influence peddling tactic.
In the event the ratings agency cut Greek long-term bond ratings by two notches to B from BB- and said that the outlook may bring a further weakening.
As of now, select BB owners -- Pearl 8120, Pearl Flip 8220, Curve 8320, 8820, Curve 8900 and Bold 9000, officially -- can point their browsers here in order to get the OTA install going.
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This however means that exiting BB devices, the new BB10 devices and the non-BB devices will require separate services.
This here is RIM's BlackBerry's other BB 10 device -- the BlackBerry Q10.
He was telling BB the air-con in the boys' room was broken and he just couldn't stop himself.
Corporate bonds rated BBB are yielding 8%, while their below-investment-grade BB brethren yield 9%.
The yield disparity between BB paper and 10-year Treasuries just widened.
Loans to issuers rated BB printed in a 5-5.5% context, with single-B paper clearing at 6-7%, give or take.
Authorities also seized a bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber rifle, a Marksman BB gun and a .22 revolver starter pistol, along with nine knives of varying sizes, a nearly 7-foot-long pole with a blade on one end and a spear tip on the other, and three samurai swords.
Broadly speaking BB loans cleared in the 4-4.5% range while single Bs printed at 6-7%.
FORBES: May 2012, US Leveraged Loan Market Trends and Analysis
The yield disparity between 10-year Treasuries and BB bonds of comparable duration holds near 350 basis points, an attractive working model.
Intending to "spin people out" - or worry them - Cook pointed the BB gun at a member of the public, who reported it to the PCSO, the court heard.
With the programme's line-up including eccentric TV racing pundit John McCririck - hero or anti-hero, depending on your point of view - the sport is agog with goings-on in the BB House.
Drilling down, BB loans generally cleared in a 4-4.5% context, with several seasoned issuers printing even tighter.
FORBES: March 2012, US Leveraged Loan Market Trends and Analysis
With loans trading higher in April, single-B loans again outperformed BB paper.
Little more than a year ago, five-year Japanese corporate bonds rated BB (ie, junk) by Moody's yielded 360bps more than government bonds, a level they had reached after investors had been reminded of borrowers' fragility by the bankruptcy of Mycal, a big retailer.
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The pattern was also clear in the new-issue market where single B clearing yields gapped out 13 bps versus those of BB loans, which remain in high demand not just from institutional loan accounts but banks and cross-over investors.
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Valuations here remain attractive relative to other quality buckets: spreads for BB and B bonds are still above their long-term historical levels (according to JP Morgan data) and issuers have plenty of cash and little debt maturing in the short term.
Many BB corporates still sell at a 350 basis point premium to 10-year Treasuries.
Best of all, it does everything BB Maps doesn't do with the exception of voice turn-by-turn, and I actually don't even use that feature very often.
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Yield disparities between BB paper and long U.S. Treasurys have widened to six-year highs.
Still, it is disappointing that the BB ecosystem will see this fragmentation between the current implementation of BES and the next-generation one.
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