Fact is AAA video game release schedules are now similar to that of movies seeking Oscars.
The gadget is AAA battery powered and there's no power adapter or in-built power pack.
The highest-flying markets in recent weeks have been for bonds issued by the least creditworthy companies: those rated B and lower. (For comparison, the highest is AAA and D stands for default.) The Merrill Lynch index of B-rated corporate bonds now yields 7.4% a quarter of a point less than a month ago, even though Treasury-bond yields are higher.
The Grand Velas is a AAA five diamond property with on-site restaurants garnering four-diamond status.
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That third group is our AAA tranche of course.
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But what would really matter about Austria and France losing their AAA is that the downgrade would almost inevitably lead to the loss of the linked AAA held by the eurozone's bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility.
For most of them, the French AAA is already - in practice if not formal reality - gone.
They conclude that the AAA is probably safe for the time being, though there are reasons to be concerned over the medium term.
Growing AAA is labor intensive: The plants need daily watering, spraying and cutting back, producing a trash bag full of unwanted leaves each week for a small grow.
The reason the AAA is in jeopardy is that the government is taking a bit longer than it promised to stabilise public sector debt as a percentage of GDP.
What France is worried about is losing its own AAA credit rating and thus being vulnerable to the same sort of interest rate death spiral that is attacking Italy.
Among the EFSF's guarantors, only Finland retains a stable AAA. And there is no way that the EFSF's AAA can be sustained by small but fiscally super-strong Finland alone (Finland, like its non-EU neighbour Norway, has no net debt at all on a net basis).
The current pricing scheme for AAA games is going to stick around for a few more years.
Warren says Wells Fargo is "the only AAA-rated bank in the country" and that it has strong capital levels.
Still, the AAA figure is 50% higher than the IRS standard mileage rate.
Felix then goes on to scare us all silly by pointing out that this issuance of AAA bonds is carrying on.
Information must also be accurate as the credit-rating debacle shows: an AAA rating is harmful rather than helpful if it describes a CCC asset.
The smart pen is powered by one AAA battery, and with the help of the energy-efficient Bluetooth 4.0 technology, will last for months of continuous drawing.
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Interest on those bonds are paid back to the bond holders through the unlimited taxing powers of the US government, which is what makes them AAA rated.
Under these circumstances, a AAA rating is no longer warranted.
Producing your favorite AAA game is a Herculean undertaking.
After collapsing to a mere handful of buyers in recent months in response to market jitters, managers say a broader base of AAA investors is necessary to bring down funding costs and expand deal capacity.
What this means is that the conventional development model on consoles, which is still anchored by investment sucking AAA titles like Mass Effect 3 and Modern Warfare, is seeing more and more pressure from nearly every direction.
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In the long-term, it's the likes of France and the UK that have most to fear from the downgrade of the US. Perhaps the risk of a sovereign default in those two AAA countries is now smaller than for the US. Their parliaments are certainly more reliable.
The only toppiness I see in financial markets is in Treasury bonds and AAA corporates.
This is what the U.K. has been doing and this is why it keeps its AAA rating.
So the Netherlands drifts, awaiting elections in September, fearful that its AAA credit rating is at risk.
Its government, with an AAA rating, is currently paying more than 4.5%.
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