Shopzilla was a natural extension of that idea, which is now we have all these people rating businesses, why don't we have the prices of the products as well and do a full-fledged search engine so you can buy products based on price and the attributes of the retailer.
Moody's (nyse: MCO - news - people ) rating service tweaked the outlook to negative from stable on the A3 long-term issuer rating of Nomura Holdings because the Lehman purchase will edge up operating expenses.
Americans will benefit most when few people care how the rating agencies operate, because their judgments won't be that important.
Just go to any travel ball game to see grown people yelling at and rating players as if they were pros.
"We expect economic slowing and belt-tightening, but we don't see this falloff as being as precipitous as it was in 2001, " says Robert Kurtter, a managing director at Moody's (nyse: MCO - news - people ) muni bond rating service.
It's also possible because some subprime lenders don't report to the credit rating agencies that people may find that their credit scores haven't changed at all.
But he says the scoring system across the NHS must be simple to help people compare different trusts - like the five-star rating on TripAdvisor or eBay.
Late Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service said it might downgrade Ambac's (nyse: ABK - news - people ) all-important triple-A financial-strength credit rating after the company forecast significantly higher-than-expected losses from insuring credit derivatives, many of them tied to subprime mortgages.
Donald Trump, who just misses the top 10 with a 35% influential rating, was only rated likeable by 15% of the people polled.
That approach is making some people nervous, including Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan, who today cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy.
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In the world of scoring for companies that focus on the so-called triple bottom line, meaning people, planet and profit, B Lab has one of the most rigorous rating systems.
And you will also have the ability to grade comments, rating the good ones and helping them move up the list so more people read them.
One of the most interesting cautionary notes comes from Merrill Lynch analyst Eric Ende, who cut his rating on OSI (nasdaq: OSIP - news - people ) to "neutral" yesterday.
States that have imposed community rating in the individual market have discovered that the total number of uninsured people rises rather than falls, because the number of older people who gain coverage due to premium reductions is more than offset by the number of younger people who drop their coverage due premiums hikes.
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That's the conclusion of Banc of America Securities technology analyst Keith Bachman, who reiterated a "neutral" rating on Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) shares.
In an Ipsos Mori survey of more than 4, 500 people published in June this year, more than half of respondents gave the BBC a rating of eight out of 10 or higher.
Banc of America Securities analyst Keith Bachman maintained his "buy" rating on Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) after the PC and printer giant announced the resignation of software division head Nora Denzel following Wednesday's market close.
President Clinton used Washington's most recognizable set, the White House, to announce that most cinema owners had agreed to require young people to show photo IDs when they ask for tickets to R-rated movies (an R rating means those under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian).
While 95% of councils in England got an excellent or good rating, it is clear that this has only been achieved because they are providing services to fewer people.
Southwest Airlines ( LUV - news - people ), which topped the 2010 list, is second in 2011, with a 4.4 company rating and a 95% approval rating for its CEO, Gary C.
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