The major nonpartisan political rating services see it as a tossup.
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Investors' confidence can hardly have been enhanced by the performance of Moody's and other rating services as the Chinese begin to experience widespread effects from the global financial crisis.
Lazard was branded with a junk rating by Moody's Investor Services.
An insurance company, for example, could hone its underwriting expertise and deliver this as a web service, while buying in credit-rating, human-resource or news services from other providers.
Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on Republic Services, with six of seven analysts rating it hold.
The council's rating has been helped by the fact that its services for children were never that bad.
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The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Republic Services, with four of seven analysts rating it hold.
If it had taken place later this year I am confident our children's services would have had a much better rating.
IJet ranks countries across six categories, including crime and security services, and assigns each country a rating of one to five (five is severe).
The business is lost because big banking groups can use their strong balance sheets to offer loans and other products requiring a top credit rating, along with the usual investment-banking services.
The study also found that Delaware (home to many financial services companies) has the best credit rating in the country.
William Blair equity analyst Bhavan Suri of reiterated his Market Perform rating on Infy on Friday, saying that demand for IT services continues to be challenging.
In its just-released book, The Best 296 Business Schools, the New York-based test prep and educational services company dubs Stanford the top school in a career rating that takes into account statistical information supplied by the schools and surveys it collected from 19, 000 students who attend the schools listed in its book.
The 162-year-old New York-based financial services firm American Express holds the top spot with a company rating of 3.7.
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Elsewhere in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council's children's services were rated as inadequate in 2009, but an adequate rating was given after Ofsted inspectors returned in January this year.
Vic Tanon, chief simplicity officer at Emplicity, an organization that consults in hiring practices across the U.S., says a bad credit rating is likely to be more of a factor in certain industries like financial services.
The higher the rating, the more popular the mentor and the more he can charge for his services.
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Investors Services downgraded the aluminum giant's debt to a "junk" rating of Ba1 from Baa3, citing continued headwinds facing the aluminum industry and aluminum pricing.
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.
"Not only does Tencent have a cash cow in its strong gaming business, but the company is also best-positioned in high-potential markets like social media and mobile Internet services, " said Jefferies analyst Cynthia Meng, who has a buy rating on Tencent's stock.
Tuesday's announcement from Caterpillar comes a week after credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service raised outlook for Caterpillar and its financing arm, Caterpillar Financial Services.
The brand reputation a micro entrepreneur builds on any platform is a credit rating of trust- the higher the value, the greater the chance a customer will engage their services.
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