The ratings can help point investors in the right direction and help avoid common mistakes.
Despite this, and a one-point ratings upgrade, MCD is still set to open in neutral territory when trading begins on Friday.
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Yes, the wine world and media may be evolving and, with that, slowly shedding the importance of established critics and their 100-point ratings.
President Bush's approval ratings are at their lowest point of his tenure.
As if to prove their point, the bond ratings agencies noted that delinquencies in the prime loan market had risen, but not by as much and not nearly at the magnitude of the subprime sector.
"Our first instinct is to defend our work and point to the high ratings offered by critics - but out of respect to our fans, we need to accept the criticism and feedback with humility, " he said.
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Fitch, the ratings agency, helpfully made the chancellor's point for him last week when it put the UK's AAA rating on negative watch.
Asked why "Idol's" ratings have softened, Darnell agreed with TV analysts who point to the flood of singing competition shows.
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Like Holiday, Rice said that he did this to make the broader point that news outlets move quickly to get ratings without taking the necessary precautions to avoid being wrong.
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Mr Fukuda's approval ratings are now even lower in some polls than the low point of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe.
As CSCO nears this average price point, analysts may be inclined to cut their ratings on the stock as it becomes more fully valued.
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DirecTV thinks video streaming is eating away at the ratings of channels like MTV and Comedy Central, and it has a point.
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Nationally, Martha Stewart Living's ratings in February dropped to a ho-hum 1.5 (one rating point equals almost 1 million TV households), down from 2.4 two years ago.
But with the new season's ratings down more than 20 percent, it raises the question: Is "Idol" at a point where it now requires major changes each season to keep fans' interest?
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The idea, he says, was to point out that Wall Street analysts had an inherent conflict of interest when issuing buy or sell ratings on the very companies that were also investment banking clients.
It is a point not lost on analysts, who must balance the day-to-day pressures of issuing accurate ratings and not throwing away new business.
At some point during the first five years of ownership, even the best-made vehicles with the highest quality ratings will likely have something go awry that requires repair.
But at some point the advertisers will insist on some precise performance measurements, going far beyond the circulation figures and Nielsen ratings they are getting now on the old media.
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