And judging from the way investors have been treating Google's stock, you'd think it was also on track to face an early downgrade from Internet giant to also-ran.

从投资者对待Google这支股票的态度上看你可能会觉得Google现在较早的就面临一个下坡阶段从互联网巨头到落败者(also - ran)也是很正常的。

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An earlier downgrade would have likely gone a long way toward at least mitigating or diffusing the magnitude of the crisis.

如果在更早时间下调评级，有可能对缓和这场危机的程度与范围起到很大作用。

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FX markets were able to shrug off the downgrade buying risk along the way.

外汇市场对降级消息不屑一顾，继续买入风险。

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Yes, we're about to face another economic downgrade, by the way.

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Smart short-sellers using independent, solid analysis would not trade in a way that was concentrated within three days of a downgrade, since they couldn't know when or if a downgrade was coming, the George Mason study says.

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So, the downgrade should not embarrass RBS in any terribly serious way.

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