Trouble in raising cash could put the firm's current rating under pressure.
Fitch said Nokia needs to stabilize revenues and be capable of generating low-single digit non-IFRS operating profit margins and positive pre-dividend free cash flow, if it is to affirm the current rating.
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The dangers inherent in the current conflicted rating agency business model are clearer than ever.
The current 12 rating will be scrapped and replaced by a new certificate, the 12A, intended to give parents the power to decide what their children should see.
While the full impact of these increased risks will only unfold over a period of years, we will also assess the degree of near and medium term risks to determine whether to downgrade the current Aa1 rating.
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It defended the move by saying it was more important to maintain its current investment grade rating.
So I wouldn't bet too much on Obama's current low 41% approval rating.
Despite Kraemer's pessimism, Shope maintains his "buy" rating on Sun, and he sees the current stock weakness as a rare buying opportunity.
The upgrade is part of a current trend in emerging market debt catching up to the A rating standards of the core economies.
After a week in release, however, that rating has fallen to 2.5 stars for the current version owing to glitches that have made it load slowly and crash frequently for many users.
Still, an investment-grade rating is handy if, like India, you run a current-account deficit and hope to attract foreigners to help finance your vast infrastructure needs over the next decade.
Major League Baseball must come to terms with the fact that viewership for World Series games will no longer approach a 30.0 rating and must readjust their expectations to reflect modesty and the current consumption patterns of consumers.
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Ratings agencies have said they would consider downgrading the U.S. triple-A rating, the highest possible, if the government defaults on its current debt.
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However, Garcia's approval rating has fallen to 19%, a new low for his current term as president, as critics say surging economic growth of 9% a year has failed to lift millions out of poverty.
So, as I said yesterday, the eurozone's leaders have an uncomfortable choice between maintaining the EFSF's current resources - deemed as meagre by many - at the new lower AA plus rating, and finally giving up on the idea of leveraging or boosting the fund (because that kind of financial engineering is harder in the absence of an AAA).
Gore's favorable rating, however, has slowly eroded from 57 percent in June to its current level, 51 percent.
New York's financial difficulties and the governor's apparent impotence have left Paterson with an approval rating of 21%, according to a recent poll--five points lower than Spitzer's current standing.
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