At the same time, Christie's decisions to distance himself from the House GOP and to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Obama have greatly strengthened his reputation in New Jersey, where his approval rating hit 77% late last year according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey.
This option also takes a negative hit against your credit rating, but not as hard as a foreclosure.
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If you have an amount in the "past due" column, expect to take a hit on your credit rating.
That discrepancy is likely to widen after recent credit-rating downgrades hit Morgan Stanley, one of the last remaining investment banks, particularly hard.
Moody's said the country's rating could be hit by recent rises in borrowing costs for the French government and a downturn in growth prospects.
Last month, ratings agency Moody's cut the UK's AAA credit rating, which hit the pound, and the value of sterling has continued to edge down since then.
CONGRESS'S approval rating, always pretty low, recently hit a truly dismal 9% in one survey: under the leadership of Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, the legislative arm is considerably more unpopular than even George Bush's executive one.
Sprint shares took a hit today after Raymond James analyst Ric Prentiss cut his rating on the company to Market Perform from Outperform, urging investors to take profits after a recent rally in the shares.
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When applied to existing debt, a rating change can result in either a windfall or hit for an investor in the value of the bonds being held.
The company, which operates more than 1, 000 retail locations in the United States, has been hit hard with declining sales, poor management, and a questionable credit rating.
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And last night's 18-49 demo rating is almost certainly lower than AMC's mega-hit "The Walking Dead" (those ratings will not be released until tomorrow), though "The Bible" very likely had more viewers.
Dreamworks Animation shares are trading higher this morning after Janney Capital analyst Tony Wible upped his rating on the stock to Neutral from Sell, asserting that the company could have a big hit with the upcoming film Rise of the Guardians, which will be released November 21.
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Ruth Watson, former star of The Hotel Inspector on Channel 5, hit out after The Crown and Castle in Orford was given a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating.
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