In the sovereign debt space, which is government bonds, the debt ratings of developed countries remain under pressure for downgrading, including in the U.K., France and as we all know now, here in the U.S. But emerging markets, which have enjoyed back-to-back years of credit rating upgrades are seeing those upgrade numbersdwindle, with some negative outlooks in some developing nations.
This includes 87 percent of the handheld's owners in Japan and 83 percent in the US. While these numbers are impressive, the system's internet use statistics start to dwindlein Europe, where its user connectivity rate is only 57 percent.