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  • These were not just the low-rated equity portions that would have signaled their faith in the packages, but also the high-rated tranches that found a ready market around the world.

    Some Credit Crisis Conjectures 2009

  • Thus, the difference between being assigned to a low- or high-rated teacher was 10 percentile points.

    The "three great teachers in a row" myth 2011

  • Other high-rated European bonds—such as those for the European Financial Stability Facility—have struggled to find buyers.

    Options Dwindle for Euro Crisis Stephen Fidler 2011

  • The retail segment should be protected by explicit government deposit insurance, whose fee should be low because the portfolios are restricted to very-short-term, high-rated debt and because retail depositors are slower to run.

    Why Investors Should Worry About Money Funds Jeffrey N. Gordon 2011

  • "The reality is that there's still going to be a bid for relatively high-rated assets," said Rick Jones , an attorney at Dechert LLP.

    Market Turmoil Stings Commercial Sector Eliot Brown 2011

  • First, those analysts who moved from "low-rated firms to high-rated firms" improved their performance, for they were surrounded in their new jobs by more plentiful and useful resources.

    There's Reason to Be Optimistic Mike Sielski 2011

  • Debt issued by high-rated U.S. companies has become a surrogate safe haven for skittish investors bombarded with weak economic data and the possibility that credit firms may cut their ratings of Treasury securities.

    Investment-Grade Bond Yields Near Record Lows Kellie Geressy-Nilsen 2011

  • Take ABC's In the Motherhood, a fast flop that was shot in ABC's preferred one-camera style — even though audiences clearly prefer the older method used by CBS 'high-rated Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory.

    Three ways TV can reset during the recession 2009

  • Debt issued by high-rated U.S. companies has become a surrogate safe haven for skittish investors hit with weak economic data and the possibility that credit firms may cut ratings of Treasury securities.

    Low Yields Can't Stop High Grade Kellie Geressy-Nilsen 2011

  • Money Funds There's nothing good to be said about the current yields on money-market funds, which are mutual funds that buy very short-term and high-rated debt.

    In Stashing Cash, Look Ahead Karen Damato 2011

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