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  • abbreviation Better Business Bureau

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  • initialism Better Business Bureau
  • initialism birdwatching bitty brown bird

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Examples

  • Fitch, lowering the nation's default ratings to BBB - from BBB+, made this stilted but ominous statement: "It is vital that the Greek authorities import credibility from external institutions, underpinned by a credible commitment of financial support."

    Greece No Longer Has Luxury of Time Neal Lipschutz 2010

  • The euro rally briefly stalled after Fitch cut Greece's debt rating to BBB - from BBB+.

    Euro Advances on Expectations Greek Aid Is Near Bradley Davis 2010

  • The rally stalled when Fitch Ratings cut Greece's debt rating to BBB - from BBB+.

    Euro Advances on Expectations Greek Aid Is Near Fabio Alves 2010

  • Fitch, lowering the nation's default ratings to BBB - from BBB+, made this stilted but ominous statement: "It is vital that the Greek authorities import credibility from external institutions, underpinned by a credible commitment of financial support."

    Greece No Longer Has Luxury of Time Neal Lipschutz 2010

  • Fitch, lowering the nation's default ratings to BBB - from BBB+, made this stilted but ominous statement: "It is vital that the Greek authorities import credibility from external institutions, underpinned by a credible commitment of financial support."

    Greece No Longer Has Luxury of Time Neal Lipschutz 2010

  • The euro rally briefly stalled after Fitch cut Greece's debt rating to BBB - from BBB+.

    Euro Advances on Expectations Greek Aid Is Near Bradley Davis 2010

  • But European Union policy makers said the final terms of a funding package were still being hammered out, while Fitch Ratings cut Greece's sovereign credit ratings to BBB - from BBB+.

    Long-Term Treasurys Gain on Concerns About Greece Min Zeng 2010

  • The euro rally briefly stalled after Fitch cut Greece's debt rating to BBB - from BBB+.

    Euro Advances on Expectations Greek Aid Is Near Bradley Davis 2010

  • In that case, the value of the BBB - tranche would be worthless, and losses would take out all of the BBB tranche and half the BBB+ tranche as well.

    Eugene Linden: The Ecology of Toxic Mortgages 2008

  • In cutting its preferred stock rating three notches to BBB - and its subordinated debt rating by one notch to BBB+, the ratings agency noted the long duration of the weak housing market and the rising severity of residential mortgage losses are driving credit costs higher and Fannie Mae's operating earnings lower.

    S&P Lowers Ratings on Fannie 2008

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