11.   The airlines have also seen their stock prices drop through the floor and their credit ratings downgraded to junk status.

12.   Wall Street hammered its stock, and most rating agencies downgraded its debt to junk status.

13.   While a downgrade to junk status would not force Heil to sell the stock, he said others might do so.

14.   A reminder came this week when Fitch became the second large rating agency to downgrade its credit to junk status.

15.   But that move was thwarted by successive downgrades from foreign credit ratings agencies which lowered Malaysian bond ratings close to junk status.

16.   Egan-Jones, based in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, downgraded Global Crossing debt to junk status in late September.

17.   Fitch Ratings downgraded the telecom company to a notch above junk status a day after Qwest said it would fall short of earlier revenue forecasts for the year.

18.   The Dynegy move came after two major credit rating agencies downgraded Enron to junk status earlier in the day.