31.   Since the report, Morningstar has raised its rating of the fund from its lowest rank to below-average.

32.   So it has had less incentive to change its schedule to raise ratings and charge more for commercial time slots.

33.   Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. continued to climb after Yamaichi Research Institute raised its rating on the share.

34.   Technology investors also took a cue from Lehman Brothers, which raised its rating for the Internet portal company Yahoo to a buy from market perform.

35.   The CableLabs announcement prompted five of the Wall Street analysts who follow Terayon to raise their ratings on the company.

36.   The company said it raised the ratings on Edesur SA, Juan Minetti SA and Molinos Rio de la Plata SA.

37.   The entertainment quotient would raise the ratings, but it would not be an accurate gauge of the character for either team.

38.   The e-mail suggests raising the ratings of two minority males while downgrading the appraisals of one non-minority female and five non-minority males.

39.   The firm also raised the ratings for several state authorities, along with the general state rating.

40.   The new service comes as UPN tries to raise ratings and advertising revenue to compete with the four major television networks.