11.   Airline stocks, which have soared in the past three months, took a nose dive Wednesday after two analysts cut their ratings for several carriers.

12.   Brown Inc. UBS Securities cut its rating on Intel.

13.   Dillon said he cut his rating partly because more companies are planning to expand capacity through overseas acquisitions.

14.   Earlier this year A.M. Best warned that the rating would be cut if the company did not take action.

15.   FSI International, which makes machinery used in semi-conductor manufacturing, fell as concerns about slowing growth prompted two analysts to cut their ratings on computer chip makers.

16.   Friday several analysts cut their ratings on the stock.

17.   He cut his rating on the two companies after lowering his rating for the entire Japanese semiconductor industry earlier in the week.

18.   He also cut his ratings on the entire e-business professional services sector.

19.   IBM, Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Time Warner Inc., which all reached records in the past few days, were among the stocks whose ratings were cut.

20.   If the rating is cut any further, it will become junk.