21.   The head of another fund rating service, Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, concurs.

22.   The rating service said the benefits from the purchase are unlikely to outweigh the drawbacks.

23.   Unfortunately, the most popular rating services get only half of the equation.

24.   Warren Heller, research director of Veribanc Inc., a bank research and rating service, made the case more pungently.

25.   It has long been known that under his management, Tris wanted to provide rating services for more than only bond issues.

26.   China has moved into second place in the number of at-home Internet users, a leading online rating service reported Monday.