1.   Four major commercial banks -- Korea First Bank, Commercial Bank of Korea, Korea Exchange Bank and SeoulBank -- stand just a step away from junk status.

2.   If Dynegy is cut to junk status, it could face additional financial pressures along with difficulties retaining energy trading customers.

3.   It also downgrades Malaysia, but not to junk status.

4.   Its credit rating is just above junk status now.

5.   Its bond rating has been reduced to junk status.

6.   Its bond rating is junk status.

7.   On Monday, the two big credit agencies lowered their ratings on the debt of Lucent to a notch of junk status.

8.   One target was Lucent Technologies, the battered telecommunications company, whose credit rating was recently downgraded to just above junk status.

9.   Sprint, meanwhile, had its debt rating lowered to a notch above junk status as the company said it would sign up fewer wireless customers.

10.   Such a pledge is rare for a company without junk status.