91.  Also, "some traders were looking for better conditions, so the lower rating was friendly for prices."

92.  And even with all of its new affiliates _ powerful VHF stations such as WDAF, Channel 4 _ the Fox network has lower ratings than a year earlier.

93.  And CNN is getting lower ratings for even more dramatic stories, like its coverage of the Pathfinder mission to Mars.

94.  "It's a disappointment," said Thomas Maier, a bank analyst at Everen Securities who gave the stock a lower rating after the meeting.

95.  "Reboot" ranked third in its time slot in the past year and has had even lower ratings in this season.

96.  "The lower ratings stress the country's pioneering role in implementing structural reforms and the impressive macroecomic performance of the economy," the ministry said.

97.  "The soaps are scrambling for new ideas because of lower ratings," he said.

98.  "These programs tend to get lower ratings in nationals than in the local sample.

99.  "We have to fight and settle for lower ratings," Bell says.

100.  A lower rating can boost an insurer's borrowing costs and hurt its sales.