Canadian Olympian Scott Dickens lowers swimming meet record - boxscorenews.com
26 May 2012, 5:26 am
VANCOUVER – Scott Dickens of Ancaster, Ont., lowered the meet record in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke on Friday to open the Mel Zajac Jr., International – Canada Cup swimming competition. Dickens, nominated to the Olympic team in both the 100 and ...

Morgan Stanley lowered Estimates On Facebook Ahead of IPO - Forbes
22 May 2012, 3:32 pm
Facebook’s (FB) IPO issues have been widely reported with Nasdaq (NDAQ) taking a fair amount of the blame so far. But now, investors are blaming lead underwriter Morgan Stanley (MS) for raising the price and allocation while at the same time ...

Estimates lowered on N.C.'s natural gas supply - The News & Observer
22 May 2012, 3:15 am
Fracking was originally billed as the golden key to unlocking a 40-year supply of natural gas and reversing North Carolina’s dependency on other states for energy. Proponents said it was the state’s ticket to an economic revival and newfound ...

$172 million in property values unlawfully lowered, D.A. says - Los Angeles Times
21 May 2012, 5:20 pm
A former Los Angeles County property appraiser was taken into custody in Oregon on Monday, accused of falsifying documents and unlawfully lowering property values by $172 million on multimillion-dollar homes and businesses. Scott Schenter, 49 ...

TEXT-S&P:Ratings on classes D and F of Orso Funding CMBS 7 lowered - Reuters UK
21 May 2012, 2:19 am
-- Orso Funding CMBS 7 is a multiborrower CMBS transaction that was arranged by Bear Stearns (Japan) Ltd., Tokyo Branch. -- We have revised downward our assumption for the likely collection amounts from the properties backing the transaction's ...

Bail lowered for couple in starved teen case - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
18 May 2012, 7:33 pm
Madison - A judge has lowered bail for a Madison truck driver and his wife who are accused of starving and torturing the man's 15-year-old daughter. Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese on Friday lowered bail for the couple to $9,000 each. Bail had ...

Lead Poisoning Threshold lowered By CDC, Five Times More Children Now Considered At Risk - Huffington Post
16 May 2012, 10:20 pm
The number of children considered at risk of lead poisoning jumped by more than five-fold on Wednesday, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its threshold for the diagnosis. Children's health advocates applauded the ...

Lead poisoning cutoff for kids lowered by CDC - CBS News
16 May 2012, 1:59 pm
(AP) ATLANTA - For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. The new standard announced Wednesday means that hundreds of thousands more youngsters could be diagnosed with ...

IBN & HDB's Credit Ratings lowered - Yahoo Finance
16 May 2012, 10:38 am
On Monday, the credit ratings of  ICICI Bank Ltd. (IBN) and HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDB) were downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service, the rating arm of Moody's Corp. (MCO). The standalone Bank Financial Strength Rating (BFSR) for both the banks were ...

Ark. Farm Bureau Ratings lowered; Louisiana Farm Bureau Affirmed - Insurance Journal
11 May 2012, 11:56 am
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb” from “a-” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas Inc. (Arkansas Farm Bureau) in Little Rock, Ark.