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To: reaper who wrote (148466)	2/4/2002 5:09:45 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 436258

cheers to you -- you were dead on with that one and patient enough to wait the crooks out

To: reaper who wrote (148466)	2/4/2002 5:21:42 PM
From: reaper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

OK, now makes sense. Tyco downgraded by S&P; commercial paper rating to A-3, which means many money funds can't own it. Into the abyss.... 3:53PM Tyco rating cut details (TYC) 29.30 -7.57: -- Update -- S&P downgrades of co's ratings sends stock plunging to a fresh intraday low. According to Reuters, S&P cut its rating on Tyco's senior unsecured debt rating three notches to "BBB," an investment grade two notches above junk status, from "A," and its commercial paper rating two notches to "A-3," one notch above junk, from "A-1." 3:28PM Tyco Intl ratings cut by S&P (TYC) 31.96 -4.91: Cheers