Major international credit rating organizations have dropped Colombian sovereign debt below investment grade, primarily as a result of large fiscal deficits, which current policies are seeking to close.

Major domestic privatization programs have been undertaken, as well as fostering of foreign direct investment through international tender of the oil distribution company, a leading cashmere wool company, and banks.

The university is currently undertaking a large infrastructure and capital works program that will see an investment of over $ 1 billion into new buildings and projects across the campus and has set up an Office of Major Projects to oversee the new developments.

Major changes in trust law, combined with modern investment strategies, new tax factors and complex family and financial advisor dynamics, have created demands that traditional trusts and trust companies are not well equipped to handle.

Major employers in Sweet Home include White's Electronics, a metal detector manufacturer ; HEVI-Shot, a manufacturer of shotshell ammunition ; Cascade Timber Consulting, a timber investment management organization ; Weyerhaeuser ; the United States Forest Service and the Sweet Home School District.

Major investment projects are generally financed by the issuance of long-term bonds.

Major engineering work was needed to upgrade the line to the standards required for such heavy freight traffic and additional investment made to reduce the length of signal sections.

Major investment and commercial banks such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Securities and Citigroup make markets in swaptions in the major currencies, and these banks trade amongst themselves in the swaption interbank market.

Major investment had recently been made with improvements to the streetcars systems in Butte and Beaumont, Texas.

Major industries and state-owned corporations were opened to private sector and the doors of investment opportunities were opened to individuals of the private corporations.

Major investment in upgrading the sewage treatment works took place, and in the treatment of industrial effluent before it was discharged to the river.

Mark L. Attanasio is a Los Angeles investment management principal who, in September 2004, reached a deal, on behalf of an investment group, to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) commissioner Bud Selig for US $ 200 million.

Major investment, including a second container terminal dubbed ‘ Liverpool 2 ’ at Seaforth, will be designed to handle the largest Post-Panamax vessels and will double the port ’ s capacity.

`` It is as though '', I said on the historic three-hour, coast-to-coast radio broadcast which I bought ( following Father Coughlin and pre-empting the Eddie Cantor, Manhattan Merry-go-round and Major Bowes shows ) `` That Man in the White House, like some despot of yore, insisted on reading my diary, raiding my larder and ransacking my lingerie!!

Major to this effort is to get all world powers to withdraw to their own territories, say by 1970.

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

They include two concertos for pianoforte, one in C major and one in B flat major, ( both 1773 ); a concerto for organ in C Major in two movements, ( the middle movement is missing from the autograph score, or perhaps, it was an improvised organ solo ) ( also 1773 ); two concertante works: a concerto for oboe, violin and cello in D major ( 1770 ), and a flute and oboe concerto in C major ( 1774 ).

The World Series, baseball's championship series which determines the champion of Major League Baseball for that season, is held in mid-to-late October ( sometimes spilling over into November to accommodate longer series ) and is nicknamed the " Fall Classic ".

Epsilon Ursae Majoris ( Epsilon UMa, ε Ursae Majoris, ε UMa ) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major ( despite its Bayer designation being merely " epsilon "), and at magnitude 1. 76 is the thirty-first brightest star in the sky.

It is also a member of the large and diffuse Ursa Major moving group.

Big Dipper is the American term for the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major, called the Plough in Britain.

* In Major, the protagonist's father, Shigeharu Honda, is hit in the head by a pitch during a major league match.

The technique is rarely seen at the Major League level but is used effectively by multiple college programs.

The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) is an annual Major League Baseball ( MLB ) award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League.

In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is annually given to one player from each league as voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ).

The current definition of rookie status for the award is based only on Major League experience, but some feel that past NPB players are not true rookies because of their past professional experience.

In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) is a round in the postseason that determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to Major League Baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.

In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series ( ALCS ), played in October, is a round in the postseason that determines the winner of the American League pennant.

* The Babe Ruth Award is an annual award given to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player with the best performance in the World Series.

Barry Lamar Bonds ( born July 24, 1964 ) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Joel is part of a group of twelve prophetic books known as the Minor Prophets or simply as The Twelve ; the distinction ' minor ' indicates the short length of the text in relation to the larger prophetic texts known as the " Major Prophets ".

Allan Huber " Bud " Selig (; born July 30, 1934 ) is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998.

However, there are some exceptions: many of the stars in the constellation of Ursa Major ( including most of the Big Dipper ) are genuinely close to one another, travel through the galaxy with similar velocities, and are likely to have formed together as part of a cluster that is slowly dispersing.

Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912 and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use.

The Milky Way galaxy is currently in the process of cannibalizing the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy and the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy.

Major road rehabilitation, including road widening, application of asphalt, and re-routing efforts are all currently being done throughout Luanda.

Major General Alfred Nelson-Williams is currently the Chief of the Defence Staff.

* Atiba Harris is a Kittitian footballer who currently plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.

The Rangers franchise are currently a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A. L.

Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball ( currently Bud Selig ), Major League Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts.

Joe Buck is currently the lead play-by-play announcer for both Major League Baseball and the NFL on the Fox network.

On July 9, 1972, Ryan struck out three batters on nine pitches in the second inning of a 3 – 0 win over the Boston Red Sox ; he became the seventh American League pitcher to accomplish the nine-pitch / three-strikeout half-inning, and the first ( and currently only ) pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the feat in both leagues.

When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career strikeouts in Major League history ; he is currently 17th.

Dodger Stadium is currently the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball ( behind Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago ) and is, by seating capacity, the largest ballpark in the world.

Mattingly is currently the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.

Major transportation routes near / through Cabot are the railroad ( currently owned by Union Pacific ), the " old highway to St. Louis " ( currently Arkansas Highway 367 ), US Highway 67 / 167, and Interstate 40.

Major League Baseball pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg, currently of the Washington Nationals, graduated from Santee's West Hills High School and was the school's 2006 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

* Michael Fucito, Major League Soccer player, currently for the Seattle Sounders FC

* Matt Thornton, currently a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.

Major improvements to the public school system and downtown district are currently among the most visible aspects ; long-term effects include major highway improvements on U. S. Route 61 and a much-discussed potential expansion of Tunica Municipal Airport.

* Dilly Duka ( born 1989 ), soccer player who currently plays for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer.

* Jerry Walker-Former Major League Baseball pitcher ; currently a vice president and special assistant to the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

* Devin Douglas Mesoraco is currently an American Major League Baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds.

* Major League Baseball Pitcher Zach Britton ( currently pitching for the Baltimore Orioles ).

José Canseco Capas, Jr. ( born July 2, 1964 ), is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball ( MLB ) outfielder, and designated hitter who is currently playing for the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings.

The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is currently Sergeant Major Bryan B. Battaglia, USMC.