Though one bond-rating agency has upgraded New York a notch, the state still has one of the poorest credit standings in the nation.

Later that day, the agency upgraded it to tropical storm status, based on satellite intensity estimates.

Two days later, the agency then upgraded the system into cyclone status.

About six hours later, the agency upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression, after the convection became better organized.

The agency also automated its fingerprint and photograph files and upgraded its 911 system to identify the caller's telephone and address.

Incongruously, the news about the port became known as agencies were upgrading the bond rating for Miami after the city instituted measures to restore its government's financial health.

Early on December 4, the agency upgraded the system into a moderate tropical storm.

The agency also upgraded South Korea's long-term foreign currency rating to A from A-.

Since the anthrax attacks, the agency has upgraded its emergency operations center.

That is about twice the figure mentioned in April when the agency upgraded the severity of the accident to the highest level of 7 on an international scale...