Chessmetrics provides historical ratings for players and events throughout chess history.

Arbitron officials said they would continue to provide overnight ratings.

Each individual would rate him or herself on the same survey as the supervisor, direct reports, and peers who were also providing ratings.

But in the United States, private interests are scrambling to get into the business of providing ratings for industry.

Massey does, however, provide ratings for those teams separately.

Then there is the corrupting power of being paid by the banks you are supposed to provide ratings and so no surprise what will happen.

A high score can quickly be lost if rating entities start providing negative ratings.

It also lets consumers provide user-generated reviews and ratings of local businesses.

The founders hope to engage the community to further improve the formula in order to provide optimal ratings.

For instance, Standard & Poor's has formed a department that provides ratings and analysis.