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Airplane Banner Conveys Downgrade Dissatisfaction

RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:

And our last word in business is downgrade.

Outraged with Washington and Wall Street, Lucy Nobbe, a single mother and financial broker, hired an airplane to fly a banner reading: Thanks for the downgrade, you should all be fired. She wanted it to fly over Washington. But her vision was downgraded because D.C. is a no-fly zone. Nobbe flew her message in New York.

That's the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

STEVE INSKEEP, Host:

And I'm Steve Inskeep. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.