Hints and tips:
...Says Win Thin, global head of emerging markets strategy at US bank BBH: With S&P quickly cutting Turkey to BB with a negative outlook, one more downgrade by either Moody’s or Fitch would likely lead to...
...South Africa is rated BB by BBH: two notches below S&P and three below Moody’s and Fitch. All three big agencies have South Africa as investment grade. BBH says it is junk....
...The Gunn Report, which assesses agencies and campaigns, said in February that AKQA in London ranked equally with BBH and R/GA in New York as the “most awarded” digital agency in 2011....
...S&N believes it can create more value for shareholders by either trying to buy Carlsberg’s stake in Baltic Beverages Holdings, or selling its own stake in BBH, which it estimates to be worth £4.6bn ($9bn...
...Carlsberg would get S&N’s share of their Russian joint venture BBH, plus the French and Greek units, where Heineken would have regulatory problems....
...BBH’s revenue grew 36 per cent in the first half to DKr4.9bn ($856m), while operating profit soared 48 per cent to DKr1.1bn....
...BBH, which operates in Russia, the Baltics and central Asia, achieved a 8.2 per cent advance in beer sales, with operating profit up 32 per cent rising to DKr751m....
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