Hints and tips:
...There’s a lot of companies in the double-B category that were downgrades from triple-B. They’re better companies. It’s a different high-yield than, say, 10 years ago ....
...The move was viewed as a direct shot at Walmart, whose core customers come from low-income backgrounds....
...“With the leading chain in the market V&D bankrupt, HBC struck a great deal with the landlords for good high street locations.”...
...Meanwhile, the company’s R&D as a percentage of sales, which has been falling since 2001, is creeping ever lower....
...Walmart, the world’s largest retailer by sales, might take Fresh & Easy off Tesco’s hands. Such a deal would be a public humiliation for the UK retailer....
...In Brazil, people earning more than R$4,807 (US$2,753) a month are described as class A and B, those earning between R$1,115 and R$4,806 as class C and those on less than that as classes D and E....
...People usually head back to the shops after downturns to buy all the things they had been putting off when times were tough, helping the economy spring back in a cheerful V-shape....
...it was opting instead for Plan C for cuts or D for downturn?...
...MR SCOTT: Oh, not that I’d discuss publicly....
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