Hints and tips:
...“I don’t think triple A is the be-all-and-end-all. It’s really the backing of the collective taxation of the countries underneath that gives you confidence.”...
...But if you don’t get growth within the next five to 10 years, then its fiscal position will become unsustainable.”...
...As the ceremony began, I told myself: “You won’t win, you won’t win.” I won. The prize was £3,500. It couldn’t have happened to a poorer man....
...“The cost of funding is low for France, but we see risks here in the medium term,” Dietmar Hornung, senior credit officer at Moody’s, says....
...“Moody’s has said it would make another statement within a year, but we don’t see it as another cut to make Hungary junk [status].”...
...H/T to our FT colleague Anousha Sakoui, for directing us to what appears to be the first official rating for the European Financial Stability Facility –courtesy of Moody’s on Monday....
...Hornung, all set their stories in just such a genteel milieu....
...People might understand that,” said Franz Stefan Hornung, head of sports sponsoring at T-Mobile. “But this is not our view, we feel we have a responsibility and we have to work to change the sport.”...
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