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The best bets are in single-B and BB paper, where yields range from 5.5 to 7%.

Gimme Baidu And Junk Bonds For This Market Martin T. Sosnoff 2010

MOSCOW—Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its long-term foreign-currency rating for Belarus to single-B from single-B-plus, warning that the country was rapidly running out of foreign currency, while residents lined up at exchange offices in the capital seeking to convert their rubles.

Belarus Downgraded by S&P Ira Iosebashvili 2011

In July, similarly rated companies—those with single-B ratings—were selling bonds yielding about 7.5%.

Kinetic Deal Shows 'Junk' Energy Waning Prabha Natarajan 2011

The best bets are in single-B and BB paper, where yields range from 5.5 to 7%.

Gimme Baidu And Junk Bonds For This Market Martin T. Sosnoff 2010

Rating agency Standard & Poor's Friday cut Belarus' rating one notch to single-B, pushing it closer to junk status.

Belarus Asks for New IMF Loan Ira Iosebashvili 2011

The ratings firm said that for issuers rated at Greece's level, single-B, a "voluntary" debt exchange would likely be default if creditors received securities with terms less favorable than are available in the secondary market.

Plan Focuses on Rescheduling of Greek Debt Matthew Dalton 2011

These speculative-grade issuers with double-B and single-B ratings usually are the most liquid bonds during times of uncertainty.

Turmoil Taints High-Yield Bonds Prabha Natarajan 2011

S&P currently rates Sears at single-B, five notches below investment-grade status.

S&P Puts Sears on Watch for Downgrade After Poor Sales Report Joan E. Solsman 2011

The ratings firm said that for issuers rated at Greece's level, single-B, a "voluntary" debt exchange would likely be default if creditors received securities with terms less favorable than are available in the secondary market.

Plan Focuses on Rescheduling of Greek Debt Matthew Dalton 2011

"At some point, we may even see single-B borrowers."

Low Interest Rates Could Spur Perpetual Bonds Natasha Brereton-Fukui 2011