DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / January 2, 2020 / CRH plc is pleased to confirm that, as announced on 26 September 2019, Mr. Richie Boucher became Chairman of the CRH Board on 1 January 2020, succeeding Mr. N. Hartery ...

DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2020 / 2019 Full Year Results This document contains inside information Key Highlights Financial ·€4.2bn EBITDA, +25% ahead of 2018 (+7% LFL) ·€28.3bn sales, +6% ahead ...

Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") has today downgraded the corporate family rating (CFR) of the Dutch building materials distributor BME Group Holding B.V. (BME) to B3 from B2 and the probability of default rating (PDR) has been downgraded to B3-PD from B2-PD. Concurrently, the instrument rating on E700 million 1st lien senior secured term loan B (TLB), E280 million 1st lien senior secured term loan A (TLA) and E195 million 1st lien senior secured revolving credit facility (RCF) was downgraded to B2 from B1 while the rating on E218 million 2nd lien senior secured TLB was downgraded to Caa2 from Caa1.

Hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater has shown its hand in Europe with roughly $15 billion in bets against companies on the continent and in Great Britain, filings reviewed by Reuters show. The world's biggest hedge fund manager's short positions amount to more than $5.3 billion in France and $4.7 billion in Germany, while in Spain its shorts add up to almost $1.4 billion and $821 million in three Italian companies. Hedge funds engage in the practice of 'shorting' by borrowing a stock from an institutional investor, such as a pension plan, and selling it back at a profit when the price drops.

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DUBLIN, IRELAND / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2020 / CRH plc, the leading building materials business in the world, announces that, as part of the Board's renewal process, Patrick Kennedy and Henk Rottinghuis ...

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DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / April 9, 2020 / As announced on 28 February, CRH plc, the global building materials group, has decided to change its reporting currency to US Dollar effective from 1 January 2020. ...

The current health emergency caused by the global spread of COVID-19 has significant implications for the economies and construction markets in which we operate, and we are following the advice and direction of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as government and public health authorities across our markets. CRH continues to actively monitor the rapidly evolving situation and an extensive range of business continuity measures are in place across our operations globally. In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, governments around the world have implemented various restrictions on public gatherings, the movement of people and certain business activities.

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CRH (CRH) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank 1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

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CRH completes latest phase of Share Buyback Programme DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2020 / CRH plc, the global building materials group, is pleased to announce that it has completed the latest phase ...

Re: 2019 Annual Report and Form 20-F, Notice of Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy (the 'Documents') DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / March 6, 2020 / The 2019 Annual Report and Form 20-F, the Notice of the ...

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DUBLIN / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2020 / CRH plc, the global building materials group, is pleased to announce that it has completed the latest phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further €240 ...