bnb news shows the danger in these situations, page-11

Appreciate your input dargie, while perhaps not in complete agreement with everything, you put forward some valid points which will be beneficial to everyone.

Regarding the dividends, if another asset sale goes through at book value or above, they should be able to wipe off the majority of the corporate debt.

It's possible (although unlikely) that BEPPA dividends will be paid this year, but BBI will have to be 2010 at least.