<http://schema.org/description>
"Oesterreicheische Brau Beteiligungs AG (BBAG), the holding company for Austrian beer and drinks group, Brau Union AG, reported a 31.4% rise in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to &amp;amp;#8364;40.7m for the six months to the end of June. Pre-tax earnings rose by 31.9% to &amp;amp;#8364;31.4m on sales 4.6% higher at &amp;amp;#8364;561.3m. The company attributed the improvement to reduced spending on the integration of its operations outside Austria which now extend to Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.just-drinks.com/news/ebit-leaps-31-at-bbag_id71939.aspx>