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EC COMMISSION GIVEN PLAN TO SAVE STEEL INDUSTRY
European Community steelmakers presented the Executive Commission with a controversial plan for the future of the industry which diplomats say it may be forced reluctantly to accept. Under the plan steel output would remain subject to restrictive quotas and imports would be firmly controlled for years...
Commodities and Trade
PEARSON CONCENTRATES ON FOUR SECTORS
Pearson Plc <PSON.L> said the recent sale of its Fairey Engineering companies, in a 51.5 mln stg management buy-out, was part of its policy of concentrating on four key sectors. In a statement with its 1986 results, the company said its information and entertainments sector's Financial Times, FT, n...
Industrial and Sector News
German February central bank money grows annual 7.5 pct (January, same) - prov. Bundesbank data
German February central bank money grows annual 7.5 pct (January, same) - prov. Bundesbank data
Corporate News
GERMAN FEBRUARY CENTRAL BANK MONEY GROWTH STEADY
West German central bank money stock was growing at an annualized 7.5 pct in February, unchanged from the 7.5 pct reported in January, provisional data from the Bundesbank showed. The figure was thus outside the three to six pct range set by the Bundesbank for 1987. In absolute terms, the measure ...
Financial Reports
UK FEB RETAIL SALES RISE PROVISIONAL 2.2 PCT (JAN FALL 2.2 PCT) - OFFICIAL
UK FEB RETAIL SALES RISE PROVISIONAL 2.2 PCT (JAN FALL 2.2 PCT) - OFFICIAL
Financial Reports
GERMAN BANK SEES HIGHER GOLD PRICE FOR 1987
Gold is expected to continue its rise this year due to renewed inflationary pressures, especially in the U.S., Hamburg-based Vereins- und Westbank AG said. It said in a statement the stabilisation of crude oil prices and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' efforts to achieve further firmi...
Corporate News
U.K. RETAIL SALES RISE 2.2 PCT IN FEBRUARY
The volume of U.K. Retail sales rose a provisional, seasonally adjusted 2.2 pct in February after falling a final 2.2 pct in January, figures released by the Department of Trade and Industry show. The February sales index, base 1980, was put at a preliminary 125.0 after a final 122.3 in January. I...
Financial Reports
TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT GROUP PLC <TDGL.L> 1986 YEAR
Shr 17.15p vs 12.37p Final dividend 5.5p, making 7.5p vs 6.2p Pre-tax profit 39.4 mln stg vs 29.7 mln. Turnover 543.2 mln stg vs 481.5 mln Operating profit 48.2 mln stg vs 38.2 mln Net interest 8.9 mln vs 8.6 mln Tax 14.3 mln vs 11.2 mln Profit after tax 25.1 mln vs 18.4 mln ...
Corporate News
COCOA LATEST FOCUS FOR COMMODITY PACT NEGOTIATORS
The credibility of government efforts to stabilise fluctuating commodity prices will again be put to the test over the next two weeks as countries try to agree on how a buffer stock should operate in the cocoa market, government delegates and trade experts said. Only two weeks ago, world coffee prices s...
Financial Reports
YUGOSLAV FEBRUARY INFLATION RISES 7.2 PCT
Yugoslav retail prices in February rose 7.2 pct from January to stand 91.6 pct higher than in February 1986, the Federal Statistics Office said. In January retail prices rose 6.6 pct from December to stand 90.4 pct higher than in January 1986. The cost of living, an index that includes services and ...
Corporate News
MAI PLC <MLLL.L> SIX MONTHS TO DECEMBER
Shr 25.7p vs 21.5p Div 6p vs 4p Pretax profit 24.13 mln stg vs 16.40 mln Net after tax 15.08 mln vs 10.52 Extraordinary credit 8.71 mln stg vs nil Turnover 140.8 mln vs 96.55 Note - The extraordinary item comprises profit less losses on the sale of certain subsidiaries less relat...
Corporate News
MADAGASCAR RICE CROP ESTIMATED HIGHER IN 1987
Madagascar's vital rice crop is estimated at 2,286,000 tonnes of paddy this year, up from 2,138,000 in 1986, the Ministry of Agriculture said. The Trade Ministry said rice imports quadrupled in local currency value during the first nine months of last year as the government established a buffer stock of...
Financial Reports
ECUADOR SAYS IT WILL PAY DEBT WHEN IT CAN
President Leon Febres Cordero said Ecuador would honour its debt when it had the capacity to make payments, but said foreign banks had calculated oil would have to be 25 dlrs a barrel for Ecuador to meet its commitments. Ecuador said on Friday that last week's earthquake was forcing it to reaffirm an ea...
Financial Reports
U.K. MONEY MARKET DEFICIT FORECAST REVISED UPWARDS
The Bank of England said it had revised its estimate of the shortage in the money market today up to 1.15 billion stg before taking account of its early operations. Earlier, the bank forecast the deficit at 1.05 billion stg and gave 90 mln stg assistance at an early round of bill offers.
Financial Reports
PARIBAS SEEKING TO ADJUST ECUADOR OIL FACILITY
Banque Paribas, which arranged a 220 mln dlr loan for Ecuador last year to pre-finance oil exports, wants to adjust the terms of the facility to help the country recover from a devastating earthquake, bankers said. But the French bank's plan, which would effectively postpone repayment of about 30 mln dl...
Corporate News
BANK OF JAPAN SATISFIED WITH YEN AT CURRENT RANGE
The Bank of Japan is satisfied with the yen around its current range, a senior central bank official told reporters. He said the pledge by major industrial nations in Paris last month to cooperate to hold exchange rates around current ranges applied in both directions, a dollar fall or a dollar rise. ...
Financial Reports
BANK OF CHINA TAKES STAKE IN BAII HOLDINGS
Bank of China has taken a stake in Luxembourg-based finance company BAII Holdings SA, a spokesman for BAII said. The stake was between three and five pct but no further details of the deal, which was announced simultaneously in Paris, London and Hong Kong, were immediately available. BAII, which i...
Market and Economy
SAUDI OIL MINISTER SEES NO NEED TO ALTER PACT
Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Hisham Nazer said OPEC's December agreement to stabilize oil prices at 18 dlrs a barrel was being implemented satisfactorily and there was no immediate need to change it. Nazer, in an interview with Reuters and the television news agency Visnews, said Saudi Arabia was producin...
Market and Economy
TURKISH TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS IN 1986
Turkey's trade deficit rose to 3.65 billion dlrs in 1986 from 3.39 billion in 1985 following increased imports from Western countries, figures from the State Statistics Institute show. Exports were down 6.3 pct at 7.45 billion dlrs, compared with 7.95 billion in 1985, while imports were down 2.1 pct at ...
Financial Reports
ALUSUISSE SHARES FALL AFTER CAPITAL CUT NEWS
Bearer shares of Schweizerische Aluminium AG <ALUZ.Z> (Alusuisse) fell sharply as trading resumed after a one-day suspension on Friday, when the firm disclosed plans for a capital cut. The bearers, held mainly by foreign investors, dropped 30 Swiss francs to 460. But volume was not particularly heavy...
Industrial and Sector News
U.K. MONEY MARKET GIVEN FURTHER 30 MLN STG HELP
The Bank of England said it provided the money market with a further 30 mln stg assistance. This brings the Bank's total help so far today to 120 mln stg and compares with its upward revised estimate that the system would face a shortage of some 1.15 billon stg. The central bank bought bills for res...
Corporate News
EGYPT, SOVIETS TO RENEGOTIATE ARMS DEBT TERMS
Egypt and the Soviet Union are expected to sign an agreement in Moscow next week settling Cairo's three billion dlr military debt, Egyptian officials said. One official, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters a draft agreement would reduce to zero from two pct future interest payable on the 10 year...
Market and Economy
PERU BEGINS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATIONING
Peru will put into effect today a foreign exchange rationing system for imports designed to stop a slide in the country's international reserves, a government decree in the Official Gazette said. Under the system, importers will be required to present a bill from the foreign seller of goods and apply fo...
Financial Reports
DURO-TEST CORP <DUR> 2ND QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr 10 cts vs 14 cts Net 531,896 vs 727,781 Revs 16.0 mln 16.8 mln Six mths Shr 30 cts vs 39 cts Net 1,532,431 vs 2,000,732 Revs 32.7 mln vs 34.5 mln
Financial Reports
TAIWAN SAYS U.S. WANTS TAIWAN DOLLAR TO APPRECIATE
The United States wants Taiwan's currency to appreciate faster to reduce Taiwan's trade surplus with the U.S., A senior trade official said. Board of Foreign Trade director Vincent Siew told reporters on Saturday U.S. Officials told him in Washington last week that unless Taiwan allowed its dollar to ri...
Corporate News
SAUDIS DROP CONDITION FOR OIL SALE TO BRAZIL
Saudi Arabia has dropped its condition that Brazil secure international bank guarantees before Saudia Arabia would ship it oil, state-oil company Petrobras said in a statement. Petrobras said the Saudis will accept Banco do Brasil credit guarantees. Petrobras cancelled a 40 mln dlr crude oil purch...
Commodities and Trade
BSI RAISING 50 MLN SWISS FRANCS VIA RIGHTS ISSUE
Banca della Svizzera Italiana <BISZ.Z> said it planned a one-for-12 rights issue at 300 pct of nominal value to raise about 50 mln francs new capital. The rights issue would have a theoretical value to shareholders of 140 Swiss francs per bearer share and 45 per registered share. BSI was also s...
Financial Reports
PEPSICO OFFERS TO ACQUIRE CALNY INC FOR 11.50 DLRS A SHARE
PEPSICO OFFERS TO ACQUIRE CALNY INC FOR 11.50 DLRS A SHARE
Corporate News
U.K. AND GERMANY LEAD ATTACK ON EC FARM REFORMS
Britain and West Germany told their European Community partners they would strongly oppose major elements of proposals to rid the EC of its farm surpluses. At a meeting of EC foreign ministers, Britain called for a full debate on a proposed tax on edible oils and fats that has already angered EC consume...
Financial Reports
HARPER AND ROW <HPR> TO MULL OPTIONS AFTER BIDS
Harper and Row Publishers Inc said its board of directors decided to take no action on two takeover bids that the company has received. Instead, it appointed a committee of independent directors to study strategic alternatives for the 170-year-old firm. The alternatives include continuation of the compa...
Corporate News
FAILING WASHINGTON STATE S/L IS ACQUIRED
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) announced the acquisition of Home Savings and Loan Association in Seattle, Washington, by InterWest Savings Bank of Oak Harbour, Washington. The FHLBB said Home Savings was the 12th troubled savings institution requiring federal action this year. It said Ho...
Financial Reports
BALDRIGE WARNS OF WORLD TRADE WAR DANGER
U.S. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige predicted Congress will pass a reasonable trade bill this year and said tough protectionist legislation could prompt a trade war. "The mood of the Congress right now is as tough on trade as I've ever seen it in six years in Washington," Baldrige said in a weeke...
Financial Reports
<FRANKLIN UTILITIES FUND> SETS PAYOUT
Qtly div 14 cts vs 14 cts prior Pay March 13 Record March Two
Market and Economy
LEADING INDUSTRIAL NATIONS TO MEET IN APRIL
Leading industrial nations will meet again next month to review their accord on currency stability, but U.S. Officials said financial markets are convinced for now the countries will live up to commitments to speed up economic growth. The narrow currency movements of recent weeks strongly suggests the...
Financial Reports
CALNY <CLNY> GETS BID FROM PEPSICO <PEP>
Calny Inc said it has received an offer to be acquired by PepsiCo Inc, which already owns 9.9 pct of Calny stock, for 11.50 dlrs per share, subject to approval by PepsiCo and Calny boards and Calny shareholders. The company said its board intendsd to schedule a meeting in the near future to review the p...
Financial Reports
INDONESIA PLANS TO BUILD PALM OIL TERMINAL
Indonesia will build a crude palm oil terminal at a new port on Batam island, south of Singapore, Research and Technology Minister Yusuf Habibie said. The terminal will be able to handle 2.1 mln tonnes of crude palm oil from new plantations in northern Sumatra and western Kalimantan (Borneo), he said. ...
Corporate News
WARBURG PINCUS STARTS SYMBION <SYMB> BID
<Warburg, Pincus Capital Corp> said it has started a tender offer for up to 2,500,000 common shares of Symbion Inc at 3.50 dlrs each. In a newspaper advertisement, The firm said the opffer is not conditioned on receipt of any minimum number of shares but is conditioned on holders of nor more than 400...
Financial Reports
ZIM ENERGY <ZIMR> TO SELL SHARES PRIVATELY
ZIM Energy Corp said it has entered into an agreement for a group consisting of <Strategy and Development Inc>, <Norsk Vikingolje A/S> of Oslo and MIS Gas Corp -- which already owns one third of ZIM -- to buy 15 to 20 mln new common shares at 20 cts each in association with <Polo Energy Corp> and &...
Corporate News
BLUEFIELD SUPPLY <BFLD> IN LIQUIDATING PAYOUT
Bluefield Supply Co said its board declared its second liquidating dividend of 1.71 dlrs per share, payable March 16 to shareholders of record March 13. The company paid an initial liquidating dividend of 15.75 dlrs per share on January Eight.
Commodities and Trade
BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORP <BBCA> 2ND QTR FEB 28 NET
Shr 33 cts vs 48 cts Shr diluted 33 cts vs 44 cts Net 4,435,000 vs 6,410,000 Revs 839.3 mln vs 751.8 mln 1st half Shr 55 cts vs 94 cts Shr diluted 55 cts vs 88 cts Net 7,374,000 vs 12.6 mln Revs 1.68 billion vs 1.51 billion
Financial Reports
DIXONS SELLS 8.3 MLN WOOLWORTH SHARES
Dixons Group Plc <DXNS.L> has sold 8.3 mln shares in Woolworth Holdings Plc <WLTH.L> through Salomon Brothers U.K. Equity Ltd, a statement from Salomon said. The shares were placed with about 45 to 50 institutions in Europe and the Far East. Dixons retains one mln Woolworth shares, a Dixons spokes...
Financial Reports
EMHART CORP <EMH> QTLY DIVIDEND
Qtly div 35 cts vs 35 cts prior Payable March 31 Record March nine
Financial Reports
GELCO CORP <GEL> 2ND QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr 67 cts vs 23 cts Net 5,220,000 vs 3,143,000 Revs 236.1 mln vs 256.2 mln Avg shrs 7.8 mln vs 13.7 mln Six Mths Shr 85 cts vs 59 cs Net 8,919,000 vs 8,158,000 Revs 483.8 mln vs 515.5 mln Avg shrs 10.4 mln vs 13.7 mln NOTE: Fiscal 1987 second quarter and first ha...
Corporate News
JOULE' INC <JOUL> SETS STOCK SPLIT
Joule' Inc said its board declared a three-for-two stock split, payable April 30, record March 31.
Financial Reports
<WHIPPANY PAPER BOARD CO INC> MERGER APPROVED
Whippany Paper Board Co Inc said shareholders at a special meeting approved a merger into NPN Inc for 2.50 dlrs per share. NPN acquired control of Whippany in a recent tender offer.
Financial Reports
NORTHERN AIR FREIGHT <NAFI> GETS, REJECTS, BID
Privately-held <Pilot Air Freight> said it met with officials of Northern Air Freight Inc to try to negotiate a friendly acquisition of Northern, but Northern's management had no interest in the proposal. Northern has annual revenues of about 60 mln dlrs and is based in Seattle.
Financial Reports
AMERICAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE <ABM> 1ST QTR NET
Shr 35 cts vs 44 cts Net 1,311,000 vs 1,619,000 Revs 125.2 mln vs 117.2 mln NOTE: American Building Maintenance Industries Inc.
Corporate News
RENOUF EXTENDS BENEQUITY HOLDINGS <BH> OFFER
Renouf Corp International said it has extended the expiration of its offer to pay 31 dlrs a unit to buy all outstanding units of Benequity Holdings a California Limited Partnership to March 24 from March 13. As of March 13, Renouf said, about 3,847,375 units had been tendered. Renouf pointed out t...
Corporate News
INTERNCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES <ISBJ> PAYOUT UP
Qtly div 10 cts vs 8-1/3 cts prior Pay April 21 Record March 20 NOTE: Interchange Financial Services Corp.
Financial Reports
NEW WORLD PICTURES LTD <NWP> 4TH QTR NET
Shr 32 cts vs 21 cts Net 4,717,000 vs 2,587,000 Revs 72.9 mln vs 37.9 mln Avg shrs 14.7 mln vs 12.6 mln Year Oper shr 75 cts vs 41 cts Oper net 10.7 mln vs 4,642,000 Revs 188.9 mln vs 106.6 mln Avg shrs 14.2 mln vs 1.4 mln NOTE: 1985 year net excludes 495,000 dlr ...
Corporate News
LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS INC <LEIX> 2ND QTR JAN 31
Shr profit 17 cts vs loss two cts Net profit 520,000 vs loss 51,000 Sales 11.1 mln vs 6,897,000 1st half Shr profit 34 cts vs profit 12 cts Net profit 951,000 vs profit 320,000 Sales 20.6 mln vs 14.9 mln
Commodities and Trade
COMMTRON CORP <CMR> 2ND QTR FEB 28 NET
Shr 16 cts vs 22 cts Net 1,574,000 vs 1,725,000 Sales 104.2 mln vs 116.0 mln Avg shrs 10.1 mln vs eight mln 1st half Shr 37 cts vs 37 cts Net 3,675,000 vs 2,925,000 Sales 244.5 mln vs 230.6 mln Avg shrs 10.0 mln vs eight mln
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INDONESIA HAS IMPORTED PALM OIL, TRADERS SAY
Indonesia has imported palm oil this year and is likely to take more, trade sources said. They were commenting on a weekend Jakarta report quoting a Ministry of Trade spokesman as saying Indonesia had not issued licences to import the commodity. He also said there was no sign of a shortage of palm oil i...
Corporate News
WHOLESALE CLUB INC <WHLS> 4TH QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr profit two cts vs loss 16 cts Net profit 558,000 vs loss 580,000 Sales 66.2 mln vs 29.5 mln Avg shrs 4,476,000 vs 3,615,000 Year Shr loss 61 cts vs loss 79 cts Net loss 1,760,000 vs loss 2,180,000 Sales 158.4 mln vs 76.3 mln Avg shrs 4,475,000 vs 2,751,000
Financial Reports
MSA REALTY CORP <SSS> 4TH QTR NET
Shr profit four cts vs loss two cts Net profit 247,970 vs loss 57,341 Revs 2,393,622 vs 2,627,612 Avg shrs 5,958,423 vs 2,440,100 Year Shr profit 71 cts vs loss 35 cts Net profit 3,213,310 vs loss 849,180 Revs 14,571,434 vs 9,099,767 Avg shrs 6,177,666 vs 2,440,083 ...
Financial Reports
ECONOMIC SPOTLIGHT -FRANCE AWAITS ECONOMIC LIFT
A year after squeezing to power with a narrow bare coalition majority, Gaullist Prime minister Jacques Chirac has swept away a cobweb of controls and regulations choking the French economy. But France is still waiting for a promised industrial recovery the government says will follow from its free marke...
Financial Reports
KAPOK CORP <KPK> IN TECHNICAL DEFAULT
Kapok Corp said it is in techical default of its loans from Southeast Banking Corp <STB> and Murray Steinfeld but is negotiating with the lenders. It said neither has declared the loans due. The company said it has agreed to sell the Peter Pan Restaurant in Urbana, Md., for 1,100,000 dlrs, or one...
Financial Reports
BECOR WESTERN GETS OFFER TO BE ACQUIRED BY NEW GROUP FOR 15.50 DLRS SHARE
BECOR WESTERN GETS OFFER TO BE ACQUIRED BY NEW GROUP FOR 15.50 DLRS SHARE
Financial Reports
EVEREST AND JENNINGS INTERNATIONAL <EJA> 4TH QTR
Shr profit nine cts vs loss 58 cts Net profit 738,000 vs loss 4,643,000 Sales 50.9 mln vs 43.8 mln Year Shr profit 1.50 dlrs vs loss 61 cts Net profit 12.1 mln vs loss 4,875,000 Sales 195.3 mln vs 174.2 mln NOTE: 1985 net both periods includes 4,952,000 dlr provision for pl...
Industrial and Sector News
GERMAN BANK SEES HIGHER GOLD PRICE FOR 1987
Gold is expected to continue its rise this year due to renewed inflationary pressures, especially in the U.S., Hamburg-based Vereins- und Westbank AG said. It said in a statement the stabilisation of crude oil prices and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' efforts to achieve further firmi...
Financial Reports
ENDOTRONICS SEES HEAVY LOSSES IN QTR FROM WITHDRAWAL OF JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR
ENDOTRONICS SEES HEAVY LOSSES IN QTR FROM WITHDRAWAL OF JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR
Financial Reports
ALPINE GROUP INC <AGI> 3RD QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr profit seven cts vs loss five cts Net profit 303,000 vs loss 205,000 Revs 16,945,000 vs 7,695,000 Nine mths Shr profit 27 cts vs profit 19 cts Net profit 1,161,000 vs profit 787,000 Revs 39.2 mln vs 22.8 mln NOTE: Profits include gains of 130,000 dlrs, or three cts a sh...
Commodities and Trade
BSI SAYS EXPECTS ANOTHER GOOD YEAR IN 1987
Banca della Svizzera Italiana <BISZ.Z> said it expected business to be good again this year after 1986's 15.2 pct increase in net profit to 42 mln Swiss francs. Chief Executive Giorgio Ghiringhelli told reporters he expected almost all important sectors to expand well in 1987. An important exception ...
Corporate News
DIAMOND SHAMROCK SETS 27 PCT PRORATION FACTOR FOR TENDERED SHARES
DIAMOND SHAMROCK SETS 27 PCT PRORATION FACTOR FOR TENDERED SHARES
Commodities and Trade
NEWPORT CORP <NESP> 2ND QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr 11 cts vs 13 cts Net 1,037,690 vs 1,270,460 Sales 10.1 mln vs 9,215,836 Six Mths Shr 25 cts vs 31 cts Net 2,319,376 vs 2,930,507 Sales 21.2 mln vs 18.9 mln
Financial Reports
BRAZILIAN BANK WORKERS DECIDE ON NATIONAL STRIKE
Brazilian bank workers voted to launch a nationwide strike this month, compounding labour unrest arising from the failure of the government's anti-inflation plan. At a rally in this city, about 100 km northwest of Sao Paulo, about 5,000 bank workers voted to strike on March 24 unless their demand for ...
Financial Reports
BECOR WESTERN <BCW> GETS OFFER TO BE ACQUIRED
Becor Western Inc said <Investment Limited Partnership> of Greenwich, conn., and Randolph W. Lenz are offering to acquire Becor for 15.50 dlrs per share, subject to Becor's receipt of at least 110 mln dlrs from the proposed sale of its Western Gear Corp subsidiary. Becor said it has also received exp...
Financial Reports
CLARK EQUIPMENT <CKL> STAKE ACQUIRED
Clark Equipment Co said it was informed by Arthur M. Goldberg acting on behalf of a group of investors that the group had accumulated 1,262,200 shares, or about 6.7 pct of Clark's outstanding common stock. It said Goldberg recently approached Clark to repurchase the shares. However, negotiations for the...
Financial Reports
HOG AND CATTLE SLAUGHTER GUESSTIMATES
Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor traders and commission house representatives are guesstimating today's hog slaughter at about 295,000 to 302,000 head versus 293,000 week ago and 309,000 a year ago. Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 123,000 to 126,000 head versus 123,000 week ago and 121,000 a ...
Financial Reports
PATON REPORTS U.S. GREEN COFFEE ROASTINGS HIGHER
U.S. roastings of green coffee in the week ended March 7 were about 325,000 (60-kilo) bags, including that used for soluble production, compared with 290,000 bags in the corresponding week of last year and about 315,000 bags in the week ended February 28, George Gordon Paton and Co Inc reported. It sa...
Financial Reports
AVIA STOCKHOLDERS SEEK TO BLOCK SALE TO REEBOK
<Avia Group International Inc> stockholders filed a class a action suit in Multnomah County Circuit court seeking to halt the sale of Avia to Reebok International Ltd <RBOK>. Avia stockholders also seek to receive compensation from the defendants, who include most of Avia directors, according t...
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Financial Reports
ZAMBIA, IMF TALKS STALL ON FOOD SUBSIDIES
Zambia's talks with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a financial rescue package have run into difficulties on the issue of food subsidies, an official newspaper said. The Times of Zambia, which is run by the ruling United National Independence Party (UNIP), quoted official sources...
Financial Reports
DWG CORP <DWG> 3RD QTR JAN 31 NET
Oper shr profit 17 cts vs profit 10 cts Oper net profit 5,146,000 vs profit 2,691,000 Revs 269.5 mln vs 274.4 mln Avg shrs 20.5 mln vs 17.0 mln Nine mths Oper shr profit 14 cts vs loss 45 cts Oper net profit 4,131,000 vs loss 7,148,000 Revs 802.8 mln vs 766.0 mln Avg sh...
Other
KAPOK CORP <KPK> 1ST QTR DEC 31 LOSS
Shr loss 14 cts vs loss 21 cts Net loss 353,000 vs loss 541,000 Revs 2,668,000 vs 2,525,000 Avg shrs 2,452,3000 vs 2,552,300
Financial Reports
DIAMOND SHAMROCK <DIA> SETS PRORATION FACTOR
Diamond Shamrock Corp said it will accept about 27 pct of the 73,653,000 shares of its common stock tendered in response to the company's offer to pay 17 dlrs a share for 20 mln shares. The company said it expects to mail checks representing the purchase price of the 20 mln shares purchased later this w...
Financial Reports
<BRALORNE RESOURCES LTD> YEAR LOSS
Shr loss 2.70 dlrs vs loss 25 cts Net loss 60.6 mln vs loss 3,122,000 Revs 101.0 mln vs 167.7 mln Note: 1986 includes charge of 44.1 mln dlrs due to writedown of oil and gas interests, writeoff of goodwill and patents, provision against disposal of surplus inventory, losses on disposition of o...
Corporate News
BANK OF FRANCE LEAVES MONEY MARKET INTERVENTION RATE UNCHANGED AT 7-3/4 PCT - OFFICIAL
BANK OF FRANCE LEAVES MONEY MARKET INTERVENTION RATE UNCHANGED AT 7-3/4 PCT - OFFICIAL
Corporate News
H AND R BLOCK <HRB> SEES GAINS FROM TAX REFORM
With the April 15 tax return deadline less than a month away, confused taxpayers will be converging on H and R Block Inc's offices to interpret the new tax codes. Financial results for the nation's largest tax preparer are expected to be good in fiscal 1987 but next year could be a "bonanza," analysts s...
Corporate News
AUSIMONT COMPO NV <AUS> RAISES QUARTERLY
Qtly div eight cts vs five cts prior Pay April 24 Record April Three
Corporate News
ALDERSHOT AGREES TO ACQUIRE INTRACOASTAL REFINING
Aldershot Resources Ltd said it signed an interim agreement to acquire 100 pct of the outstanding shares of Intracoastal Refining Inc of Conroe, Texas. Aldershot will pay a certain number of shares of common stock based on book value, and up to a maximum of one mln shares under a formula linked to the...
Corporate News
PREFERRED HEALTHCARE LTD <PHCC> 4TH QTR NET
Shr six cts vs four cts Net 383,189 vs 241,857 Revs 1,506,756 vs 793,459 12 mths Shr 24 cts vs 15 cts Net 1,520,797 vs 929,017 Revs 5,268,486 vs 2,617,995
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DERLAN ACQUIRES 80 PCT OF AURORA INDUSTRIES
<Derlan Industries Ltd> said it acquired 80 pct of Aurora Industries Inc of Montgomery, Illinois for an undisclosed price. Closing is subject to completion of legal formalities, Derlan said.
Financial Reports
MARION LABS <MKC> VOTES SPLIT, DIVIDEND HIKE
Marion Laboratories Inc said its board declared a two-for-one common stock split in the form of a dividend, with distribution April 21, record March 25. The board also said it intends to increase the regular quarterly dividend by 43 pct, to five cts a share, reflecting the split. It said the increase wi...
Financial Reports
DART SEEKS SUPERMARKETS <SGL> NEGOTIATIONS
<Dart Group Inc> said it is preparted to negotiate all terms of its proposed acquisition of Supermarkets General Corp. Early this month, Dart made an unsolicited offer of 41.75 dlrs a share in cash for Supermarkets General's stock. Releasing a letter sent friday to Supermarkets General, Dart sa...
Corporate News
DECORATOR INDUSTRIES INC <DII> 4TH QTR NET
Ended Jan three Shr profit five cts vs NA Net profit 58,088 vs loss 279,718 Revs 6,310,841 vs 5,468,893 Year Shr profit 12 cts vs loss 74 cts Net profit 126,321 vs loss 773,090 Revs 23.1 mln vs 19.1 mln NOTE: Loss per share not given for quarter.
Corporate News
MCCORMICK AND CO INC <MCCRK> 1ST QTR NET
Qtr ends Feb 28 Shr 37 cts vs 35 cts Net 4,346,000 vs 4,202,000 Revs 232,006,000 vs 223,151,000
Corporate News
VALUE LINE INC <VALU> 3RD QTR JAN 31
Shr 52 cts vs 25 cts Net 5,154,000 vs 2,496,000 Revs 17.7 mln vs 14.4 mln Nine months Shr 1.16 dlrs vs 70 cts Net 11.5 mln seven mln Revs 50.3 mln vs 41.2 mln NOTE: 1987 periods include pretax investment income of 2.9 mln dlrs in capital gains distributions from mutual fund...
Corporate News
THERMO ELECTRON <TMO> CONSIDERS UNIT STAKE SALE
Thermo Electron Corp said it has entered into talks with underwriters on the possible public sale of a minority interest in its packaged cogeneration systems subsidiary, Tecogen Inc. The company also said it plans to offer convertible subordinated debentures publicly. It gave no further details. ...
Commodities and Trade
HONGKONG BANK OF CANADA 1ST QTR JAN 31 NET
Net 3.1 mln vs not given Note: results not comparable with last year due to November 1986 acquisition of Bank of British Columbia. Subsidiary of <Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp>
Financial Reports
SALANT CORP <QSLT> 4TH QTR NOV 29 NET
Oper shr profit 45 cts vs profit 56 cts Oper net profit 1,492,000 vs profit 1,842,000 Sales 36.5 mln vs 38.5 mln Year Oper shr profit 48 cts vs loss 2.44 dlrs Oper net profit 1,596,000 vs loss 8,084,000 Sales 131.1 mln vs 144.5 mln NOTE: 1986 year net includes pretax pr...
Corporate News
TRANZONIC COS <TNZ> SETS QUARTERLY
Qtly div 11 cts vs 11 cts prior Pay April 17 Record March 20
Financial Reports
U.K. MONEY MARKET GIVEN 550 MLN STG LATE HELP
The Bank of England said it provided the money market with late assistance of around 550 mln stg. This takes the Bank's total help today to some 1.12 billion stg and compares with its estimated deficit of around 1.10 billion.
Financial Reports
16-MAR-1987
16-MAR-1987
Financial Reports
LYNG SAYS TOO LATE FOR CROP DECOUPLING THIS YEAR
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng said it is too late to implement a full 0/92 acreage provision, or "decoupling," for 1987 grain crops. "I think there's a chance we'll see that legislation (0/92) passed, (but) not for 1987 crops. It's too late," Lyng told the National Grain and Feed Association c...
Corporate News
SALANT <QSLT> FILES REORGANIZATION PLAN
Salant Corp said it and its Thomson Co Inc and Obion Co Inc subsidiaries have filed a joint reorganization plan with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and expect to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the near future. The company said a hearing on the adequacy of the associated disclosure plan is scheduled for...
Financial Reports
ANALOGIC CORP <ALOG> 2ND QTR JAN 31 NET
Shr 11 cts vs 13 cts Net 1,965,577 vs 2,474,357 Revs 38.3 mln vs 34.7 mln 1st half Shr 61 cts vs 22 cts Net 11.3 mln vs 4,132,129 Revs 84.4 mln vs 66.2 mln
Commodities and Trade
WEST GERMAN EXPORTS TO U.S. DROP SHARPLY
West German exports to the United States fell below four billion marks worth in January for the first time since mid-1984, provisional Bundesbank data showed. The figures showed exports were 3.85 billion marks in January, sharply down from December's 4.40 billion and the lowest since the 3.56 billion ex...
Financial Reports
TEXAS AIR TO GIVE FORMER CONTINENTAL AIR HOLDERS ANOTHER 3.75 DLRS A SHARE
TEXAS AIR TO GIVE FORMER CONTINENTAL AIR HOLDERS ANOTHER 3.75 DLRS A SHARE
Commodities and Trade
French February inflation between 0.1 and 0.2 pct vs 0.9 pct in january - official
French February inflation between 0.1 and 0.2 pct vs 0.9 pct in january - official
Commodities and Trade