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3200 | Group workforce on June 30 300,962 down 3.7 oct | <response> Group workforce on June 30 300,962 down 3.7 oct </response> |
3201 | NOTE - Sales , profit compare with first half of 1995 , workforce compares with Dec 31 . | <response> NOTE - Sales , profit compare with first half of 1995 , workforce compares with Dec 31 . </response> |
3202 | -- Frankfurt Newsroom , +49 69 756525 | <response> -- <organization>Frankfurt Newsroom</organization> , +49 69 756525 </response> |
3203 | Sea lion paparazzi to keep tabs on whales . | <response> Sea lion paparazzi to keep tabs on whales . </response> |
3204 | LONDON 1996-08-22 | <response> <location>LONDON</location> 1996-08-22 </response> |
3205 | U.S. marine biologists have trained a pair of sea lions to tag and photograph elusive whales as they cruise through the Pacific depths , New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday . | <response> <location>U.S.</location> marine biologists have trained a pair of sea lions to tag and photograph elusive whales as they cruise through the <location>Pacific</location> depths , <organization>New Scientist</organization> magazine reported on Thursday . </response> |
3206 | James Harvey and Jennifer Hurley of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in California say their sea lions , natural companions of many species of whale , can go where no man or woman has ever gone before . | <response> <person>James Harvey</person> and <person>Jennifer Hurley</person> of the <organization>Moss Landing Marine Laboratories</organization> in <location>California</location> say their sea lions , natural companions of many species of whale , can go where no man or woman has ever gone before . </response> |
3207 | " Any diver knows that when a whale gets going you ca n't keep up , " Harvey told the magazine . " | <response> " Any diver knows that when a whale gets going you ca n't keep up , " <person>Harvey</person> told the magazine . " </response> |
3208 | That is why we know only about five percent of what whales do . " | <response> That is why we know only about five percent of what whales do . " </response> |
3209 | The sea lions -- 17-year-old Beaver and nine-year-old Sake -- have undergone six years of training for their mission . | <response> The sea lions -- 17-year-old <person>Beaver</person> and nine-year-old <person>Sake</person> -- have undergone six years of training for their mission . </response> |
3210 | Beaver once worked for the U.S. Navy and Sake is an amusement park veteran . | <response> <person>Beaver</person> once worked for the <organization>U.S. Navy</organization> and <person>Sake</person> is an amusement park veteran . </response> |
3211 | Harvey said they could accurately tag whales with a radio transmitter , and could also swim all the way around one of the giant mammals , filming it with a video camera . | <response> <person>Harvey</person> said they could accurately tag whales with a radio transmitter , and could also swim all the way around one of the giant mammals , filming it with a video camera . </response> |
3212 | Their first assignment , later this year , will be documenting humpback whale migration off Monterey , California . | <response> Their first assignment , later this year , will be documenting humpback whale migration off <location>Monterey</location> , <location>California</location> . </response> |
3213 | The article did not spell out exactly how the sea lions manage to tag the whales but said in training they were taught to stick a radio transmitter on to a plastic model of a whale using suction cups . | <response> The article did not spell out exactly how the sea lions manage to tag the whales but said in training they were taught to stick a radio transmitter on to a plastic model of a whale using suction cups . </response> |
3214 | RTRS - Australia Senate jeopardises rate cut - Howard . | <response> <organization>RTRS</organization> - <organization>Australia Senate</organization> jeopardises rate cut - <person>Howard</person> . </response> |
3215 | CANBERRA 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>CANBERRA</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3216 | Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the possibility of lower interest rates was being jeopardised by Parliament 's upper house where opposition parties planned to scrutinise the 1996/97 budget . | <response> <misc>Australian</misc> Prime Minister <person>John Howard</person> said the possibility of lower interest rates was being jeopardised by Parliament 's upper house where opposition parties planned to scrutinise the 1996/97 budget . </response> |
3217 | " Every time the Senate hacks away at the budget , they hack away at the lower interest rate environment , " Howard told reporters on Thursday night after attending a Liberal Party function . | <response> " Every time the <organization>Senate</organization> hacks away at the budget , they hack away at the lower interest rate environment , " <person>Howard</person> told reporters on Thursday night after attending a <organization>Liberal Party</organization> function . </response> |
3218 | Senior ministers have repeatedly warned since the fiscally-tight budget was handed down on Tuesday night that the chance of lower official rates could be hampered in the Senate . | <response> Senior ministers have repeatedly warned since the fiscally-tight budget was handed down on Tuesday night that the chance of lower official rates could be hampered in the <organization>Senate</organization> . </response> |
3219 | The budget contained sharp spending cuts in areas such as the labour market to reduce the deficit to about A$ 5.6 billion . | <response> The budget contained sharp spending cuts in areas such as the labour market to reduce the deficit to about <misc>A$</misc> 5.6 billion . </response> |
3220 | The conservative government 's plan for reform of the industrial relations environment and to partially sell Telstra has also been opposed by parties in the Senate such as the Greens and Australian Democrats as well as the official opposition , the Labor Party . | <response> The conservative government 's plan for reform of the industrial relations environment and to partially sell <organization>Telstra</organization> has also been opposed by parties in the <organization>Senate</organization> such as the <organization>Greens</organization> and <organization>Australian Democrats</organization> as well as the official opposition , the <organization>Labor Party</organization> . </response> |
3221 | Official cash rates were last cut on July 31 to 7.0 percent . | <response> Official cash rates were last cut on July 31 to 7.0 percent . </response> |
3222 | -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800 | <response> -- <organization>Sydney Newsroom</organization> 61-2 373-1800 </response> |
3223 | RTRS - Toyota Australia workers to return to work . | <response> <organization>RTRS</organization> - <organization>Toyota Australia</organization> workers to return to work . </response> |
3224 | MELBOURNE 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>MELBOURNE</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3225 | Over 2,000 striking workers voted on Friday to return to work on Monday at Toyota Australia 's Melbourne assembly line , ending a two-week stoppage . | <response> Over 2,000 striking workers voted on Friday to return to work on Monday at <organization>Toyota Australia</organization> 's <location>Melbourne</location> assembly line , ending a two-week stoppage . </response> |
3226 | RTRS - Niugini shares surge on bid talk . | <response> <organization>RTRS</organization> - <organization>Niugini</organization> shares surge on bid talk . </response> |
3227 | SYDNEY 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>SYDNEY</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3228 | Shares in gold miner Niugini Mining Ltd surged 38 cents to A$ 3.75 early on Friday following confirmation on Thursday from Battle Mountain Gold that it was considering acquiring the 49.6 percent of Niugini it did not already own . | <response> Shares in gold miner <organization>Niugini Mining Ltd</organization> surged 38 cents to <misc>A$</misc> 3.75 early on Friday following confirmation on Thursday from <organization>Battle Mountain Gold</organization> that it was considering acquiring the 49.6 percent of <organization>Niugini</organization> it did not already own . </response> |
3229 | Niugini Mining Ltd said on Thursday that Battle Mountain had initiated talks about acquiring the shares in Niugini it does not already own . " | <response> <organization>Niugini Mining Ltd</organization> said on Thursday that <organization>Battle Mountain</organization> had initiated talks about acquiring the shares in <organization>Niugini</organization> it does not already own . " </response> |
3230 | Battle Mountain are set to take out the minorities there soon , " said a Sydney broker . | <response> <organization>Battle Mountain</organization> are set to take out the minorities there soon , " said a <location>Sydney</location> broker . </response> |
3231 | Niugini holds copper and gold mining interests in Australia , Chile and Papua New Guinea , where it has a 17.2 percent stake in the Lihir gold project . | <response> <organization>Niugini</organization> holds copper and gold mining interests in <location>Australia</location> , <location>Chile</location> and <location>Papua New Guinea</location> , where it has a 17.2 percent stake in the <organization>Lihir</organization> gold project . </response> |
3232 | By 11.25 a.m. ( 0025 GMT ) , Niugini Mining shares were at A$ 3.65 , up 28 cents on turnover of 108,288 shares . | <response> By 11.25 a.m. ( 0025 <misc>GMT</misc> ) , <organization>Niugini Mining</organization> shares were at <misc>A$</misc> 3.65 , up 28 cents on turnover of 108,288 shares . </response> |
3233 | -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 9373 1800 | <response> -- <organization>Sydney Newsroom</organization> 61-2 9373 1800 </response> |
3234 | South Korean students throw " irreplaceable " rocks . | <response> <misc>South Korean</misc> students throw " irreplaceable " rocks . </response> |
3235 | SEOUL 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>SEOUL</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3236 | Students at South Korea 's Yonsei University threw more than just ordinary rocks at riot police -- some were samples that the geology department had taken 30 years to collect , newspapers reported on Friday . | <response> Students at <location>South Korea</location> 's <organization>Yonsei University</organization> threw more than just ordinary rocks at riot police -- some were samples that the geology department had taken 30 years to collect , newspapers reported on Friday . </response> |
3237 | Geology prefessors were quoted as saying that their collection of 10,000 rocks , gathered from across the nation and abroad , were irreplaceable . | <response> Geology prefessors were quoted as saying that their collection of 10,000 rocks , gathered from across the nation and abroad , were irreplaceable . </response> |
3238 | " These are not like missing window panes or broken desks . | <response> " These are not like missing window panes or broken desks . </response> |
3239 | They are lost forever , " said one professor . | <response> They are lost forever , " said one professor . </response> |
3240 | The students staged a violent nine-day demonstration at the university to demand unification with North Korea . | <response> The students staged a violent nine-day demonstration at the university to demand unification with <location>North Korea</location> . </response> |
3241 | Police ended the protest on Tuesday after storming the campus . | <response> Police ended the protest on Tuesday after storming the campus . </response> |
3242 | S. Korean won ends up on dollar position unwinding . | <response> <misc>S. Korean</misc> won ends up on dollar position unwinding . </response> |
3243 | SEOUL 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>SEOUL</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3244 | The won rose against the dollar on Friday as banks unwound dollar positions on the belief that the won would continue to strengthen , dealers said . | <response> The won rose against the dollar on Friday as banks unwound dollar positions on the belief that the won would continue to strengthen , dealers said . </response> |
3245 | The won closed at 818.10 , after opening at 819.10 . | <response> The won closed at 818.10 , after opening at 819.10 . </response> |
3246 | It ranged from 817.60 to 819.30 . | <response> It ranged from 817.60 to 819.30 . </response> |
3247 | " The dollar is overbought at the moment , " said a western bank dealer . " | <response> " The dollar is overbought at the moment , " said a western bank dealer . " </response> |
3248 | The central bank 's insistent intervention just above the 820 level convinced players that it is serious about supporting the won . | <response> The central bank 's insistent intervention just above the 820 level convinced players that it is serious about supporting the won . </response> |
3249 | So some foreign banks began unwinding their dollar positions . " | <response> So some foreign banks began unwinding their dollar positions . " </response> |
3250 | Orii - 96/97 group forecast . | <response> <organization>Orii</organization> - 96/97 group forecast . </response> |
3251 | TOKYO 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>TOKYO</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3252 | Year to May 31 , 1997 | <response> Year to May 31 , 1997 </response> |
3253 | ( in billions of yen unless specified ) | <response> ( in billions of yen unless specified ) </response> |
3254 | LATEST ACTUAL | <response> LATEST ACTUAL </response> |
3255 | ( Group ) FORECAST YEAR-AGO | <response> ( Group ) FORECAST YEAR-AGO </response> |
3256 | Sales 8.70 8.67 | <response> Sales 8.70 8.67 </response> |
3257 | Current prft 7 mln loss 371 mln | <response> Current prft 7 mln loss 371 mln </response> |
3258 | Net nil loss 447 mln | <response> Net nil loss 447 mln </response> |
3259 | EPS nil yen loss 48.61 yen | <response> EPS nil yen loss 48.61 yen </response> |
3260 | NOTE - Orii Corp makes automation equipment . | <response> NOTE - <organization>Orii Corp</organization> makes automation equipment . </response> |
3261 | Orii - 95/96 group results . | <response> <organization>Orii</organization> - 95/96 group results . </response> |
3262 | TOKYO 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>TOKYO</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3263 | Year to May 31 , 1996 | <response> Year to May 31 , 1996 </response> |
3264 | ( Group ) ( in billions of yen unless specified ) | <response> ( Group ) ( in billions of yen unless specified ) </response> |
3265 | Sales 8.67 vs 9.33 | <response> Sales 8.67 vs 9.33 </response> |
3266 | Operating loss 286 million vs loss 48 million | <response> Operating loss 286 million vs loss 48 million </response> |
3267 | Current loss 371 million vs loss 278 million | <response> Current loss 371 million vs loss 278 million </response> |
3268 | Net loss 447 million vs loss 350 million | <response> Net loss 447 million vs loss 350 million </response> |
3269 | EPS loss 48.61 yen vs loss 38.11 yen | <response> EPS loss 48.61 yen vs loss 38.11 yen </response> |
3270 | Diluted EPS - vs - | <response> Diluted EPS - vs - </response> |
3271 | NOTE - Orii Corp makes automation equipment . | <response> NOTE - <organization>Orii Corp</organization> makes automation equipment . </response> |
3272 | China copper stocks owned by state reserve - trade . | <response> <location>China</location> copper stocks owned by state reserve - trade . </response> |
3273 | Lynne O'Donnell | <response> <person>Lynne O'Donnell</person> </response> |
3274 | HONG KONG 1996-08-23 | <response> <location>HONG KONG</location> 1996-08-23 </response> |
3275 | Up to 100,000 tonnes of copper held in Shanghai bonded warehouses , confounding the world market as to its source and ultimate fate , probably belongs to China 's strategic state reserve , industry sources said on Friday . | <response> Up to 100,000 tonnes of copper held in <location>Shanghai</location> bonded warehouses , confounding the world market as to its source and ultimate fate , probably belongs to <location>China</location> 's strategic state reserve , industry sources said on Friday . </response> |
3276 | Around 40,000 tonnes of the copper have already been moved to warehouses near the northern port of Yingkou , where some of the strategic stockpile was stored , they said . | <response> Around 40,000 tonnes of the copper have already been moved to warehouses near the northern port of <location>Yingkou</location> , where some of the strategic stockpile was stored , they said . </response> |
3277 | Just who owns the copper is a question that has kept traders and industry analysts guessing since the metal was channelled into Shanghai by the China National Nonferrous Metals Import and Export Corp ( CNIEC ) in June and July . | <response> Just who owns the copper is a question that has kept traders and industry analysts guessing since the metal was channelled into <location>Shanghai</location> by the <organization>China National Nonferrous Metals Import and Export Corp</organization> ( <organization>CNIEC</organization> ) in June and July . </response> |
3278 | It was unclear whether or not the 40,000 tonnes had cleared customs -- which would provide some concrete indication that the strategic reserve , administered directly by the central government 's State Planning Commission , owned the copper . | <response> It was unclear whether or not the 40,000 tonnes had cleared customs -- which would provide some concrete indication that the strategic reserve , administered directly by the central government 's <organization>State Planning Commission</organization> , owned the copper . </response> |
3279 | Traders have said the reserve could negotiate concessions on duties -- three percent import tax and 17 percent value-added tax -- that made the copper prohibitively expensive otherwise . | <response> Traders have said the reserve could negotiate concessions on duties -- three percent import tax and 17 percent value-added tax -- that made the copper prohibitively expensive otherwise . </response> |
3280 | But one source , the head of a Hong Kong trading house , said it made no difference if the copper was customs cleared or not . | <response> But one source , the head of a <location>Hong Kong</location> trading house , said it made no difference if the copper was customs cleared or not . </response> |
3281 | " If they spend all this money moving the copper to Yingkou , it will be sitting there for years , " he said . | <response> " If they spend all this money moving the copper to <location>Yingkou</location> , it will be sitting there for years , " he said . </response> |
3282 | " Once it arrives in Yingkou , it is subject to monitoring by the State Planning Commission , which has to give permission for any more movement ; it is out of the hands of traders , " he said . | <response> " Once it arrives in <location>Yingkou</location> , it is subject to monitoring by the <organization>State Planning Commission</organization> , which has to give permission for any more movement ; it is out of the hands of traders , " he said . </response> |
3283 | Mystery has surrounded the Shanghai stockpile in recent months , with traders unsure not only of who owns it , but of its exact size and what its owner planned to do with it . | <response> Mystery has surrounded the <location>Shanghai</location> stockpile in recent months , with traders unsure not only of who owns it , but of its exact size and what its owner planned to do with it . </response> |
3284 | Trading sources generally agreed it would be cost-effective to take the copper back into a depleted central reserve as it had already served its purpose in taking advantage of long-term backwardation on the London Metal Exchange ( LME ) . | <response> Trading sources generally agreed it would be cost-effective to take the copper back into a depleted central reserve as it had already served its purpose in taking advantage of long-term backwardation on the <organization>London Metal Exchange</organization> ( <organization>LME</organization> ) . </response> |
3285 | A backwardation occurs when the spot price of a metal is higher than the forward price . | <response> A backwardation occurs when the spot price of a metal is higher than the forward price . </response> |
3286 | CNIEC lent around 85,000 tonnes of copper onto the LME between April and June 1995 on behalf of the state reserve , running the state stockpile down to 115,000 tonnes from 200,000 tonnes previously . | <response> <organization>CNIEC</organization> lent around 85,000 tonnes of copper onto the <organization>LME</organization> between April and June 1995 on behalf of the state reserve , running the state stockpile down to 115,000 tonnes from 200,000 tonnes previously . </response> |
3287 | Traders in Asia said CNIEC could well have lent it to the market at around US$ 2,700 a tonne , and then paid somewhere between $ 2,200 and $ 2,400 a tonne when it started taking the metal back earlier this year . | <response> Traders in <location>Asia</location> said <organization>CNIEC</organization> could well have lent it to the market at around <misc>US$</misc> 2,700 a tonne , and then paid somewhere between $ 2,200 and $ 2,400 a tonne when it started taking the metal back earlier this year . </response> |
3288 | This would have cleared CNIEC a healthy profit , which could then have been used to finance storage and other costs . | <response> This would have cleared <organization>CNIEC</organization> a healthy profit , which could then have been used to finance storage and other costs . </response> |
3289 | Word that CNIEC had offered the copper to European trading houses in a series of secret meetings unnerved an already jittery market . | <response> Word that <organization>CNIEC</organization> had offered the copper to <misc>European</misc> trading houses in a series of secret meetings unnerved an already jittery market . </response> |
3290 | Industry analysts Bloomsbury Minerals Economics ( BME ) said on Wednesday the motivation of the owners of the 85,000 tonnes , " whoever they are , is the most important short-term fundamental " in an already tight world market . | <response> Industry analysts <organization>Bloomsbury Minerals Economics</organization> ( <organization>BME</organization> ) said on Wednesday the motivation of the owners of the 85,000 tonnes , " whoever they are , is the most important short-term fundamental " in an already tight world market . </response> |
3291 | BME repeated in its latest review rumours of involvement by Sumitomo Corp , with CNIEC said to be helping the Japanese trader unload its copper positions after it revealed in June losses of $ 1.8 billion in a decade of unauthorised deals . | <response> <organization>BME</organization> repeated in its latest review rumours of involvement by <organization>Sumitomo Corp</organization> , with <organization>CNIEC</organization> said to be helping the <misc>Japanese</misc> trader unload its copper positions after it revealed in June losses of $ 1.8 billion in a decade of unauthorised deals . </response> |
3292 | Sumitomo and CNIEC have made no comments on the talk and Chinese traders said they know nothing of such an arrangement . | <response> <organization>Sumitomo</organization> and <organization>CNIEC</organization> have made no comments on the talk and <misc>Chinese</misc> traders said they know nothing of such an arrangement . </response> |
3293 | Traders in Shanghai said on Thursday they were unaware of movements out of the Shanghai bonded warehouses . | <response> Traders in <location>Shanghai</location> said on Thursday they were unaware of movements out of the <location>Shanghai</location> bonded warehouses . </response> |
3294 | They reported more arrivals that were probably spot purchases . | <response> They reported more arrivals that were probably spot purchases . </response> |
3295 | They also expressed concern that the tonnage in bonded warehouses would move onto the domestic market . | <response> They also expressed concern that the tonnage in bonded warehouses would move onto the domestic market . </response> |
3296 | But these concerns were irrelevant , a Singapore trader said , despite a forecast that domestic Chinese copper demand could hit one million tonnes this year . | <response> But these concerns were irrelevant , a <location>Singapore</location> trader said , despite a forecast that domestic <misc>Chinese</misc> copper demand could hit one million tonnes this year . </response> |
3297 | As with many commodities , " there is a desire ( by the Chinese government ) to keep a stockpile of the metal , " he said . " | <response> As with many commodities , " there is a desire ( by the <misc>Chinese</misc> government ) to keep a stockpile of the metal , " he said . " </response> |
3298 | You do n't keep it to help industry , you keep it in case of emergency . " | <response> You do n't keep it to help industry , you keep it in case of emergency . " </response> |
3299 | -- Hong Kong newsroom ( 852 ) 2843-6470 | <response> -- <location>Hong Kong</location> newsroom ( 852 ) 2843-6470 </response> |
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