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1,531 | api president sees options to avert oil crisis american petroleum institute president charles dibona said no options should be rejected to combat growing u s dependence on foreign oil no action should be ruled out import fees or quotas floor prices tax incentives or other alternatives while a national dialogue on the i... | 10 |
1,937 | japan economy may be near bottom economists say the worst may be just about over for japan s battered economy but economists said they do not expect a vigorous recovery anytime soon japanese bank economists polled by reuters said the economy s month old slowdown is likely to end in the first half of this year helped by... | 15 |
5,903 | convest energy partners ltd cep th qtr loss shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss mln revs vs year shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln note net includes oil and natural gas writedowns of mln dlrs in quarter and mln dlrs in year reuter | 12 |
4,694 | fiduciary trust co in five for one stock split fiduciary trust co international said its shareholders at the annual meeting approved a five for one stock split effective may to holders of record on april the company said the split would increase the number of authorized common shares from to shares issued in addition t... | 12 |
3,056 | u s real gnp rose revised pct in th qtr instead of pct rise | 15 |
2,617 | kenan transport co ktco sets quarterly qtly div four cts vs four cts prior pay april record march reuter | 12 |
3,951 | gatt success will take pressure n z minister long term pressure by trade ministers is necessary if the current uruguay round of talks on the general agreement on trade and tariffs gatt is to succeed new zealand s overseas trade minister mike moore said moore told the opening meeting of trade ministers from nations gath... | 48 |
5,747 | hoogovens concludes takeover of philips cirex unit dutch steel concern hoogovens groep bv said it had reached agreement with nv philips gloeielampenfabrieken pglo as on its takeover of cirex a specialised philips precision wax moulding unit neither party would reveal financial details of the deal initially announced in... | 0 |
715 | hayes albion hay delays special meeting hayes albion corp said it has delayed the special meeting at which shareholders will vote on its merger into harvard industries inc hava until march from march due to a delay in securities and exchange commission clearance of proxy materials reuter | 0 |
6,320 | key centurion keyc to buy bank of buckhannon key centurion bancshares inc said it reached an agreement in principle to acquire central national bank of buckhannon in w virginia terms call for an exchange of shares of centurion shares for each share of central national the transaction is valued at mln dlrs reuter | 0 |
5,160 | china foreign reserves exceed billion dlrs china s foreign exchange reserves are more than billion dlrs enough to cover import payments for three to four months vice premier tian jiyun said he told a news conference that china also has considerable reserves of gold he gave no figure the last published figure for foreig... | 40 |
5,936 | kaufman and broad inc kb st qtr feb net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln note housing backlog mln dlrs up over pct from a year earlier reuter | 12 |
2,540 | avaq international to seek commitment on deal avaq international inc said it intends to require gates learjet corp glj to honor its agreement to sell its shares to the company avaq said it made the statement in response to an offer by interconnect capital corp for all of gates learjet shares after what it believed to b... | 0 |
670 | vereins und westbank to reorganize network und westbank ag vhbg f plans to streamline its branch network to improve its distribution of financial services management board member eberhard rainer luckey said he told a news conference on results that branches in hamburg and schleswig holstein would be merged or closed a ... | 12 |
4,245 | national semiconductor corp nsm rd qtr loss march eight shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss mln vs loss mln sales mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln nine mths shr loss cts vs loss one dlr net loss mln vs loss mln sales billion vs billion avg shrs mln vs mln note twelve and week periods prior year results restated for change ... | 12 |
3,605 | sea containers scr expects better first qtr sea containers ltd predicted its first quarter fiscal net earnings would improve by mln dlrs over the same period a year ago the company said got off on a much better footing than fiscal from which the company recorded a loss of mln dlrs or dlrs per share on revenues of mln d... | 12 |
4,477 | ciba geigy phillips petroleum in joint venture ciba geigy ag cigz z said it would establish a joint venture with phillips petroleum co in europe to manufacture a high performance engineering thermoplastic initially the swiss chemicals firm will manufacture polyphenylene sulfide compounds using resins from phillips the ... | 37 |
5,400 | dlr below yen counter to paris pact miyazawa finance minister kiichi miyazawa said he regards a u s dollar below yen as counter to the agreement struck by major nations in paris last month he told the upper house budget committee in parliament that japan intervened in the market when the dollar went below yen as it con... | 11 |
2,870 | applied circuit technology acrt st qtr loss period ended january shr loss two cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs note full name applied circuit technology inc reuter | 12 |
4,451 | brussels ferruzzi says it will pay mln dlrs to cpc international for european mills | 0 |
1,490 | reading rdgc to sell philadelphia properties reading co said it has agreed in principle to convey properties it owns in and around the philadelphia convention center site to the city of philadelphia and the philadelphia convention center authority it said in exchange it will receive about mln dlrs in cash rights to acq... | 0 |
3,545 | excel bancorp xcel sets initial dividend excel bancorp inc said its board declared an initial dividend of cts per share payable april to holders of record on april six reuter | 12 |
1,106 | greece repeats it can decide on aegean drilling greece replying to a warning from turkey that it will stop athens from seeking oil in the aegean sea repeated today that it has an exclusive right to decide where or when to drill in the area a government spokesman said in a statement that if ankara believed greece was co... | 10 |
4,101 | wolverine www to sell two subsidiaries wolverine world wide inc said it signed a letter of intent to sell to an investment group two subsidiaries kaepa inc an athletic footwear maker and its international marketing arm kara international inc terms were not disclosed wolverine said the action continues the restructuring... | 0 |
5,766 | bp bp starts bid for standard oil srd shares british petroleum co plc said it has started its previously announced billion dlr offer to purchase the pct interest in standard oil co that it does not already own for dlrs per share in a newspaper advertisement the company said the offer which is not conditioned on receipt... | 0 |
4,830 | u s senate hits ec oils tax vows retaliation the senate voted to condemn the proposed european common market tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils and said it would result in retaliation the non binding senate resolution a sense of senate sentiment was approved on a to vote the administration should communicate to ... | 49 |
4,075 | charter federal jefferson savings agree to merge | 0 |
1,575 | kaufhof considering taking stake in hapag lloyd west german retail group kaufhof ag kfhg f is considering taking a stake in shipping and transport group hapag lloyd ag hplg f but has yet to reach a final decision a spokesman said in response to queries press reports said kaufhof wanted a stake of up to pct in hapag llo... | 0 |
5,061 | elders extends offer for carling o keefe ckb elders ixl ltd of australia said wholly owned ixl holdings canada inc extended its previously announced offer to acquire all outstanding shares of carling o keefe ltd to midnight april from march the dlr a share offer is being extended for elders to obtain canadian federal g... | 0 |
2,859 | atlantic express inc st half dec net shr not given net revs mln note company went public during reuter | 12 |
3,355 | bolivian tin miners start hunger strike about miners employed by the state corporation comibol went on hunger strike to press for higher wages a miners union spokesman said victor lopez executive secretary of the miners union told a news conference the strikers began to fast in the major tin mining districts of oruro a... | 47 |
4,925 | u s home uh sees best first qtr since u s home corp said its first quarter ending march will be its most profitable first quarter since the company said in it recorded a profit of dlrs for its first quarter the three following first quarters resulted in losses of dlrs dlrs and dlrs respectively the company said u s hom... | 12 |
3,601 | u s m money supply rises mln dlrs u s m money supply rose mln dlrs to a seasonally adjusted billion dlrs in the march week the federal reserve said the previous week s m level was revised to billion dlrs from billion while the four week moving average of m rose to billion dlrs from billion economists polled by reuters ... | 33 |
3,794 | canadian money supply falls in week canadian narrowly defined money supply m fell billion dlrs to billion dlrs in week ended march bank of canada said m a which is m plus daily interest chequable and non personal deposits fell billion dlrs to billion dlrs and m which is m a plus other notice and personal fixed term dep... | 33 |
2,261 | manufactured homes inc mnh year net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln note net includes dlr provision for credit loss net includes charge dlrs from cumulative effect of accounting change reuter | 12 |
3,666 | guinness starts court action against saunders guinness plc guin l said it has started court proceedings against former chairman and chief executive ernest saunders and non executive director thomas ward for recovery of mln stg the money was paid to ward via marketing and acquisition consultants ltd in jersey guinness s... | 0 |
3,648 | transamerica corp ta quarterly dividend qtly div cts vs cts pay april record april reuter | 12 |
384 | south korean trade surplus narrows in february south korea s customs cleared trade surplus narrowed to mln dlrs in february from mln in january provisional trade ministry figures show in february there was a deficit of mln dlrs february exports rose to billion dlrs fob from billion in january and billion in february ci... | 2 |
5,677 | dome petroleum ltd year oper shr loss dlrs vs loss two cts | 12 |
2,344 | sierra health services inc sie th qtr loss shr loss cts vs profit six cts net loss vs profit revs mln vs mln year shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss vs profit revs mln vs mln reuter | 12 |
62 | american express axp seen in possible spinnoff american express co remained silent on market rumors it would spinoff all or part of its shearson lehman brothers inc but some analysts said the company may be considering such a move because it is unhappy with the market value of its stock american express stock got a lif... | 0 |
3,625 | ec official faults u s trade bill sir roy denman head of the ec delegation in washington said pending u s trade legislation is a misguided attempt to deal with the nation s trade deficit and will spark retaliation if passed in its present form to think that you can deal with a trade deficit by legislation is a mistake ... | 48 |
3,169 | france announces plan to boost employment the government announced a three billion franc program to combat long term unemployment amid speculation among political and economic analysts that it is positioning itself for a period of economic reflation the package presented to the cabinet of prime minister jacques chirac ... | 26 |
858 | india and japan to discuss iron ore prices the state owned minerals and metals trading corp will send a team to japan next week to negotiate an iron ore export contract for beginning april trade sources said japan the biggest buyer of indian iron ore with imports of around mln tonnes a year has asked india to reduce pr... | 24 |
2,834 | sterling inc strl th qtr jan net shr dlrs vs not given net vs sales mln vs mln year shr dlrs vs not given net vs sales mln vs mln note company went public in may reuter | 12 |
4,046 | bayernverein expects unchanged dividend for bayerische vereinsbank ag bvmg f expects to pay an unchanged dividend of marks on earnings but profits will only barely reach last year s record levels management board spokesman maximilian hackl said he told the annual news conference that possible credit risks especially th... | 12 |
1,839 | dollar general corp dolr th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln year shr cts vs cts net vs mln revs mln vs mln reuter | 12 |
1,191 | gulf states utilities gsu gets qualified audit gulf states utilities co said auditor coopers and lybrand has issued a qualified opinion on financial statements gulf states said the audit opinion satated that without sufficient rate increases or funds from other sources gulf states may be unable to maintain its financia... | 12 |
4,198 | australian oil industry to continue tax campaign the council of the australian petroleum exploration association apea said it will press on with its campaign for major improvements to australia s petroleum taxation structure the council said in a statement the industry was bitterly disappointed by the australian govern... | 10 |
1,409 | chrysler c in deal to buy amc amo chrysler corp said it agreed in principle with french state owned renault to acquire american motors corp in which renault is controlling shareholder under a deal in which amc stockholders other than renault would receive chrysler common stock with a market value of four dlrs for each ... | 0 |
291 | franklin massachusetts insured cuts payout mthly div cts vs cts prior pay march record march note franklin massachusetts insured tax free income fund reuter | 12 |
1,512 | business editor offers dlrs for harper hpr theodore cross editor of business and society review a business publication said an investor group he heads has offered to buy harper and row publishers inc for dlrs a share cash in a filing with the securities and exchange commission cross said he proposed the takeover to the... | 0 |
5,410 | japan to pay five pct less for indian iron ore japan will pay five pct less for the indian iron ore it imports in fiscal starting april than the average dlrs a tonne it paid in a government trade official told reuters he said india had agreed to export to japan about mln tonnes of iron ore in about the same as in the c... | 24 |
6,007 | m d c holdings mdc sells energy unit m d c holdings inc said it sold substantially all the assets of its oil and gas unit mizel petro resources inc and affiliated partnerships for mln dlrs in cash to parker and parsley petroleum co midland texas the company said that subject to certain post closing adjustments it expec... | 0 |
3,446 | u s energy chief sees promise in oil tax change energy secretary john herrington said his proposed option to raise the oil depletion allowance to pct was probably the most economically promising way to spur domestic production the white house has said it would consider the option although it was generally opposed to an... | 10 |
5,495 | gandalf gandf acquires stake in data voice gandalf technologies inc said it acquired a significant minority equity interest in privately held data voice solutions corp of newport beach calif for undisclosed terms gandalf did not specify the size of the interest data voice is a three year old designer and manufacturer o... | 0 |
3,508 | riverside group inc rsgi th qtr shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln year shr cts vs dlrs net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln note net includes mln dlrs gain on disposal of unit includes operations of dependable insurance gruop inc reuter | 12 |
4,766 | french unemployment rises to seasonally adjusted mln in february official | 26 |
3,613 | weisfield s inc weis th qtr net shr dlrs vs dlrs net vs revs mln vs mln year shr dlrs vs dlrs net vs revs mln vs mln reuter | 12 |
6,466 | cummins engine co inc cum sets payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay june record june reuter | 12 |
3,418 | transamerica ta to have gain on unit sale transamerica corp said it expects to realize a gain of about mln dlrs on the previously announced sale of the group life and health operations of its transamerican occidental life insurance co subsidiary to provident life and accident co pacc but it said its transamerica life c... | 12 |
5,450 | japan will ask companies to boost imports japan s minister of international trade and industry hajime tamura will meet representatives from of the nation s largest companies next week and appeal to them to do their best to increase imports ministry officials said the meeting was unveiled as part of a plan to boost impo... | 48 |
5,339 | amoskeag amkg takeover blocked by court amoskeag bank shares inc said the new hampshire supreme court overturned its proposed acquisition of portsmouth savings bank in a three two vote the acquisition had been opposed by some depositors who filed an action to block the takeover we will respond to this news as soon as w... | 0 |
3,573 | texas commerce tcb sees improvement in texas commerce bancshares inc said that relatively stable oil prices and the bank s planned merger with chemical new york corp chl would help earnings increase from last year s profits of mln dlrs texas commerce chairman ben love in an interview with reuters did not elaborate on h... | 12 |
6,341 | lawson says u k election not only ems bar british chancellor of the exchequer nigel lawson said the next u k election was not the only element standing in the way of full british membership of the european monetary system ems but he added that arguments against joining had weakened prime minister margaret thatcher wide... | 32 |
195 | pittston pco agrees to acquire wtc waf pittston co said it has tentatively agreed to acquire wtc international n v in a tax free exchange of stock pittston said it agreed to exchange common share for each of the about wtc common shares outstanding pittston said wtc s three principal shareholders who own pct of its stoc... | 0 |
1,850 | michigan general corp mgl th qtr shr loss dlrs vs dlr net loss mln vs mln revs mln vs mln year shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs mln revs mln vs mln note th qtr year loss includes mln dlrs mln dlrs respectively from discontinued th qtr and year include loss of mln mln dlr respectively reuter | 12 |
1,894 | rowntree mackintosh plc rwnt l year to end january shr p vs p div final div p vs p pretax profit mln stg vs mln net after tax mln vs mln turnover mln vs mln trading profit mln stg vs mln consisting u k mln vs europe mln vs mln north america mln vs mln australasia mln vs mln rest of world mln vs mln reuter | 12 |
3,050 | dixons has pct of cyclops corp dixons group plc dxns l said its tender offer for all of the common shares in cyclops corp of the u s expired at midnight yesterday and that it had accepted approximately mln shares in the company at dlrs each this represents just over pct of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basi... | 0 |
370 | bank of new england corp bkne qtly dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record march reuter | 12 |
5,170 | btr nylex raises offer for borg warner australia btr nylex ltd said it will increase its takeover offer for borg warner corp s bor listed unit borg warner australia ltd bwa to five dlrs each from four dlrs for all issued ordinary and preference shares the new offer values the diversified auto parts manufacturer s mln o... | 0 |
1,981 | federal realty investment trust frt in payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record march reuter | 12 |
6,268 | galileo electro optics corp gaeo nd qtr galileo electro optics corp said estimated earnings for the second quarter ended march will be over current analysts estimates of cts to cts per share however the company said it has not closed its books for the quarter and release earnings april reuter | 12 |
4,508 | waste management ends tender offer for chemlawn | 0 |
4,591 | bi inc biac sets reverse split bi inc said it is implementing a one for reverse split to shareholders of record today it said any fractional shares will be redeemed for cash reducing its free trading stock in public hands to shares from mln and its total shares outstanding to from mln shareholders approved the reverse ... | 12 |
1,606 | australia leading index continues rise in december westpac banking corp and the melbourne university institute of applied economic and social research said their leading index of australian economic activity rose for the ninth successive month in december the index rose to base from in november and a year earlier the w... | 28 |
572 | margaux controls inc margx rd qtr loss shr loss dlrs vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs nine mths shr loss dlrs vs loss cts net loss mln vs loss revs vs mln note current periods include loss of mln dlrs from discontinued operations reuter | 12 |
6,324 | ibc closes export registrations exporters the brazilian coffee institute ibc tonight closed export registrations exporters said they said they heard of the closure from ibc officials but no officials could be reached immediately for confirmation earlier an ibc statement said registrations for may the only month which w... | 5 |
4,209 | british aerospace plc bael l year shr p vs p div p making p a pct increase on turnover billion stg vs billion pretax profit mln vs mln tax mln vs mln note comparisons restated trading profit mln vs mln launching costs mln vs mln share of profit of related companies mln vs mln net interest receivable mln vs mln payable ... | 12 |
3,123 | animed inc vets st qtr jan loss shr loss six cts vs profit three cts net loss vs profit revs i vs reuter | 12 |
545 | varian var in talks with philips electronics varian associates inc said it is holding discussions with philips electronics regarding the purchase of philips broadcast transmission unit in the united kingdom pye tvt limited pye tvt designs and manufactures broadcast transmission equimpment specializing in television fre... | 0 |
5,457 | aluminium capacity growth trend seen insufficient aluminium capacity expansion planned for the period after will be insufficient to supply any acceleration in demand growth let alone an increase on the scale which seems likely according to analyst anthony bird associates aluminium review by non socialist world primary ... | 1 |
1,649 | pmi fund inc sets monthly dividends pmi fund inc said its board declared monthly dividends of six cts for april four cts for may five cts for june seven cts for july and six cts for august the fund which customarily omits dividends in march and september last paid six cts in february dividends declared today are payabl... | 12 |
6,331 | investor boosts first western fwes stake poul erik moller a santa monica calif investor said he raised his stake in first western financial corp to shares or pct of the total outstanding common stock from shares or pct in a filing with the securities and exchange commission moller said he bought first western common sh... | 0 |
1,341 | ecuador to export no oil for four months official the suspension of ecuador s crude oil shipments after an earthquake cut an oil pipeline will last at least four months a senior energy ministry official said the official said ecuador could resume exports after repairing a km section of the km pipeline which links jungl... | 10 |
1,871 | leigh pemberton opposes takeover protection rules the bank of england does not favour the introduction of rules to shield companies from hostile takeover attempts its governor robin leigh pemberton said instead merchant banks advising bidding companies must show restraint and responsibility to avoid the excesses that h... | 0 |
172 | pakistan cotton output reaches mln bales pakistan cotton production during the current crop season sept march reached mln bales of pounds each up from last season shafi niaz chairman of the agricultural prices commission said official sources said pakistan was likely to use mln bales of cotton during the current financ... | 7 |
6,493 | sportscene acquires christophe van houtte chain sportscene restaurants inc said it acquired cafe christophe van houtte inc a cafe chain with ten franchises and one corporate restaurant for an unspecified amount of cash and sportscene shares reuter | 0 |
4,154 | hughes u s rig count rises to u s drilling activity rose last week with the number of working rotary rigs up by to against working rigs one year ago hughes tool co said the improvement was the first increase this year in the weekly rig count which had dropped steadily since early january when a total of rotary rigs wer... | 10 |
3,655 | taiwan s export orders fall in february export orders for taiwanese products fell pct to billion u s dlrs in february from billion in january but rose nearly pct from billion a year earlier an economic ministry official said he attributed the fall to the rising taiwan dollar february orders for electric and electronic ... | 48 |
3,305 | allison s place inc alls th qtr net shr seven cts vs cts net vs revs vs year shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln reuter | 12 |
4,826 | fruehauf posts mln dlr loss fruehauf corp which went private in december through a leveraged buyout said the predecessor company had a loss of mln dlrs compared to earnings of mln dlrs in sales of the predecessor company were billion dlrs compared to billion dlrs in including the sales by the operations which are dives... | 12 |
4,807 | cross and trecker ctco buys automation unit cross and trecker said it agreed to acquire the alliance automation systems division of gleason corp gle for an undisclosed amount of cash it said the gleason division manufactures automated assembly and test systems used in the production of small to medium size components f... | 0 |
1,085 | hughes ht changes stance on merger after suit a one billion dlr lawsuit pushed hughes tool co into an about face on its rejection of a proposed merger with baker international corp bko wall street analysts said last night hughes said the planned merger with baker was off baker then filed a suit seeking punitive damages... | 0 |
727 | u s senate panel makes conservation exemption the u s senate agriculture committee approved a measure that would exempt farmers who planted alfalfa or other multiyear grasses and legumes between and from a federal conservation requirement sen edward zorinsky d neb said his bill would restore equity under federal sodbus... | 17 |
3,119 | alfa laval ab alfs st year group profit after financial income and expenses mln crowns vs mln sales billion crowns vs billion profit per share after full taxes crowns vs crowns proposed dividend crowns vs crowns reuter | 12 |
2,785 | wavehill international inc makes purchse wavehill international ventures inc said it has completed the previously announced acquisition of personal computer rental corp for restricted common shares giving former shareholders of personal computer a pct interest in the combined company reuter | 0 |
6,202 | abnormal radiation found in soviet tea hazelnuts abnormally high levels of radiation were found in soviet tea and hazelnuts more than nine months after the chernobyl nuclear accident west german residents in moscow were advised this week in a letter to the west german community here ambassador joerg kastl said laborato... | 46 |
4,774 | french reserves fall on debt repayment french reserves fell in the week ended march following repayment of the bulk of the debt contracted during january with the european monetary cooperation fund the bank of france said in its weekly statement the repayment of capital and interest on this loan taken out during the st... | 40 |
3,455 | cyclops cyl board restructured to include dixon cyclops corp said its board has been restructured under the terms of the company s merger agreement with dixons group plc following the british company s acquisition of pct of cyclops stock the company said its board is now composed of three cyclops executives chairman w ... | 0 |
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