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boliden ab blds st results group loss after financial income and expenses billion vs loss mln crowns sales billion crowns vs billion no proposed dividend vs crowns note the company this year consolidated wholesale and investment conglomerate ahlsell ab reuter
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novamin says it received proposed takeover bid from breakwater
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hecla hl buys stake in greens creek venture hecla mining co said it agreed to buy a pct stake in the greens creek joint venture from amselco minerals inc a unit of british petroleum plc s bp bp north america inc unit the greens creek venture is engaged in final project engineering of a gold silver lead zinc ore body on...
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1,557
offshore investor has pct of hauserman hasr kindness n v a bahamas based firm owned by u k investor and bahamas resident john templeton said it has acquired shares of hausereman inc or pct of the total outstanding common stock in a filing with the securities and exchange commission templeton said he bought the shares f...
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oshman s sporting goods inc oshm th qtr net qtr ended jan shr cts vs dlrs net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs year shr cts vs dlrs net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs note net includes lifo gains of dlrs vs dlrs for qtr and charges of dlrs vs dlrs for year reuter
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bond defers rights issue mulls project partners bond corp international ltd a subsidiary of the australian based bond corp holdings ltd bona s said it would defer its planned rights issue but still wants the issue to be made before july no date has been set for the issue announced in january in a document to shareholde...
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2,401
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 baldri...
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house ways and means cmte finishes work on bill to toughen trade laws
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compromise cited on san miguel shares san miguel corp smc and united coconut planters bank ucpb have reached a compromise on a disputed block of mln shares of smc the head of a government panel that controls the sequestered shares said ramon diaz chairman of the presidential commission on good government pcgg told reut...
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1,164
southwest swf stone sto comply for merger southwest forest industries said it and stone container corp have complied with all federal waiting period requirements for stone s proposed dlr per share cash acquisition of southwest southwest currently has mln shares outstanding the companies entered into a merger agreement ...
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910
american software inc amswa rd qtr jan net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs avg shrs vs nine mths shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
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2,295
sporting life inc splf nd qtr jan net oper shr loss six cts vs profit four cts oper net loss vs profit revs vs st half oper shr profit six cts vs profit cts oper net profit vs profit revs vs note prior year net excludes extraordinary credits of dlrs in quarter and dlrs in half current quarter net includes dlr tax credi...
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corrected pegasus gold inc pgulf th qtr net shr profit cts vs loss two cts net profit vs loss revs vs year shr profit cts vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln note company corrects reporting period to th qtr and year from rd qtr and nine mths reuter
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2,024
lincoln national corp lnc votes dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior qtr pay may record april reuter
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3,760
audio video ava sues over cyclops cyl bid audio video affiliates inc said it has filed suit against dixons group plc cyclops corp alleghany corp y and others in connection with dixons recently completed tender offer in which it raised its ownership of cyclops to pct the company said the suit filed in u s district court...
0
5,402
pakistan bids for import of tonnes sugar trading corp of pakistan ltd said it had invited tenders up to april for the import of tonnes of white refined crystal sugar up to june it said each cargo should consist of tonnes four cargoes should reach port bin qasim or karachi port buyers option by may and the balance by ju...
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moore financial group inc mfgi sets payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record april three reuter
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opec wants dlr oil price oapec official opec believes world oil prices should be set around a fixed average price of dlrs a barrel oapec assistant general secretary abdelaziz al wattari said today in a speech to a european community ec oapec opec seminar in luxembourg released here al wattari said opec believes the wor...
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4,851
usair u cleared to buy piedmont pie shares usair group inc said the u s department of transportation has issued an order allowing it to purchase and hold in a voting trust the piedmont aviation inc shares usair is seeking in its current dlr per share tender offer the company said the new order supersedes an order issue...
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ec ministers will discuss strengthening ems float european community finance ministers and central bankers meet in belgium this weekend to discuss strengthening europe s joint currency float amid continuing worries about turbulence on foreign exchanges belgian finance minister mark eyskens who will host the informal ta...
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carolyn bean cben completes acquisition carolyn bean publishing ltd said it has completed the acquisition of greeting card company millen cards which had sales of over dlrs in for undisclosed terms the company said pct of millen s cards have been sold in the northeast and mid atlantic states but bean expects to increas...
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1,450
shell canada shc raised crude oil postings shell canada a wholly owned subsidiary of the royal dutch shell group rd said that it raised crude oil prices by about canadian cts a barrel today the increase riased its posted price for light sweet crude oil to dlrs a barrel from its march one level light sour crudes were ra...
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u k credit business falls in january new credit advanced by finance houses retailers bank credit cards and other specialist providers of credit slipped to billion stg in january from billion in december but remained close to the average level for s fourth quarter the department of trade and industry said of the january...
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gordon jewelry gor completes sale of unit gordon jewelry corp said it has completed the previously announced sale of the assets of its catalog showroom stores to privately held carlisle capital corp for an undisclosed amount of cash and notes in excess of book value reuter
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5,312
toromont industries ltd year net oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln note current shr and net exclude extraordinary loss of dlrs or dlrs shares versus extraordinary loss of dlrs or two cts share in prior year reuter
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1,999
u s retail sales rise masks weak trend analysts u s retail sales rose sharply in february but many economists said the underlying consumer spending trend remains weak february retail sales jumped pct more than the pct rise the financial markets had anticipated but january s sales were revised down to a pct drop from a ...
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cts cts increases loss cts corp said it increased its loss from continuing operations to mln dlrs from the previously announced mln dlrs loss the figure was increased to include expenses involved with its settlement of a dispute with dynamics corp of america dya the settlement involved a takeover bid for cts by dynamic...
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gencorp gy names financial advisers gencorp inc plans to use first boston corp and kidder peabody and co as financial advisers on a tender offer for the company by general partners a gencorp spokesman said the spokesman in response to questions from reuters said the company does not yet have a comment on the dlr per sh...
0
4,334
enserch corp ens sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay june one record may reuter
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6,229
occidental oxy unit sells division occidental petroleum corp s occidental chemcial corp said it sold the process chemicals division it acquired as part of the september purchase of diamond shamrock chemicals to henkel kgaa of dusseldorf west germany terms were not disclosed the division makes specialty industrial chemi...
0
5,862
barnes group b expects sales to grow modestly barnes group said it expects sales and net income for will be up slightly over without supplying specific figures barnes told shareholders at its annual meeting it expected net income to improve at a rate exceeding its growth in sales which was two pct higher than the compa...
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1,986
fidelity national financial inc fnf st qtr jan end shr profit cts vs loss not given net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
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4,729
miyazawa says major nations acting on paris accord finance minister kiichi miyazawa said major nations are taking action to stabilise exchange rates in line with their agreement in paris last month government sources said miyazawa told an upper house session the six nations britain canada france japan the u s and west ...
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peru says new gold deposits worth billion dlrs president alan garcia said peru has found gold deposits worth an estimated billion dlrs in a jungle region near the ecuadorean border about km north of here he told reporters the deposits located at four sites near the town of san ignasio contained the equivalent of tonnes...
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timminco ltd year net oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs note net excludes extraordinary gain of dlrs or seven cts shr vs yr ago gain of dlrs or one ct shr reuter
12
5,156
nakasone sounds conciliatory note in chip dispute prime minister yasuhiro nakasone sounded a conciliatory note in japan s increasingly bitter row with the united states over trade in computer microchips japan wants to resolve the issue through consultations by explaining its stance thoroughly and correcting the points ...
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trade says ec sugar tender hard to forecast traders here and in paris said the results of today s ec white sugar tender are hard to forecast because of plans by a group of french west german dutch and belgian operators to sell one mln tonnes of sugar into intervention london traders said bids for licences have been rep...
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moniterm corp mtrm th qtr loss shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs year shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs mln vs mln note prior year figures restated to reflect merger in march with amtron corp reuter
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4,192
woolworth holdings plc wluk l yr to end january shr p vs shr fully diluted p vs div p vs making vs turnover billion stg vs billion pretax profit mln vs mln tax mln vs mln retail profit b and q mln vs mln comet mln vs mln woolworth mln vs mln other mln loss vs loss property income mln vs mln net interest payable mln vs ...
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885
keltic inc year net shr cts vs dlrs net vs revs vs note shr after november class a subordinate floating share issue reuter
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4,349
kodak ek to cut polyester fiber operations eastman kodak co said it will reduce capacity and employment levels in two polyester fiber operations of its eastman chemicals division a company spokesman said the company will take some writeoff in connection with the action in the first quarter and there will probably be a ...
12
1,152
m corp inc raises dividend semi annual div cts vs five cts pay april nine record march reuter
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1,175
peter miller apparel group inc rd qtr loss period ended january shr loss cts vs profit seven cts net loss vs profit sales vs nine mths shr loss cts vs profit seven cts net loss vs profit sales vs note per share reflects issue of shares in october reuter
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595
pancanadian to sell north sea properties unit to whitehall for cash
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forest oil corp foil th qtr shr loss cts vs profit eight cts net loss mln vs profit year shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss mln vs profit mln reuter
12
1,679
pacer systems to make acquisition pacer systems said it has agreed in principle to acquire the assets of sea data corp a maker of low powered electronic systems including undersea intelligent recording sensors and high density digital data recorders for one mln dlrs reuter
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4,176
major nations must act on currencies miyazawa finance minister kiichi miyazawa said the time has come for major industrialised nations to take action on exchange rates in line with their agreement last month in paris in paris britain canada france japan the u s and west germany agreed to coooperate to hold currency rat...
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new york bank discount window borrowings mln dlrs in feb week
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ideal school supply corp idel th qtr net oper shr cts vs eight cts oper net vs sales vs avg shrs vs three mln year oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs vs three mln note net both periods includes dlr tax credit reuter
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1,137
sizzler restaurants international inc sizz net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln nine mths shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
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2,293
sunter begins tender for allegheny ag allegheny international inc said sunter acquisititon corp formed by first boston inc began a cash tender offer in accordance with their previously announced merger agreement for all the outsanding shares of allegheny s common stock dlr cumulative preference stock and dlrs convertib...
0
5,621
bic corp bic sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record april reuter
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5,231
yugoslav trade falls sharply statistics show yugoslav trade is declining rapidly this year in hard currency terms according to the latest federal statistics office fso figures the fso figures showed total exports from january to march valued at billion dinars compared with billion dinars in the same period last year th...
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group raises texstyrene foam stake to pct an investor group led by dart container corp a sarasota fla plastic utensil maker told the securities and exchange commission it raised its stake in texstyrene corp to common shares or of the total outstanding the group said it bought the shares for investment and intends to co...
0
346
mfs municipal income trust mfm sets payout mfs municipal income trust said it declared a monthly income distribution of cts a share compared with cts a share paid in the previous month it said the distribution is payable march to shareholders of record march reuter
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6,063
seasonal stabilisation seen for coffee prices the onset of cooler weather in brazil during the southern hemisphere winter is expected to have a stabilising effect on a weak coffee market west german trade sources said the annual fear of frost in brazil will probably grip the market sometime this month until june or ear...
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nippon steel inland discussing u s joint venture nippon steel corp nstc t and inland steel co of the u s are negotiating to set up a joint steel venture in indiana a nippon steel spokesman said declining to give more details several local newspapers reported the joint venture would be capitalised at mln dlrs owned pct ...
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pri pri to buy shell rd hawaii gas stations pacific resources inc said it signed a definitive agreement with royal dutch shell group unit shell oil co to buy shell s marketing terminaling and distribution assets in hawaii for mln dlrs the purchase would include shell s interest in retail gasoline stations and four petr...
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3,566
erbamont erb acquires antibioticos s a erbamont n v said its major shareholder montedison spa which owns pct of its common and farmitalia carlo erba its pct owned subsidiary have acquired antibioticos s a and related subsidiaries terms of the acquisition were not disclosed reuter
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1,091
inter city gas corp icg th qtr net shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln year shr cts vs dlrs net mln vs mln revs billion vs billion note fl yr net includes mln dlr writedown of u s oil and gas properties partly offset by mln dlr extraordinary gain from tax gains and proceeds from sale of minnesota utility oper...
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national westminster bank cuts base rate national westminster bank plc said it has cut its base lending rate percentage points to pct today national westminster said that it was responding to general easing in money market rates its move followed a signal from the bank of england earlier this afternoon that it would en...
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icahn says he is target of sec investigation corporate raider carl icahn acknowledged that he is one of the targets of an investigation by the securities and exchange commission into possible violations of securities laws icahn who heads and controls trans world airlines inc twa made the acknowledgement in a filing twa...
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5,235
metromail mtml sees flat year net metromail corp said it expects earnings for the year to be about flat due to higher expenses caused by an expansion of data processing capabilities and startup costs associated with new cooperative programs that will continue into the fourth quarter the company today reported earnings ...
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wall street stocks polaroid prd rumors that new york investor asher edelman has acquired a stake in polaroid corp and optimism about tomorrow s status hearing on the patent infringement suit pending with eastman kodak co ek sent polaroid s stock higher traders said polaroid rose to speculation that edelman was going to...
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3,342
echlin ech buys stake in champion parts creb champion parts rebuilders inc said echlin inc has bought a pct stake in it by acquiring newly issued shares and warrants to buy another shares at dlrs each for a total investment of dlrs the newly issued shares raises champion s outstanding shares to there are no voting rest...
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5,752
guardian royal profit up sharply at mln stg year to dec shr profit p vs loss p final div p making p vs total p pretax profit mln stg vs mln general underwriting loss on short term business vs note company s full name is guardian royal assuance plc grex l underwriting profit on long term insurance business mln stg vs ml...
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2,179
alusuisse group net loss mln swiss francs loss mln
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6,301
biw cable systems inc biwc th qtr loss shr loss dlrs vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs mln year shr loss dlrs vs profit two cts net loss vs profit revs mln vs mln note current periods include mln dlr charge for possible obsolete inventory and provision of dlrs for consolidation of cable manufacturing plant reuter
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1,418
petro canada to drill two terra nova test wells petro canada canada s state owned oil company said it will drill two delineation wells this summer at the terra nova oil field offshore newfoundland evaluation of test results and preliminary engineering work should put petro canada in a position to propose a development ...
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swedish industrial production falls in january sweden s industrial production fell pct during january compared with a fall of pct the month before and remains unchanged compared with january according to figures from the central bureau of statistics the bureau attributed the fall to a long christmas break and particula...
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georgia pacific to have mln dlr pretax gain from sale of georgia gulf stake
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u s house plan seeks to bar foreign takeovers a house subcommittee voted to give president reagan authority to block foreign takeovers of u s companies similar to the takeover of schlumberger ltd s slb fairchild semiconductor corp by fujitsu ltd which was withdrawn the house energy and commerce subcommittee on commerce...
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2,564
seton sel gets buyout offer from chairman seton co said its board has received a proposal from chairman and chief executive officer philip d kaltenbacher to acquire seton for dlrs per share in cash seton said the acquisition bid is subject to kaltenbacher arranging the necessary financing it said he intends to ask othe...
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5,328
bass group says it has had talks on taft tfb a group led by members of the wealthy bass family of fort worth texas which holds a pct stake in taft broadcasting co said it has had talks about taking part in a move to take control of the company in a filing with the securities and exchange commission the group said it ha...
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tin pact extension likely itc delegates an extension of the sixth international tin agreement ita for one or two years beyond june is increasingly likely international tin council itc delegates said following a special council session today a formal decision will be taken at the quarterly council session on april when ...
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u k average gdp rises pct in britain s gross domestic product gdp on the average basis of output expenditure and income rose by pct in after a pct increase a year earlier central statistical office cso preliminary figures show in the fourth quarter gdp rose pct over the previous quarter and was up pct on the same quart...
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canadian money supply m rises mln dlrs in week bank of canada said
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scott s hospitality inc rd qtr jan net oper shr eight cts vs eight cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln nine mths oper shr cts vs cts oper net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln net excludes extraordinary gain of dlrs or cts shr net reflects three for one stock split in nd qtr and issue of mln subordinate voting shares in st qtr re...
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5,064
mobile communications corp mccaa yr net shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln note net includes gain of mln dlrs from sale in dec of a pct interest in its cellular telephone operations to bellsouth corp net income also reflects non recurring charges of dlrs recorded in the fourth qtr primari...
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3,526
tie telecommunications canada ltd th qtr net oper shr one ct vs six cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln year oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln note previous oper net excludes dlrs of extraordinary expenses for qtr and dlr gain for year tie communications inc tie holds pct interest reuter
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4,900
old republic int l corp oldr hikes dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior pay june record june reuter
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asbestec to buy contractor receives contract asbestec industries inc said it signed a letter of intent to buy asbestos abatement contractor p w stephens for three mln dlrs in cash stock and notes the transaction is expected to be completed early in the third quarter of its fiscal year ending september asbestec also sai...
0
5,248
aloette cosmetics inc alet th qtr dec net shr cts vs cts net vs revs vs avg shrs vs year shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs avg shrs vs reuter
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iel s acmex unit to bid for cheetham industrial equity ltd iel unit acmex holdings ltd said it proposed to make a formal takeover offer for all the issued capital of cheetham ltd a producer of salt animal feed and seeds acmex said in a statement it would offer one share for every two cheetham shares or dlrs cash for ea...
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6,201
time tl in talks on cable news consortium n j nicholas jr president and chief operating officer of time inc told security analysts the company is now engaged in talks to join a consortium of cable companies that will invest in cable news network nicholas declined to give any details but said an announcement might be re...
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new rubber pact to be formally adopted tomorrow a new international natural rubber agreement inra will be formally adopted tomorrow chairman of the negotiating conference manaspas xuto of thailand said the successful negotiation of the new agreement represents a significant step forward in international economic cooper...
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itel itel completes flexi van acquisition itel corp said it completed the previously announced purchase of the container fleet and certain related assets of flexi van leasing inc for about mln dlrs cash and marketable securities mln dlrs in notes three mln shares of newly issued itel common and assumption of certain li...
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5,069
henley group inc heng th qtr loss shr loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln year shr loss dlrs net loss mlnm vs loss mln revs billion vs billion avg shrs mln note the company had no shares outstanding in on march it had shares oustanding losses include pre tax restructuring charges of mln dlrs...
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french government to step up aid to jobless the government plans to go ahead with a three billion franc package to help the long term unemployed with the aim of guaranteeing social security payments to everyone becoming redundant government officials said at present only about one third of the country s mln jobless cor...
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u s gold production rose in december u s mine production of gold rose to troy ounces in december from ounces in november the u s interior department s bureau of mines said u s imports of gold in december were ounces vs ounces in november and ounces in december gold exports totaled ounces in december vs november s ounce...
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howell corp hwl th qtr loss shr profit six cts vs profit cts net profit vs profit revs mln vs mln nine mths shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss mln vs profit revs mln vs mln note current qtr net includes writedown of mln dlrs of net investment in company s oil and gas properties year ago results restated to reflect re...
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k mart corp th qtr shr dlrs vs nine cts
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woolworth holdings pretax profit mln stg vs mln year to end january
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san juan racing association inc sjr rd qtr shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln nine months shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln note rd qtr and nine months include extraordainry gain of dlrs and dlrs respectively on sale of land reuter
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4,416
h f ahmanson and co ahm qtly dividend shr cts vs cts prior qtr pay june one record may reuter
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4,478
krupp to build south korean steel plant fried krupp gmbh said its krupp industrietechnik gmbh subsidiary has won a mln marks joint order with samsung shipbuilding and heavy industries co ltd of seoul for a steel works in pohang south korea it said the order awarded by the pohang iron and steel co ltd involves a works d...
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wtd industries wtdi sawmill offer rejected wtd industries inc said its offer to buy the bankrupt harris pine sawmill in pendleton oregon was rejected by the bankruptcy court trustee the company said the bid was rjected in favor of a higher offer reuter
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ariadne unit confirms bid for san miguel ariadne group unit barwon farmlands ltd confirmed it offered billion pesos in cash for the mln shares of philippine brewing company san miguel corp the australia based barwon pct owned by new zealander bruce judge s ariadne group said in a statement released in hong kong that a ...
0
4,867
a h a automotive technologies corp year net shr cts vs cts shr diluted cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln reuter
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2,665
henley group heng sets fisher distribution henley group inc said it declared a special dividend distribution of one fisher scientific group inc share for every henley shares previously it said it would pay one fisher share for every outstanding but it changed the ratio because of the reduction in its outstanding shares...
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