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video library inc vlvl th qtr loss shr loss two cts vs profit three cts net loss vs profit revs vs year shr profit cts vs loss two cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs avg shrs vs reuter
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4,472
china to tighten import control cut export costs china should tighten imports of ordinary goods and restrict or even forbid import of goods which can be made domestically premier zhao ziyang said he told the national people s congress china s parliament that the country s foreign exchange is limited and must be used wh...
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fed s johnson says he does not see increasing pressure on interest rates
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drexel official has stake in epsilon data epsi a senior official of drexel burnham lambert inc and his father told the securities and exchange commission they have acquired shares of epsilon data management inc or pct of the total outstanding kenneth thomas senior vice president investments at drexel s los angeles offi...
0
2,888
genstar sale boosts belgian societe generale net societe generale de belgique belb br said the near doubling of net profits in was due in large part to the sale of shares in genstar corp the company which announced a net non consolidated profit of billion francs compared with billion in said its current profits rose by...
12
2,615
lear petroleum partners lp lpp th qtr loss oper shr loss nil vs loss nil oper net loss vs loss revs nil vs nil avg shrs mln vs mln year oper shr loss two cts vs loss two cts oper net loss vs loss revs nil vs nil avg shrs mln vs mln note net excludes losses from discontinued oil and natural gas operations of mln dlrs vs...
12
5,722
commerzbank sees lower operating profit this year commerzbank ag cbkg f management board chairman walter seipp said that from the present viewpoint the bank must expect full operating profit to be lower than in in the first two months of the year partial operating profit excluding trading on the bank s own account decl...
12
4,423
oxford industries inc oxm rd qtr feb shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln nine months shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln reuter
12
1,997
unilever fragrance unit has lower earnings the flavours and fragrances firm naarden international n v acquired by anglo dutch food and detergents group unilever plc n v un as last year said net profits for fell pct to mln guilders naarden said earnings were hit by the fall in the value of both the dollar and sterling n...
12
5,633
schwab completes purchase of schwab and co charles schwab announced the completion of the mln dlr purchase from bankamerica co of charles schwab and co inc and its holding company charles schwab corp the leveraged buyout is being financed by a syndicate of seven banks led by the security pacific national bank unit of s...
0
4,817
z seven fund sees higher net z seven fund inc said it expects to earn six dlrs a share in up from dlrs a share in the company said the net earnings were up pct from dlrs in net asset value in rose pct to dlrs a share from a year earlier adjusted for a three for two stock split reuter
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2,433
manila government to take over san miguel board a government commission that controls pct of san miguel corp smc stock will increase its nominees on the firm s member board to nine from six we want to correct business practices ramon diaz chairman of the presidential commission on good government pcgg told reuters righ...
0
4,562
argentine port workers take industrial action argentine port workers began an indefinite protest against safety conditions at the port of buenos aires stopping work for one hour per shift a press spokesman said he said three port workers had died over the last month in accidents he said the decision to take action was ...
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american medical international inc nd qtr shr profit cts vs loss cts
12
687
leaf disease hits sri lanka rubber a leaf disease affecting seven pct of sri lanka s rubber plantations may reduce output this year and raise currently depressed prices industry officials and researchers told reuters about hectares of rubber planted with the rubber research institute rri clone have been hit by the fung...
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endotronics endo target of investigation endotronics inc said it is the target of a formal private investigation by the securities and exchange commission as well as the federal bureau of investigation the company also said its independent accounts peat marwick mitchell and co served notice that its report on endotroni...
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6,099
belgian unemployment falls in march belgian unemployment based on the number of jobless drawing unemployment benefit fell to pct of the working population at the end of march from pct at end of february the national statistics office said the rate compares with pct at the end of march the total number of jobless stood ...
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turkish retail prices rise pct in february turkish retail prices rose pct in february after pct in january and pct in february the state statistics institute said prices in the year to february rose pct compared with pct in the year to january and pct in the months to february the index base covering towns and five reg...
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unisys corp uis sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay may seven record april seven reuter
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147
atpc members find ways to curb tin exports mine and industry officials from most member states of the association of tin producing countries atpc say they have found ways to limit group exports to tonnes in the year started march according to views polled by reuter correspondents the plan to curb exports agreed in janu...
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u k money market offered early assistance the bank of england said it invited an early round of bill offers from discount houses after forecasting a shortage in the system of some billion stg among the main factors affecting liquidity bills maturing in official hands and treasury bill take up will drain some billion st...
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thai tin exports fall in february thailand exported tonnes of tin metal in february down from tonnes the previous month and tonnes a year ago the mineral resources department said it said major buyers last month were britain japan the netherlands west germany and the u s reuter
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institute sees w german output fall in production in the manufactured goods industry has been falling since mid and will decline by between one and two pct this year after a pct increase in the ifo economic institute said an ifo report said recessionary influences were affecting the engineering industry particularly it...
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japan rubber stocks fall in march japan s rubber stocks fell to tonnes in march from in february and from in march the japan rubber trade association said the stocks in tonnes with february and year earlier comparisons were march feb march crude rubber synthetic latex reuter
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tropical forest death could spark new debt crisis the death of the world s tropical rain forests could trigger a new debt crisis and social and biological disasters scientists and ecologists involved with the international tropical timber organisation itto said at stake is the ability of developing nations including br...
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4,455
bat industries pretax profit billion stg vs billion
12
3,352
monsanto mtc says debt was cut in mondanto co said it has paid off two thirds of the debt from its billion dlr acquisition of g d searle and co by the end of this lowered the company s debt to capitalization ratio from pct at the end of to pct it said the company also said that chemical sales accounted for pct of its s...
0
9
esquire radio and electronics inc ee th qtr shr profit cts vs profit four cts annual div cts vs cts prior yr net profit vs profit revs vs mths shr profit cts vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs note annual dividend payable april to stockholders of record on march reuter
12
2,611
onyx petroleum exploration co ltd year loss shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss vs profit revs vs note shr and net after dlr writedown on oil and gas property values reuter
12
3,847
charter crellin crtr to acquire sebro plastics charter crellin inc said it signed a letter of intent to acquire all outstanding shares of sebro plastics inc s capital stock charter crellin a molded plastic product maker said sebro is a precision molder of engineered specialty plastic products for the automotive industr...
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267
corrected bankamerica negotiating units sale bank of america nt and sa s bac n west german branch said it is negotiating the sale of bankhaus centrale credit ag a small local west german bank it acquired in and of its west german visa credit card operation michael seibel bank of america vice president and regional mana...
0
4,194
santos ltd stos s year end dec net profit dlrs vs mln
12
5,110
imatron inc imat th qtr loss shr loss cts vs loss seven cts net loss vs loss sales vs avg shrs vs year shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss sales vs avg shrs vs reuter
12
4,149
du pont dd ups stake in perceptive systems du pont co has increased its equity stake in perceptive systems inc to pct from pct perceptive systems said perceptive systems a venture capital firm based in houston makes digital imaging equipment reuter
0
6,294
baker repeats he hopes prime hike temporary treasury secretary james baker reiterated his hope that this week s rise in prime rates would be a temporary blip upwards i would hope that it would simply be a temporary blip upward as we ve seen in the past baker said in television interview with the cable news network the ...
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investor has five pct of sage drilling sage arthur appleton a chicago investor told the securities and exchange commission he has acquired shares of sage drilling co inc or pct of the total outstanding common stock appleton said he bought the stock for dlrs for investment purposes depending on several circumstances app...
0
844
taiwan issues more cds to curb money supply growth the central bank has issued billion dlrs worth of certificates of deposit cds bringing the value of cd issues so far this year to billion a bank spokesman told reuters the new cds with maturities of six months one year and two years carry interest rates ranging from to...
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singapore gdp to grow six pct in first quarter singapore s gross domestic product will grow six pct in the first quarter and five pct in the second quarter this year with further growth expected in the second half trade and industry minister lee hsien loong told parliament the figures compared with pct contraction and ...
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kaneb energy partners ltd kep th qtr loss unit loss one ct net loss revs mln mths unit loss dlrs net loss mln revs mln note partnership formed in february net includes writedown of oil and gas assets of mln dlrs for mths to comply with full cost accounting methods reuter
12
3,687
newman hawker discuss electric motor merger newman industries plc said it was discussing the possible merger of its electric motor operations with hawker siddeley group plc s hsid l brook crompton parkinson motors ltd unit newman has electric motor operations in the u k and australia the company gave no further details...
0
2,003
waiting period ends on waste management wmx bid waste management inc said it received notice of early termination of the hart scott rodino waiting period for its mln dlr takeover bid for chemlawn corp chem the waiting period was terminated march waste management said chemlawn has rejected waste management s dlrs a shar...
0
3,306
conagra inc rd qtr shr cts vs cts
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2,488
german bank sees higher gold price for 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 achi...
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5,386
n z february current account deficit narrows new zealand s current account deficit narrowed to mln dlrs in february from mln in january and mln in february in a smoothed seasonally adjusted measurement the statistics department said this is the first time current account figures have appeared in a seasonally adjusted f...
2
4,610
continental health affiliates inc cthl th qtr shr cts vs five cts net vs revs mln vs year shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln reuter
12
2,294
transit financial holdings inc th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs revs not given year shr cts vs cts net vs revs vs reuter
12
6
dean foods df sees strong th qtr earnings dean foods co expects earnings for the fourth quarter ending may to exceed those of the same year ago period chairman kenneth douglas told analysts in the fiscal fourth quarter the food processor reported earnings of cts a share douglas also said the year s sales should exceed ...
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4,611
canada sets oil industry aid package canada s federal government will provide a mln dlr oil industry aid package that includes cash incentives designed to cover one third of a company s oil and gas exploration and development costs energy minister marcel masse announced the aid program will inject about mln dlrs a year...
10
1,844
montreal city district savings bank st qtr shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln loans not given deposits not given assets billion vs not given note full name montreal city and district savings bank period ended january reuter
12
1,665
seaman furniture co inc seam rd qtr jan shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs vs nine mths shr dlrs vs dlrs net mln vs sales mln vs mln reuter
12
542
colombia traders say new coffee strategy vital coffee producing countries must quickly map out a fresh common strategy following the failure of the international coffee organization ico to reach agreement on export quotas gilberto arango president of colombia s private coffee exporters association said arango told reut...
5
4,905
home savings bank hmsb sets initial quarterly home savings bank said its board declared an initial quarterly dividend of nine cts per share payable april record april six reuter
12
5,988
century business credit corp cty th qtr shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln year shr dlrs vs dlrs net mln vs revs mln vs mln note revs includes dlr finder s fee net includes gain from sale of securities dividends dlrs from lease recalculations revs includes finder s fee and gain from sale of asset reuter
12
1,059
giant bay gbylf details gordon lake deposit giant bay resources ltd said a metallurgical study of its gordon lake gold deposit indicated an overall recovery of pct to pct of the gold can be achieved by either direct cyanidation of ore or flotation followed by cyanidation of concentrate continuation of an underground pr...
16
2,954
reynold metals rlm up on furman selz report shares of reynolds metals co rose sharply after wall street firm furman selz mager dietz and birney issued a report focusing on the strong earnings potential from the company s australian gold holding traders familiar with the report said traders said the report notes that ea...
12
4,251
great western gwf sells insurance unit great western financial corp said it agreed to sell its john alden life insurance co and its affiliated operations for mln dlrs to a newly formed company onwed by the john alden management group general electric credit corp delivered a commitment letter arranged by the gecc capita...
0
2,908
hospital staffing services hssi st qtr net qtr ends feb shr six cts vs three cts net vs revs vs note full name hospital staffing services inc prior year includes extraordinary gain of one ct per share reuter
12
1,399
barclays bank said it cutting base lending rate to pct from pct
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3,916
rogers rog adopts rights plan rogers corp said its board approved a shareholder rights plan designed to protect its shareholders in the event of an attempted hostile takeover rogers said the plan is not being adopted in response to any specific takeover attempt under the plan shareholders may buy one share of common st...
0
2,227
mdi mobile data international inc year net oper shr cts vs cts oper shr diluted cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln note current oper net excludes writedown of dlrs or seven cts a share on unidentified investment reuter
12
124
kuwait says no plans for emergency opec talks kuwait s oil minister in remarks published today said there were no plans for an emergency opec meeting to review oil policies after recent weakness in world oil prices sheikh ali al khalifa al sabah was quoted by the local daily al qabas as saying none of the opec members ...
10
914
unitil corp utl th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln year shr dlrs vs dlrs net vs revs mln vs mln reuter
12
3,906
vms mortgage lp vmlpz monthly cash payout vms mortgage l p said it declared a regular monthly cash distribution of nine cts a depositary unit for the month of march payable may record april one reuter
12
4,322
alcan ups aluminium ingot and billet prices alcan aluminium ltd in montreal said it increased yesterday its prices for unalloyed ingot and extrusion billet by two cents a lb effective with shipments beginning may the new price for unalloyed ingot is cents a lb while the new price for extrusion billet is cents a lb we f...
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6,357
south korea s gnp seen growing nine pct south korea s gross national product gnp is forecast to grow by nine pct in surpassing the government s original forecast of eight pct and against a pct rise in an economic planning board report said the report reviewing the country s economy in the first three months of this yea...
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5,686
orion capital corp oc th qtr loss shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs year shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs note net includes realized capital gains of vs for qtr and mln vs mln for year net also includes gain on termination of p...
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1,456
fitzwater says reagan strongly against tax hike white house spokesman marlin fitzwater said president reagan s record in opposing tax hikes is long and strong and not about to change we re opposed to tax increases we will fight tax increases we will deal with it politically in every forum possible said fitzwater when q...
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4,409
venezuela to annouce partner for coal venture petroleos de venezuela s a will announce within two weeks the name of a foreign consortium it has chosen to help exploit the coal deposits at guasare in western zulia state pdvsa president juan chacin guzman said chacin told reporters the foreign partner will provide capita...
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2,443
mees says second week march opec output mln bpd opec produced only about mln bpd of oil in the second week of march mln bpd below its ceiling largely because of pipeline problems in turkey and ecuador the middle east economic survey mees estimated a landslide breached iraq s one mln bpd pipeline through turkey on march...
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texas international tei completes reserve sale texas international co said it has completed the previously announced mln dlr sale of its domestic oil and natural gas reserves to total compagnie francaise des petroles it said on closing it used part of the proceeds to retire all mln dlrs of its u s bank and u s senior d...
0
3,124
animed vets expects to turn profitable animed inc said it expects to return to profitability during the current year today it reported a loss for the first quarter ended in january of dlrs compared with a dlr profit a year before reuter
12
6,274
rvial to union carbide emerges in french bid carburos metalicos of spain has bid francs a share for french chemicals group duffour et igon rivalling the franc bid announced yesterday by union carbide france the french subsidiary of the u s chemical giant union carbide corp uk n the stockbrokers assocation csac said her...
0
5,743
proposed japan tax may dampen tokyo gold trading a proposed sales tax on gold transactions could put a damper on the tokyo market and encourage a shift of trading to hong kong and singapore senior vice president and tokyo branch manager of credit suisse paul hofer told a press conference if you impose five pct on both ...
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3,694
micron technology inc dram nd qtr march five shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss mln vs loss revs mln vs avg shrs mln vs mln st half shr loss cts vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
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955
canadian imperial sees lower loan losses canadian imperial bank of commerce earlier reporting higher net income for the first quarter ended january said it expects loan losses to be lower than last year s mln dlrs however the bank said it will maintain the high level of provisioning for loan losses established last yea...
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6,096
eli lilly and co plans to sell its elizabeth arden subsidiary
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6,410
chesapeake csk seeks to sell unit chesapeake corp said it has retained salomon inc sb to help it sell plainwell paper co inc a maker of premium coated and uncoated printing papers and technical specialty papers with a capacity of short tons a year the company said it has decided to sell plainwell in ordfer to focus on ...
0
2,091
alleghney international ag faces added count alleghney international inc said the plaintiffs in the existing lawsuits opposing its sale requested an amendment to their complaint to include a class action count alleghney said the suit filed in the u s district court for the western district of pennsylvania was aimed at ...
0
1,461
sharon steel corp extends exchange offer sharon steel corp said it extended from march six to march the expiration date for its debt exchange offer to allow time to complete the sale of its mueller brass co unit and to meet other conditions of the offer the exchange offer covers sharon s outstanding pct subordinated si...
0
907
american software amswa sets stock split american software inc said its board declared a three for two stock split on class a and class b common shares payable march record march the company said it expects to increase its semiannual dividend pct to six cts per share post split from eight cts pre split reuter
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5,987
emery eaf plans purolator pcc asset sales emery air frieght corp which has launched a dlr a share tender offer for pct of purolator courier corp said it would sell some purolator assets to help pay the estimated mln dlr cost of the stock purchase deal in a filing with the securities and exchange commission emery said i...
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4,639
treasury s baker outlines trade bill criticisms treasury secretary james baker said that some of the trade bills proposed by congress conflict significantly with certain basic principles the reagan administration considers critical baker told a senate committee that the administration would resist such measures as a ge...
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pacific gas pcg accounting change to cut net pacific gas and electric co said it expects to record a mln dlr or dlr per share reduction in earnings because of the company s decision to change the method used to record diablo canyon nuclear power plant revenues the accounting change will not affect the company s cash po...
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3,240
mitsui mitsy security pacific spc set pact mitsui and co ltd said it has signed a letter of intent with security pacific corp to buy pct of japan security pacific finance co ltd for an undisclosed sum to form a joint venture japan security pacific has assets of mln dlrs the joint venture will introduce various financia...
0
1,572
iranian oil minister in uae talks iranian oil minister gholamreza aqazadeh is in the united arab emirates uae to discuss oil prices and the general market situation iranian officials accompanying him said he will meet uae president sheikh zaid bin sultan al nahayan and oil minister mana said al oteiba aqazadeh arrived ...
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western tele communications wtlca th qtr net oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs year oper shr dlrs vs dlrs oper net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln note oper net excludes loss from discontinued operations of dlrs vs gain of dlrs for qtr and gain of dlrs vs gain of dlrs for year note full name is western tele commun...
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1,944
possis poss votes pct stock dividend possis corp said its board approved a pct stock dividend payable may one record march at the company s annual meeting wednesday possis said shareholders approved a proposal to increase the authorized common shares to mln from eight mln the company currently has about mln shares outs...
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4,646
u s senate trade leader concerned about canada the chairman of the u s senate committee with jurisdiction over trade said he was concerned about a resolution on bilateral trade negotiations adopted by the canadian house of commons last week the resolution supports negotiation of a bilateral trading agreement with the u...
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union valley corp uvc th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs rev mln vs mln avg shares vs year shr cts vs one dlr net vs rev mln vs mln avg shares vs note includes extraordinary gain of dlrs or eight cts a share reuter
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4,873
shoe town inc shu year ended jan three shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln note and year net includes loss dlrs or eight cts a share and dlrs or one ct a share respectively for discontinued operations year ended december reuter
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4,849
healthmate hmte expects qualified opinion healthmate inc said its auditors laventhol and horwath indicated they will issue a qualified opinion on the company s financial statements the company which went public in march earlier reported losses for the fourth quarter it said the auditor s statement known as a subject to...
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chemlawn chem has no comment on new offer chemlawn corp said it had no comment on a sweetened offer from waste management inc wmx waste management amended its dlr per share tender offer raising it to dlrs per share chemlawn had rejected waste management s earlier dlr per share offer saying it was an undervalued bid che...
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6,458
ussr crop weather summary usda noaa gradual warming continued in most regions of western soviet union in the week ended april the joint agricultural weather facility of the u s agriculture and commerce departments said in its international weather and crop summary the agency said most of the region s precipitation fell...
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county increases tesco stake in hillards county ltd which is acting in concert with tesco plc tsco l in its mln stg for supermarket chain operator hillards plc has purchased hillards ordinary shares at p per share a statement said these purchases together with those made by county on march represent about pct of hillar...
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1,660
continental health cthl purchases marketech continental health affiliates inc said that it has acquired marketech inc an pct partner in diatronics nutrition services continental said diantronics nutrition services is a joint venture with physicians providing patient ready home infusion therapy products and services to ...
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coradian corp cdin th qtr net shr profit three cts vs loss three cts net profit vs loss revs vs year shr profit one cent vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
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tractors malaysia holdings bhd six months to december shr cts vs ct interim dividend cts vs nil group net mln ringgit vs mln pre tax mln vs mln turnover mln vs mln note dividend pay may register april reuter
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national pork board allocates mln dlrs the national pork board on monday allocated mln dlrs in discretionary funds collected from the pct national checkoff program to three industry organizations the national pork producers council nppc will receive almost mln dlrs for use in the areas of food service consumer educatio...
3
5,016
japan aluminium output falls in february japanese aluminium output fell to tonnes in february from in january and a year earlier preliminary international trade and industry ministry figures show output fell sharply from a year ago as most aluminium firms stopped smelting in the past year due to cheap imports industry ...
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arden international aiki larkville note period ended december earnings exclude losses from discontinued operations of dlrs or one ct a share vs dlrs or three cts a share for the year earnings exclude gains from tax loss carryforwards of dlrs or one ct a share vs dlrs or two cts a share in the quarter and dlrs or one ct...
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