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murphy oil corp mur sets regular dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior pay june one record may reuter
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glamis gold ltd glgvf six mths dec net shr cts vs cts net vs revs vs reuter
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3,748
virateck inc vira st qtr feb oper loss oper shr loss cts vs profit cts oper loss vs profit revs vs note oper data does not include year ago extraordinary gain of dlrs or nine cts per shr reuter
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5,858
macandrews forbes begins revlon rev offer macandrews and forbes group inc said it began an dlr a share cash offer for all common stock of revlon group inc it does not already own the offer which is being made by a wholly owned subsidiary revmac acquisition corp is subject to financing and at least mln shares being tend...
0
2,161
price pclb to buy pct of tss seedman price co said it agreed to buy at least pct of the stock of tss seedman s inc for about mln dlrs the terms envision a purchase of the entire company it said the transaction is expected to close at the end of april reuter
0
3,285
belcher to raise heavy fuels prices the belcher co of new york a subsidiary of coastal corp cgp said it will raise the posted prices for number six fuel in new york cts to dlrs a barrel depending on grades effective march the new prices are pct sulphur dlrs up one dlr pct sulphur dlrs up dlrs pct sulphur dlrs up dlrs o...
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5,440
china s citic buys h k hotel from cheung kong the peking owned china international trust and investment corp citic bought the unfinished city garden hotel in hong kong from a subsidiary of cheung kong holdings ltd ckgh hkg for mln h k dlrs cheung kong director albert chow said cheung kong s subsidiary international cit...
0
2,964
inspiration irc in canadian gold find inspiration resources corp said a gold project in northern manitoba in which it has a pct interest has yielded estimated total reserves of short tons grading an average ounce of gold per ton the company said manitoba mineral resources ltd owns the remaining interest in the project ...
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reichhold chemicals inc exploring possible sale of european subsidiary
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6,292
petrobras sees raising export of fuel in brazil s state oil company petrobras is pledging to export mln cubic meters of fuel or mln barrels in a company spokesman said he said that represents a total sale worth mln dlrs the volume is pct higher over sales which totalled mln cubic meters or mln barrels the united states...
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2,159
the adelaide steamship co ltd adsa s first half first half ended december shr cents vs int div cents vs net mln dlrs vs mln turnover mln vs mln other revenue mln vs mln one for five rights issue at dlrs a share one for four bonus issue on capital enlarged by rights issue shrs mln vs mln note shr applies to total net ml...
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3,113
american physicians service amph th net shr profit five cts vs profit two cts net profit vs profit revs vs mths shr profit cts vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln note full name of company is american physicians service group inc reuter
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2,446
german february central bank money grows annual pct january same prov bundesbank data
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1,874
s korea to buy more cotton especially u s cotton south korea plans to import about tonnes of cotton this year compared to tonnes in trade ministry officials said more than three quarters of the total some tonnes will come from the united states that will be a pct increase on when u s imports totalled tonnes an official...
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okc limited partnership okc sets lower payout okc limited partnership said it will make a five ct per share distribution to unitholders down from cts in december and payable march to holders of record march the partnership said the payout is the largest quarterly cash distribution allowable under terms of its letter of...
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1,475
grandview acquires control of u k ticket group consolidated grandview inc said it acquired a pct stake in all ticket group plc of london for undisclosed terms the seller was also undisclosed all ticket is a special events travel company with exclusive european rights to ual inc ual s united airlines apollo system booki...
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northern telecom proposes two for one stock split
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4,892
home savings bank hmsb sets initial dividend qtly div nine cts pay april record april six reuter
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3,310
canadian pacific cp seeks buyer for unit canadian pacific ltd said it retained wood gundy inc to seek a buyer for maple leaf mills ltd of toronto the company said maple leaf had sales of mln dlrs and an after tax profit of mln dlrs it is a diversified agriproducts company which produces and sells industrial and consume...
0
3,326
tridel enterprises inc year net shr dlrs vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln reuter
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1,385
southern so to take charge on vogtle cost southern co said it will take an after tax charge of mln dlrs against earnings no later than january because the projected cost of the vogtle nuclear power plant has risen abover the amount which retail customers in georgia will be asked to pay the company s largest subsidiary ...
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teck to increase stake in trilogy resource trilogy resource corp said teck corp agreed to purchase mln trilogy common shares at one dlr per share in a private placement which would increase its stake in trilogy to pct from pct trilogy also said its board approved a private placement of mln common shares at a price of c...
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5,556
traders cut bahia temporao cocoa crop estimate trade estimates of the coming may september temporao harvest in brazil s main cocoa growing state of bahia are now in the mln to mln kilo bag range against mln to mln two weeks ago traders in the state capital salvador told reuters the effects of a dry period in the first ...
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acme cleveland corp amt sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay may record april reuter
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6,094
kloeckner sees further growth in engineering kloeckner werke ag klkg f should have turnover this year around s billion marks though more growth is likely in engineering in coming years management board chairman herbert gienow said he told a news conference at the trade fair here that by the mid s turnover should reach ...
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5,717
emery air eaf to bid for purolator pcc emery air freight corp said it plans to begin tomorrow a dlr a share tender offer for pct of the outstanding common stock of purolator courier corp the company said the tender offer is the first step in a plan to buy pct of the purolator shares following the tender offer emery sai...
0
1,704
dutch adjusted unemployment unchanged in february dutch seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled people in february unchanged from january but down from in february a social affairs ministry spokesman said the unadjusted figure stood at at the end of last month a decline of from the january total of and comparing with...
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u s chipmakers urge sanctions against japan the semiconductor industry association urged the u s government to impose trade sanctions against japan for violating the u s japan semiconductor trade agreement in a letter to treasury secretary james baker the group said sanctions should be imposed against japanese chipmake...
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frank b hall and co inc fbh th qtr loss oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss revs mln vs mln year oper shr loss cts vs profit cts oper net profit vs profit revs mln vs mln note excludes discontinued operations loss of dlrs a share vs dlrs a share in the quarter and loss dlrs a share vs loss dlrs in the f...
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thatcher says trade targets set with moscow british prime minister margaret thatcher said she and soviet premier nikolai ryzhkov had set targets for increased trade between the two countries during talks earlier today she said she hoped more economic exchanges between britain and the soviet union will also lead to incr...
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belgian wholesale prices fall in january belgian wholesale prices fell by pct in january from a year earlier after a pct year on year fall in december figures from the economics ministry show a ministry spokesman said the wholesale price index base and excluding value added tax stood at in january this compared with in...
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shv says it making tender offer for ic gas shv united kingdom holding co ltd said it was making a tender offer for up to mln ordinary shares in imperial continental gas association icgs l it said in a statement the offer was on the basis of p for each ic gas ordinary and p for every one stg nominal of ic gas loan stock...
0
5,188
tesco buys pct of hillards tesco plc tsco l said county bank ltd had bought shares in hillards plc on its behalf increasing its stake to pct the shares were bought at p each tesco is making an opposed mln stg bid for hillards hillards shares at gmt were quoted one penny firmer at p while tesco was one penny easier at p...
0
3,680
canada consumer price index rose pct in february statistics canada said
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u s tallow production and stocks u s factory production of inedible tallow and grease amounted to mln lbs in february vs a revised mln lbs the previous month and mln lbs in the year ago period the census bureau said the bureau placed february factory production of edible tallow at mln lbs vs a revised mln lbs the previ...
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brown forman bfdb to change record dates brown forman inc said at the suggestion of the american stock exchange it has changed the record date for the ct per share quarterly dividend on its class a and class b common stock that is payable april one to march from march to coincide with the record date for a three for tw...
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malaysia bails out another commercial bank malaysia s central bank said it acquired a pct stake in ailing united asian bank bhd uab the sixth largest commercial bank in the country to rebuild public confidence in it uab called for a rights issue last november to raise mln ringgit to rectify its capital deficiency follo...
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keane inc kean th qtr shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln year shr cts vs cts net vs revs mn vs mln note shares adjusted to reflect the distribution of one share of class b common stock for every two shares of common stock held of record as of july reuter
12
2,800
u k money market shortage forecast revised down the bank of england said it had revised its forecast of the shortage in the money market today down to mln stg from mln stg reuter
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fed says it sets three day system repurchase agreements
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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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china to import more grain in china s grain imports will rise in because of a serious drought and increasing demand but will be not be as large as in the past chinese officials and japanese traders told reuters they said foreign exchange constraints and national policy would not allow a return to large scale imports wh...
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4,825
siemens raises stake in telecom plus of u s siemens ag s sieg f fully owned subsidiary siemens informations systems inc has raised its stake in telecom plus communications inc by pct to pct a siemens spokesman said he added that telecom plus communications was the largest independent supplier of telephone exchange syst...
0
5,523
new harding group sets first payout since new harding group inc formerly harding carpets ltd said it declared its first dividend since fiscal of cts per subordinate voting share and multiple voting share pay april record april the company said the dividend establishes a new policy for the payment of quarterly dividends...
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3,853
att t cost cutting efforts on target american telephone and telegraph co chairman james e olson said he is very pleased with the company s efforts so far to cut costs he told a meeting of securities analysts that although the company is not yet at point in its cost cutting drive to improve profit margins it is on the r...
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4,695
modulaire modx buys boise homes property modulaire industries said it acquired the design library and manufacturing rights of privately owned boise homes for an undisclosed amount of cash boise homes sold commercial and residential prefabricated structures modulaire said reuter
0
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allegheny power system inc ayp sets payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay march record march reuter
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3,627
intermark imi seeks majority pier pir stake intermark inc which together with one of its subsidiaries already holds a pct stake in pier imports inc told the securities and exchange commission it plans to acquire a majority of the company s voting stock intermark said it already holds pier common shares or pct and its p...
0
3,218
valley resources vr sets split raises payout valley resources inc said its board declared a three for two stock split and raised the quarterly dividend to cts per share presplit from cts both payable april record march reuter
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3,599
butler national corp butl rd qtr jan shr profit nil vs loss one ct net profit vs loss revs vs nine mths shr profit three cts vs profit five cts net profit vs profit revs vs reuter
12
5,760
cereals mcas to be unchanged next week monetary compensatory amounts mca s will be unchanged for the week starting april ec commission officials said cereals mca s are plus points for west germany and the netherlands minus two points for denmark minus eight points for france minus nine for ireland minus for italy minus...
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4,989
japan consumer prices unchanged in february japan s consumer price index base was unchanged at in february from a month earlier the government s management and coodination agency said the index showed a pct drop in january the february index was down one pct from a year earlier for the third consecutive year on year dr...
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3,973
booker plc bokl l year shr p vs p div p vs p making p vs p turnover billion stg vs billion pretax profit mln vs mln tax mln vs mln interest paid mln vs mln minority interests mln debit vs same extraordinary items mln profit vs mln loss pretax profit includes agribusiness mln vs mln health products mln vs mln wholesale ...
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2,000
rpt insituform of north america inc insua net th qtr shr nine cts vs four cts net vs revs vs avg shrs vs year oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs avg shrs vs note year net excludes dlr tax credit reuter
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5,797
u s oil lard statistics u s census bureau figures released here showed factory and warehouse stocks on feb included the following with comparisons in mln lbs soybean oils crude x refined x r total x r cotton oils crude r refined r total r x revised from preliminary data released in the bureau s oilseeds report of march...
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interlink says not planning bid for purolator british package courier interlink express plc does not plan to bid for the whole or part of purolator courier corp pcc n a spokesman said there is no intention of making any sort of approach to purolator the spokesman told reuters adding it would be a case of david versus g...
0
1,526
conoco raises crude oil prices up to one dlr barrel wti at dlrs
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6,082
u s first time jobless claims rose in week new applications for unemployment insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted in the week ended march from in the prior week the labor department said the number of people actually receiving benefits under regular state programs totaled in the week ended march the latest ...
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b f saul real estate investment bfs payout qtly div five cts vs five cts prior pay april record april note b f saul real estate investment trust reuter
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2,105
assets of money market mutual funds fell mln dlrs in latest week to billion
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5,357
lle royalty lrt sets monthly payout ll and e royalty trust said its monthly dividend for january to unitholders will be cts per unit payable april to holders of record april six as previously reported pending a ruling from the internal revenues service the trust s distribution may be reduced by dlr per unit plus intere...
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5,318
home shopping hsn to purchase tv station home shopping network inc said its silver king broadcasting co inc unit entered a definitive contract to buy the broadcasting assets of tv station kwvt channel in the portland salem ore area for undisclosed terms additionally the company said kwvt which serves homes began broadc...
0
2,505
marion labs mkc votes split dividend hike marion laboratories inc said its board declared a two for one common stock split in the form of a dividend with distribution april record march the board also said it intends to increase the regular quarterly dividend by pct to five cts a share reflecting the split it said the ...
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1,729
handleman co hdl sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record march reuter
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2,020
millipore mili acquires equity in protein protein databases inc said millipore corp through its venture capital subsidiary millicorp acquired an equity position in the company protein said it and millipore intend to establish an interactive relationship no other details were disclosed about the amount of millipore s in...
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5,192
french february inflation confirmed at pct french retail prices rose a confirmed pct in february in line with provisional figures released two weeks ago showing a rise of between and pct the national statistics institute said the rise compared with a pct rise in january year on year retail price inflation was confirmed...
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3,088
rhodes rhds sees sharply lower th qtr net rhodes inc said it now estimates fourth quarter ended february earnings were eight cts a share down from the cts earned in the final quarter of fiscal the company said the major causes for the reduction were an unfavorable lifo adjustment and softer than projected sales in the ...
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japan february reserves record billion dlrs japan s external reserves rose to a record billion dlrs at the end of february from the previous record of billion at end january the finance ministry said end february reserves last year were billion dlrs in january the nation s foreign reserves showed the largest ever month...
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6,454
cummins engine cum sees improved earnings cummins engine co said it told shareholders higher engine orders to the north american heavy duty truck market will result in improved earnings in the first quarter cummins said the company should make progress this year and next toward its goal of five pct profitability cummin...
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nynex nyn increases qtrly cash dividend nynex corp said it is raising its quarterly dividend to cts from cts payable may to shareholders of record march the company said this was the third consecutive year it has raised its quarterly cash dividend it added it had a two for one stock split in may reuter
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4,599
rcm technologies inc rcmt st qtr jan loss shr loss one ct vs loss one ct net loss vs loss revs vs reuter
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654
cml group inc cmli nd qtr jan net shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs vs st half shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
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2,266
filtertek inc ftk sets quarterly qtly div cts vs cts prior pay may record may one reuter
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4,883
goldfield corp gv th qtr net loss shr loss four cts vs loss five cts net loss vs loss revs vs year shr profit four cts vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs vs note excludes loss from discontinued operations of four cts per share in the quarter and loss cts in the year year excludes extraordinary gain of two cts a share ...
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gts corp gtsc th qtr dec loss shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs year shr loss dlrs vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs note net both periods includes dlr writedown of value of seismic laboratory and dlr increase in reserve for doubtful accounts reuter
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2,431
poclain offers par rights issue french machinery maker poclain pct owned by tenneco inc said it will raise its capital to mln francs from mln by a for rights offering to shareholders priced at par of francs a share the offer between march and april is the second stage of a capital restructuring plan announced in decemb...
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1,688
insituform of north america inc insua th qtr shr nine cts vs four cts net vs revs vs avg shrs vs year oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs avg shrs vs note year net includes dlr tax credit reuter
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2,852
baldrige predicts solid u s housing growth commerce secretary malcolm baldrige predicted will be the fifth successive year for growth in housing starts after a pct rise overall in february starts to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of mln units this year should be the fifth solid year in a row for homebuilding activit...
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canada gdp up pct in january canada s gross domestic product rose pct seasonally adjusted in january after gaining pct in december but falling pct and pct in november and october statistics canada said january s rise in prices was fueled largely by a pct gain in the goods producing sector output in services producing i...
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treasury s baker says u s remains prepared to foster exchange rate stability
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mhi group mh affiliated with cemetary offer mhi group inc said it is affiliated with several investors who have entered into a letter of intent providing for the purchase of star of david memorial gardens and cemetery the company said those investors will under certain circumstances cede their rights under the letter o...
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2,971
gateway medical systems inc rd qtr loss period end jan shr loss one cts vs profit eight cts net loss vs profit revs mln vs nine mths shr profit cts vs profit six cts net profit vs profit revs mln vs mln reuter
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1,463
citibank follows u k base rate cut to pct citibank na said it has cut its british base lending rate to pct from pct with effect from tomorrow this move follows similar cuts by four major british clearing banks led by national westminster bank plc nwbl l lower rates were signalled by the bank of england this morning in ...
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u s house panel eases soviet export controls the u s house foreign affairs committee voted to ease restrictions on exports that are now kept from shipment to soviet bloc countries but are no longer a threat to u s national security the democratic controlled committee said the administration s export control policies wh...
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clayton and dubilier inc sells burpee privately held clayton and dubilier inc said it has sold w atlee burpee co to a new company formed by wicks capital corp bankers trust new york corp bt and burpee management for undisclosed terms the garden supply company was acquired from itt corp itt in december along with o m sc...
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danaher corp dhr th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs rev mln vs mln year shr dlrs vs dlrs net vs rev mln vs mln reuter
12
6,426
ocean bio chem inc obci year net shr eight cts vs seven cts net vs sales vs reuter
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4,622
encor energy corp inc year loss shr not given net loss mln vs profit mln revs mln vs mln note net includes mln dlr asset writedown before mln dlr recovery of deferred taxes pct owned by dome petroleum ltd dmp reuter
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5,087
mars store mxxx sees qtr year loss and charge mars store inc said it expects to report a loss of about dlrs for the fourth quarter and about mln dlrs for the fiscal year ended january as a result of the loss the company said it has decided to discontinue the operations of its big value outlets division which will resul...
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mellon bank expects to report a first quarter loss of mln to mln dlrs
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conagra cag completes merger with trident conagra inc said it completed the merger of its sea alaska products co unit and trident seafoods corp conagra said the new company in which it holds a pct stake will be called trident seafoods corp charles bundrant president of trident before the merger was named president of t...
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3,744
american federal colorado afsl halves payout american federal savings and loan association of colorado said its board cut the quarterly dividend to cts per share from cts the dividend is payable april to holders of record march the company said earnings will continue under pressure this year due to the weakness of the ...
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unocal ucl unit cuts crude oil posted prices unocal corp s union oil co said it lowered its posted prices for crude oil one to dlrs a barrel in the eastern region of the u s effective feb union said a dlrs cut brings its posted price for the u s benchmark grade west texas intermediate to dlrs louisiana sweet also was l...
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2,987
sigmaform corp sgma rd qtr jan net shr one ct vs five cts net vs sales vs nine mths shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln reuter
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1,955
ccc reallocates credit guarantees to el salvador the commodity credit corporation ccc has reallocated two mln dlrs in credit gurantees previously earmarked for sales of u s protein meals to cover sales of vegetable oil and tallow to el salvador the u s agriculture department said the action reduces coverage for sales o...
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affiliated publications inc afp sets dividend qtly div eight cts vs eight cts pay june one record may reuter
12
1,792
renaissance energy ltd year net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
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5,465
u k money market given mln stg late help the bank of england said it had provided the money market with late assistance of around mln stg this takes the bank s total help today to some billion stg and compares with its forecast of a two billion stg shortage in the system today reuter
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costa rica sells sugar to soviet union costa rica has agreed to sell more than tonnes of sugar this year to the soviet union a spokesman for local producers said miguel alfaro president of the agricultural league of the sugar cane industry said the sale follows a recent pct cut in costa rica s quota for sugar exports t...
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diamond shamrock dia sees better earnings diamond shamrock corp which will split this month into two separate companies expects to show improved earnings in over last year executives of the new company told reuters charles blackburn president and chief executive officer of diamond shamrock and the new company which wil...
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