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vista organization ltd visa year net shr profit one ct vs loss nine cts net profit vs loss revs vs avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
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1,084
great western financial gwf unit buys banks great western financial corp s subsidiary great western bank said it will purchase three retail banking branches in south florida with total deposits of mln dlrs great western said it will purchase branches in deerfield beach and hollywood with approximately mln dlrs in depos...
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u s grain carloadings fall in week u s grain carloadings totaled cars in the week ended february down pct from the previous week but pct above the corresponding week a year ago the association of american railroads reported grain mill product loadings in the week totalled cars down pct from the previous week but pct ab...
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arbed sees need to maintain pressure on costs the recent deterioration in the steel market makes it important for arbed sa arbb br to maintain efforts to reduce costs the company said in a statement it reported that its competitive position had weakened considerably in the second half of leading to a seven pct cut in s...
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lawson oil tax breaks to help new fields revenue two new u k tax relief measures for oil producers announced today are aimed at encouraging developments in the north sea to go ahead and boost opportunities for the offshore supplies industry the inland revenue said in a post budget statement earlier chancellor of the ex...
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january housing sales drop realty group says sales of previously owned homes dropped pct in january to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of mln units the national association of realtors nar said but the december rate of mln units had been the highest since the record mln unit sales rate set in november the group said ...
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borg warner says it discussed possible takeover with irwin jacobs
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tie communications inc tie th qtr loss oper shr loss dlrs vs loss cts oper net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln mths oper shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs oper net loss mln vs mln revs mln vs mln note for the qtr and yr loss reflects pretax loss of mln and mln which included a writedown of inventory and restructuring cha...
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nigeria changes auction rules to defend naira nigeria s central bank has changed the rules governing its foreign exchange auctions in what analysts see as a means of defending the naira currency which has depreciated steadily the bank said in a statement that from april banks bidding for foreign exchange would have to ...
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c and w offered role in new japan telecom company a japanese businessman announced plans for a new telecommunications firm in which britain s cable and wireless plc would be a core company however the plan unveiled by senior federation of economic organizations official fumio watanabe does not specify what stake cable ...
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2,090
diamond shamrock raised crude by cts bbl today wti up to dlrs
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ec opens anti dumping enquiry into soviet mercury the european community commission said it has opened an enquiry into allegations that the soviet union is dumping mercury on the european market at below cost prices the commission said its decision follows a complaint from ec non ferrous metals producers that the sales...
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hong kong firm ups calmat czm stake to pct industrial equity pacific ltd a hong kong investment firm said it raised its stake in calmat co to shares or pct of the total outstanding common stock from shares or pct in a filing with the securities and exchange commission industrial equity which is principally owned by bri...
0
4,094
timber realization trx to sell remaining acres timber realization co said it has agreed to sell its remaining acres of timberland property in mississippi for about mln dlrs in cash timber realization a limited partnership formed to dispose of timberlands and related properties transferred to it by the masonite corp sai...
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carolina power and light co cpl qtly div qtly div cts vs cts prior payable may one record april reuter
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1,006
ici ici sees growth in pharmaceuticals imperial chemical industries plc expects earnings from its pharmaceuticals operations to grow to about pct of world profits within the next five years compared with a current pct chairman elect denys henderson told financial analysts over the next five years we expect to launch on...
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u k reserves show underlying rise in february britain s gold and currency reserves showed an underlying rise of mln dlrs in february after a mln dlrs rise in january the treasury said the underlying trend which is a guide to bank of england operations to support the pound on foreign exchanges is net of borrowings and r...
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afg industries inc afg quarterly dividend qtly div four cts vs four cts pay april record march reuter
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mark iv says it does not plan baird batm buy mark iv industries inc iv which has said it is mulling a bid to seek control of baird corp said it has no present plans to acquire more than pct of the company s total outstanding common stock in a filing with the securities and exchange commission mark iv said its top offic...
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3,180
u s export bonus poultry feed for north yemen the commodity credit corporation ccc accepted a bid for an export bonus to cover the sale of tonnes of mixed poultry feed to north yemen the u s agriculture department said the department said the feed is for delivery during april as announced earlier the bonus was dlrs per...
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german sugar offers put at about tonnes the west german intervention board said about tonnes of sugar have been offered into intervention so far a spokesman speaking from frankfurt told reuters offers have increased recently but contracts have not yet been concluded a european commission spokesman in brussels earlier c...
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golden nugget inc gng th qtr loss oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln year oper shr profit cts vs profit cts oper net profit vs profit mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln note net excludes debt retirement gain dlrs vs loss dlrs in quarter and losses mln dlrs vs dl...
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1,204
clevite industries inc clev th qtr oper loss oper net loss vs profit sales mln vs mln year oper net profit vs profit sales mln vs mln note company made initial public offering in june assuming the offering had occurred on jan operating net income per share would have been cts a share for oper net excludes one time char...
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nippon steel invests mln dlrs in gtx corp gtx corp said nippon steel co of japan in a move to diversify into high technology invested eight mln dlrs in gtx nippon s move was the result of current exchange rates and the revaluation of the yen which have made the u s electronics industry an attractive investment opportun...
0
6,059
japanese groups urge drastic economic package japan s leading economic organisations urged the government to prepare drastic pump priming measures even at the cost of shelving prime minister yasuhiro nakasone s planned tax reforms officials involved said officials of the federation of economic organisations keidanren s...
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north american group namg buys georgia firm north american group ltd s north american acquisition corp said it has a definitive agreement to buy pct of pioneer business group inc of atlanta terms of the acquisition were not disclosed closing of the acquisition is scheduled for april north american acquisition said the ...
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corrected major swiss banks raise customer time deposit rates point to pct credit suisse
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dorchester hugoton ltd dhulz raises payout qtly div cts vs eight cts prior pay april record march reuter
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dynamics corp dya in settlement with cts cts dynamics corp of america said it has reached an agreement with cts corp resolving all differences between the two companies it said as a result of the settlement cts s special board committee has stopped soliciting orders to purchase some or all of cts dynamics which now own...
0
2,736
coastal cgp hit with two billion dlr lawsuit transamerica natural gas corp said it is seeking two billion dlrs in punitive and actual damages in a lawsuit it filed today against coastal corp its chairman and certain coastal affiliates transamerica a privately held company that has been in bankruptcy since said its suit...
0
3,414
belvedere corp blv th qtr loss oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss avg shrs vs year oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss avg shrs vs note net excludes realized investment gains of dlrs vs dlrs in quarter and dlrs vs dlrs in year reuter
12
3,175
financial security fssla to sell branch financial security savings and loan association said it has agreed to sell its sunrise fla branch to fortune financial group inc forf of clearwater fla for a substantial profit subject to regulatory approval terms were not disclosed reuter
0
2,072
argentine vegetable oils shipments in jan nov argentine vegetable oils shipments during january november totalled tonnes against tonnes in the same period the argentine grain board said the breakdown was cotton sunflower linseed groundnutseed soybean tung olive maize rapeseed nil nil grape nil nil the board added shipm...
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guinness challenges mln stg payment to lawyer guinness plc guin l the brewing group has challenged a mln stg payment to a u s lawyer who says he organised its controversial takeover of scotch whisky maker the distillers co plc but attorneys for lawyer thomas ward a member of the guinness board told a court yesterday in...
0
3,858
allied lyons sees substantial second half growth allied lyons plc will report substantial growth in the second half of fiscal ended march chairman derrick holden brown said in answer to reporters queries you will certainly see substantial growth in allied lyons in the second half holden brown said following a presentat...
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denning mobile robotics inc gard th qtr loss shr loss nine cts loss cts net loss vs loss avg shrs vs year shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss avg shrs vs note company has no revs as it is in product development stage shr and avg shrs data reflect for reverse split in november reuter
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3,759
graco inc ggg votes quarterly dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior qtr pay may record april reuter
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3,864
mexico s reserves reach eight billion dlrs additional capital inflows of billion dlrs so far this year have boosted mexico s reserves to about eight billion dlrs director of public credit angel gurria told reporters money has been coming back to mexico because of improved investor confidence and because a tight monetra...
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france to sell stake in societe generale unit the french government is to sell to the public its pct direct holding in societe generale stgn pa s regional bank subsidiary societe generale alsacienne de banque sogenal from next monday sogenal officials said sogenal founded in and nationalised in is the leading french re...
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ameron inc amn qtly dividend shr cts vs cts prior qtr pay may record april reuter
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instrumentarium acquires nokia subsidiary finland s medical group instrumentarium oy inmr he said it has acquired electronics components importers and marketers ferrado oy and insele oy subsidiaries of finland s electronics group nokia oy noks he it said in a statement ferrado and insele will be merged into instrumenta...
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1,429
wall street stocks american express axp american express co s stock fell sharply reflecting in part investors disappointment that the company did not make an announcement about its plans for brokerage unit shearson lehman brothers traders said the company has said it is studying options for its shearson unit traders sa...
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6,111
comp u card international inc cucd th qtr net january end oper shr profit cts vs loss six cts oper net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln year oper shr profit cts vs profit cts oper net profit vs profit revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln note net excludes extraordinary tax charge dlrs vs credit dlrs in...
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imtec imtc gets merger offer imtec inc said some shareholders of computer identics inc cidn have proposed a merger of the two companies the company said the shareholders had previously expressed dissatisfaction with computer identics management and had informed computer identics that the present board no longer had the...
0
1,092
brown transport co inc btci th qtr net shr profit cts vs profit cts net profit vs profit revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln mths shr profit dlrs vs loss cts net profit vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
12
4,525
ackerly communications inc year loss shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss mln vs loss revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs reuter
12
4,812
madagascar cocoa production estimated higher madagascar s cocoa production is estimated pct higher this year at tonnes up from in agriculture ministry officials said this improvement reflects the government s efforts over the last seven years to extend existing cocoa plantations and plant new higher yielding varieties ...
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1,686
sahlen and associates salnu completes purchase sahlen and associates inc said it has completed the purchase of gleason securities service inc of new york and gleason plant security inc of connecticut sahlen said the deal s terms were not disclosed but added that the acquired companies had combined annual revenues of ov...
0
2,306
u s makes conciliatory move at rubber pact talks the u s has dropped its insistence that the floor price in a new international natural rubber agreement inra be revised downward under certain circumstances conference sources said the surprise conciliatory move by the u s meets one of the producers main concerns that th...
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sec probes tre tre takeover attempt the federal securities and exchange commission sec is looking for possible securities laws violations in connection with an unsuccessful bid by hollywood producer burt sugarman to take over tre corp attorneys contacted by sec investigators said during the takeeover attempt a unit of ...
0
5,007
united states lines lays off far east staff united states lines inc has laid off employees almost its entire far east staff its hong kong office general manager elliott burnside told reuters he also said calls by two of its container ships to busan south korea and kaohsiung taiwan had been cancelled he declined comment...
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foote mineral fte sells cambridge plant foote mineral co said it signed a letter of intent with shieldalloy corp a wholly owned subsidiary of metallurg inc for the sale of its cambridge ohio business the company said the sale which will be explained in greater detail after the definitive agreement has been signed is pa...
0
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ecuador says suspends oil exports due earthquake ecuador today suspended its crude oil exports indefinitely due to an earthquake last night that damaged pumping and crude transport installations an energy and mines ministry statement said it said the state oil firm corporacion estatal petrolera ecuatoriana cepe notifie...
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502
north american biologicals inc nbio th qtr oper shr one ct vs three cts oper net vs revs mln vs avg shrs mln vs mln year oper shr six cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs note net excludes tax credits of dlrs vs dlrs in quarter and dlrs vs dlrs in year reuter
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5,142
scott s liquid gold inc year oper net oper shr two cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln avg shrs vs note excludes gains of dlrs or two cts shr vs dlrs or nine cts from benefit of tax loss carryforwards reuter
12
5,519
arvin industries sees flat st qtr per share net compared with cts last year
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5,221
skanska to take stake in canadian firm swedish construction and real estate company skanska ab skbs st said it will sell its pct holding in canadian building firm canadian foundation company ltd to rival banister continental ltd a company spokeswoman told reuters skanska will receive banister shares as payment giving t...
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4,846
macneal schwendler corp mns th qtr jan net shr cts vs cts net vs revs vs year oper shr cts vs cts oper net vs revs mln vs mln note prior year net excludes dlr loss from discontinued operations and dlrs on disposal share adjusted for stock dividends reuter
12
1,426
lloyds bank matches base rate cut to pct lloyds bank plc said it is cutting its base lending rate to pct from pct effective tomorrow the reduction follows similar moves from the three other british clearing banks national westminster bank plc led the way this morning after the bank of england lowered its dealing rates ...
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3,712
ohio edison oec sells pct of nuclear interest ohio edison co said it has completed the sale and leaseback of pct of its pct interest in unit one of the perry nuclear power plant receiving mln dlrs for the interest the utility said the share of its interest in the megawatt generating plant was sold to a group of institu...
0
5,138
first national corp ftnc th qtr shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs nil year shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs nil reuter
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1,953
colgate palmolive co cl sets payout qtrly div cts vs cts pay may record april reuter
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6,367
soviet grain products ministry criticised the soviet communist party has criticised the country s grain products ministry for failing to ensure proper grain storage turning out poor quality bread and for unsatisfactory book keeping pravda said the party daily said that losses in the industry owing to waste and theft am...
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algerian spanish firms agree quicksilver price algerian and spanish producers which together meet pct of the western market s needs in quicksilver have agreed to apply a minimum selling price of dlrs per unit the algerian news agency aps said the agreement was made during a meeting here last week between algeria s entr...
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pentron corp pen unit to buy ice creations pentron corp said its rotational molding inc unit has purchased privately held ice creations unlimited for an undisclosed amount of cash and other considerations the company said ice creations had sales of mln dlrs in the year ended may ice creations is a molder of plastics re...
0
5,864
dionics inc dion year net shr seven cts vs cts net vs revs vs reuter
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4,165
avalon avl stake sold by deltec avalon corp said that deltec panamerica sa has arranged to sell its pct stake in avalon and that deltec s three representatives on avalon s board had resigned an avalon spokeswoman declined to indentify the buyer of deltec s stake or give terms of the sale in addition avalon said three o...
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3,383
economic spotlight saudi arabia reshapes economy higher world oil prices coupled with a new realism ushered in by austerity could lift saudi arabia s economy after five years of falling revenue and growing budget deficits bankers and diplomats said the months ahead will prove critical as the government attempts a balan...
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3,894
lac minerals lac to close lake shore mine lac minerals ltd said it will suspend underground mining and exploration at its lake shore mine at kirkland lake ontario on april pending results of a surface exploration drilling program lac said it does not expect the decision to affect earnings but employees will be affected...
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1,781
shadowfax resources ltd shfxf year loss shr loss three cts vs profit cts net loss vs profit revs vs note year includes dlr writedown on utah oil and gas properties reuter
12
1,041
lucky stores inc reinstates quarterly dividend at cts per share
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5,079
uk may revoke japanese financial licenses the british government may revoke the licences of selected japanese banks and securities companies operating in london s financial city when they come up for renewal next summer if progress is not made towards opening up japan s markets to foreign competition government sources...
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japan slightly reduces sugar consumption estimate the agriculture ministry said it revised its april june sugar consumption estimate down to tonnes on a refined basis from estimated at the end of december it said the estimate for domestically produced sugar supply for the same period was revised to tonnes from the earl...
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sheldahl shel votes three for two stock split sheldahl inc said its directors approved a three for two stock split payable april record april reuter
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1,116
reph acquisition to negotiate pesch merger bid reph acquisition co said its board appointed a special committee to negotiate the terms of an offer made earlier today by pesch and co to merge with its republic health corp reph unit pesch through its alpha health systems corp unit offered to acquire the pct of republic h...
0
2,571
svenska cellulosa ab scab st year group profit after net financial items billion crowns vs billion sales billion crowns vs billion profit per share crowns vs proposed dividend five crowns vs reuter
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3,094
united asset management corp uam ups payout qtly div four cts vs three cts prior pay april record march reuter
12
4,207
miyazawa says u s likely to intervene finance minister kiichi miyazawa told parliament s lower house finance committee that the u s is expected to intervene in the foreign exchange market to stabilise exchange rates political sources said asked if the u s federal reserve board agreed in paris last month to intervene to...
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treasury s baker says cooperation working treasury secretary james baker said that the agreement in paris to cooperate in exchange rate changes showed that the process of coordination agreed to at the tokyo summit was working he told the house appropriations committee the meeting demonstrated that the process is workin...
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westinghouse says it expects at least pct earnings shr growth through
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associated newspapers has pct of northern star northern star holdings ltd said britain s associated newspapers holdings plc will hold pct of its enlarged issued capital after applying to acquire mln shares in its recently announced placement associated was one of the major investors participating in the previously repo...
0
4,795
u s gold eagle sales projected at mln ounces american eagle gold bullion coin sales are projected at mln troy ounces in their first year on the market well above the target of mln donna pope director of the u s mint told journalists world sales which began on october reached mln ounces in less than six months of sales ...
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milastar corp mila rd qtr jan loss shr loss two cts vs loss four cts net loss vs loss sales vs nine mths shr loss seven cts vs loss three cts net loss vs loss sales vs note prior nine mths net includes dlr loss on sale of marketable securities prior quarter net includes dlr tax credit current year net includes provisio...
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6,387
kaneb energy kep says jury rules for it kaneb energy partners ltd pct owned by kaneb services inc kab said a juiry in circuit court of tuscaloosa county ala has ruled in its favor and that of jim walter corp jwc against sonat inc snt in a dispute over a natural gas sales contract the company said the suit was filed see...
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japan acts to cool u s anger on telecoms dispute japan has sought to assure the u s it is not trying to keep foreign equity in a new japanese international telecommunications company below the legal limit of pct a post and telecommunications ministry official said in a letter sent yesterday postal minister shunjiro kar...
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4,320
flowers industries flo sees lower year net flowers industries inc said it expects lower earnings for the current year due to operating losses incurred by recent acquisitions and possible nonrecurring losses resulting from its restructuring efforts for the year ended june flowers earned mln dlrs today it reported nine m...
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britoil plc pre tax profit mln stg vs mln
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german february industrial output rises pct january fall pct official
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maytag myg sees capital spending up in maytag co said it expects capital spending in to increase to about mln dlrs from mln dlrs in maytag chairman and chief executive officer daniel krumm said the company plans a significant investment at its admiral refrigerator plant in galesburg ill as well as continued spending fo...
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texas american txa banks to be merged texas american bancshares inc said three of its texas american banks will be merged into texas american bank galleria the corporation said the spring branch fonderen and gulfway texas american banks will become separate banking offices of tab galleria reuter
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1,611
portuguese trade deficit narrows in portugal s trade deficit narrowed in to billion escudos from billion in according to provisional national statistics institute figures imports totalled billion escudos and exports billion compared with billion and billion in expressed in terms of dollars imports rose pct and exports ...
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top qualities sought on hamburg coffee market the green coffee market saw some demand for high quality coffees in the past week but business was described as generally unsatisfactory trade sources said especially sought were spot east african and ethiopian and some brazils they said adding that some high grade robustas...
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trans world airlines makes dlr share cash merger proposal for usair
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major home appliance shipments up in february shipments of major home appliances in february rose pct to mln up from mln a year ago reported the association of home appliance manufacturers it said year to date total major appliance shipments rose pct to mln from mln a year earlier it said strong shipment gains in four ...
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shared medical systems corp smed sets payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record march reuter
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jones and vining jnsv gets vulcan vul bid jones and vining inc said vulcan corp one of its main competitors in the production of shoe lasts has offered to acquire jones and vining for five dlrs a share jones and vining said a management effort to take the company private will go ahead at dlrs per share the form of the ...
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anz bank in n z raises indicator lending rate the australia and new zealand banking group ltd in new zealand said it will raise its indicator lending rate to pct from pct on april a bank statement said the continuing rise in the cost of funds had to be passed on to the lending customers anz managing director brian week...
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the home depot inc hd th qtr feb one net shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln year shr cts vs cts net mln vs revs billion vs mln reuter
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unilever s un chesebrough offers to sell bass chesebrough pond s inc recently acquired by a unit of unilever n v said it is offering to sell its bass shoe division as a result of an ongoing evaluation of the long term direction of its businesses the diversified maker of health and beauty aids said it acquired falmouth ...
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coeur d alene mines corp cour th qtr loss shr loss cts vs loss one ct net loss vs loss revs vs year shr loss cts vs loss ten cts net loss vs loss revs mln vs note loss included one time loss of dlrs on write off of certain silver oil and gas interests reuter
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