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ccc export bonus dairy cattle for canary islands the commodity credit corporation ccc has accepted a bonus offer from an exporter on the sale of head of dairy cattle to the canary islands the u s agriculture department said the department said the bonus awarded was dlrs per head and was made to t k international inc it...
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passport travel inc ppti st qtr feb net shr two cts vs nil net vs sales vs reuter
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bradley brly announces long term lease bradley real estate trust said it signed a year lease for property in downtown minneapolis to bced minnesota inc the lease will increase net income by about cts a share on a post february three for two stock split basis for the trust reported net income of mln dlrs or cts a share ...
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dutch january industrial production rises pct industrial production rose pct on a seasonally adjusted basis in january compared with december while rising pct from january last year central bureau of statistics figures show in december industrial production fell by pct from november while rising pct compared with decem...
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alusuisse plans pct capital cut schweizerische aluminium ag alusuisse plans to reduce share and participation certificate capital by pct to cover losses in and those carried forward from the previous year chief executive hans jucker said jucker told a news conference that the greatest drain on its financial resources h...
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cheung kong chairman sees strong results in cheung kong holdings ltd ckgh hk is expecting strong results this year after reporting better than expected profits in chairman li ka shing said he did not give a specific earnings projection but he told reporters the firm will pay total dividends of not less than cents a sha...
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nl industries inc th qtr shr loss cts vs profit seven cts
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peoples bancorporation peop quarterly dividend qtly div cts vs cts pay april record march reuter
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miners trapped by fire in gaspe copper mine some miners were trapped underground today by a fire in a copper mine in the gaspe area of eastern quebec officials said there were no reports of any deaths a mine official said that the fire broke out last night and about of the miners made it to safety he said telephone con...
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viacom via nat l amusements seek fast merger the chiefs of viacom international inc and national amusements inc said they met and agreed to work together to complete the previously announced merger of the two companies as expeditiously as possible a spokeswoman for viacom declined to say if the executives had set a tim...
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brazil treasury to release coffee buying funds the treasury department is due to release funds for the brazilian coffee institute ibc to pay for the coffee purchased from local producers the ibc said in a statement ibc production director oripes gomes said in the statement that payment would be made within the official...
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spain s inflation rises pct in february spain s consumer price index rose pct in february after increases of pct the previous month and pct in february last year national statistics institute figures show year on year inflation was six pct compared with the government five pct target for it rose pct last year reuter
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united jersey banks ujb to merge two banks united jersey banks said it plans to merge two of its southern new jersey member banks into one mln dlr organization it said united jersey bank fidelity bank based in pennsauken will be merged into united jersey bank south in order to improve customer service and maximize effi...
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sis corp sisb year net shr one ct vs nil net vs revs mln vs mln reuter
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for better living inc th qtr net shr profit primary cts vs loss cts shr profit diluted cts vs loss cts net profit vs loss sales mln vs mln year shr profit profit dlrs vs profit five cts shr profit diluted dlrs vs profit five cts net profit vs profit sales mln vs mln note prior qtr and year figures include gains on disp...
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saudi banks face further lean period saudi arabia s commercial banks are reporting a further decline in profits for as increasing provisions have to be set aside to cover the burden of non performing loans bankers in the saudi capital said the need to build reserves for bad and doubtful debts may start to decline a lit...
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vw has no comment on seat loss reports a volkswagen ag vowg f spokesman said the group had no immediate comment on reports of greater than expected losses at its spanish subsidiary sociedad espanola de automoviles de turismo seat german newspapers reported that werner schmidt seat supervisory board chairman had told jo...
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freight insurance proposed for ccc sales usda the u s agriculture department is proposing to permit coverage of freight cost and marine and war risk insurance for sales of all agricultural commodities sold on credit terms under the commodity credit corporation s ccc credit guarantee programs the proposal only applies t...
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varlen corp vrln declares qtly dividend qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record april reuter
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canada mulling selling petro canada mulroney prime minister brian mulroney said the government was considering selling petro canada and the sale would proceed if it were in the national interest to do so mulroney told the house of commons assets of the huge oil company would be examined before a decision was made just ...
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gulf barge freight higher in nearbys on call gulf barge freight rates continued to show a firmer tone in the nearbys on the assumption that changes in the gulf posted prices will encourage increases in both pik and roll activity and barges shipments with a total of barges traded this morning on the st louis merchants e...
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firm reduces sceptre resources srl holdings montreal based noverco inc told the securities and exchange commission it reduced its stake in sceptre resources ltd to shares or pct of the total outstanding noverco said it sold off shares to reduce the investment of noverco in sceptre additional common shares of sceptre ma...
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u s urges surplus nations to boost growth leading industrial nations will be reviewing the paris agreement to stabilize exchange rates foster increased worldwide growth and reduce trade imbalances but the u s thinks the accord has been successful so far a senior u s treasury official said the paris accord will be revie...
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baldrige says u s to go ahead with japanese sanctions
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canada february unemployment falls to pct from january pct statistics canada said
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american resource corp ltd year net shr five cts vs cts net vs revs not given note prior shr and net include mln u s dlr gain on sale of equity holdings results in u s funds reuter
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williams cos wmb year loss shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss mln vs profit mln revs billion vs billion note includes loss of mln dlrs or dlrs a share from discontinued operations and writedowns of holdings in texasgulf inc restated reuter
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coffee quota talks continue no accord seen likely the international coffee organization ico council talks on reintroducing export quotas continued with an extended session lasting late into sunday night but delegates said prospects for an accord between producers and consumers were diminishing by the minute the special...
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enterra corp en sells two units enterra corp said it has completed the sale of its hale fire pump co and macomson machine co subsidiaries to a company formed by los angeles investment firm mcbain rose partners for about mln dlrs in cash both hale and macomson make fire pumps and related equipment reuter
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cronus industries inc crns th qtr loss oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss revs mln vs mln mths oper shr loss cts vs loss cts oper net loss vs loss revs mln vs mln note excludes income from discontinued operations of vs for qtr and mln vs for year excludes extraordinary charge of for current qtr and for...
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japan britain disagree on telecom merger cable and wireless plc cawl l is resisting attempts to merge two japan based telecommunications firms in the hope that overseas political pressure will force a change in those plans a company executive said cable and wireless which holds a pct stake in one of the two japanese fi...
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stora close to completing papyrus takeover sweden s stora kopparbergs bergslags ab skps st said it had now acquired pct of shares in rival pulp and paper makers papyrus ab thus passing the threshold above which it can compulsorily buy the rest of the company remaining shareholders would have until later this month to s...
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4,309
southmark sm sells national heritage stake national heritage inc a unit of southmark corp said it began an initial public offering of two mln shares of common stock at a price of dlrs a share all the shares are being offered by national heritage which will trade under symbol nher on nasdaq through lead underwriter drex...
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investment group has moore handley mhco stake a group of new york investment companies told the securities and exchange commission they have acquired shares of moore handley inc or pct of the total outstanding common stock the firms robert h barker and co j m r barker foundation quaker hill associates l p upland associ...
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viner eavkf viable after heck s hex move e a viner holdings ltd said the earlier reported chapter bankruptcy filing of heck s inc hex in which viner holds shares would not materially affect viner s capital position or its ability to carry on its profitable brokerage business viner said its brokerage subsidiary edward a...
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adm grain elevator explodes in burlington iowa a grain elevator in burlington iowa exploded today leaving five injured the elevator operated by archer daniels midland co of decatur ill is a terminal elevator on the mississippi river doug snyder assistant to the vice president said the cause of the explosion and the ext...
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bp scottish refinery set to restart this week the british petroleum bp l co plc s refinery at grangemouth scotland shut down after an explosion and fire in the hydrocracker on march will probably be back in operation towards the week end a refinery spokesman said he said the refinery will resume at about half its barre...
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louisville gas and electric co lou dividend qtly dividend cts vs cts pay april record march reuter
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jacobs suchard expects another excellent year jacobs suchard ag jacz z hopes for another excellent year in after a pct increase in net profit results in the first few months show it heading in the right direction company president klaus jacobs said the group reported net profit of mln swiss francs compared with mln in ...
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leucadia luk has pct of minstar mnst leucadia national corp said two of its subsidiaries have acquired a pct stake in minstar inc a corporation controlled by corporate raider irwin jacobs and used by him in his forays to acquire stock in companies in a filing with the securities and exchange commission leucadia said it...
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imf world bank to meet amid new inflation fears amid new concerns about inflation interest rate increases and trade confrontations finance ministers and central bankers meet next week to discuss a deteriorating global debt and economic situation the meetings under the auspices of the international monetary fund and wor...
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bank of england resists pressure for rate cut the bank of england again fought against money and bond market pressure for a pre budget interest rate cut leaving the pound to take the strain with a further rise in its trade weighted index to a six month high it closed at its best level since september at pct of its valu...
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chicago rivet and machine co cvr th qtr net shr cts vs cts net vs sales vs year shr dlrs vs dlrs net vs sales mln vs mln reuter
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premdor plans two for one stock split premdor inc said it planned a two for one common stock split subject to shareholder approval at the may annual meeting it said the split if approved would take effect on may premdor manufactures and sells wood doors reuter
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versar vsr to buy marietta ml unit versar inc said it has agreed in principle to acquire martin marietta corp s martin marietta environmental systems unit for about dlrs versar said it would use its working capital and an established life of credit to find the purchase which is subject to approval by both boards and is...
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harris teeter properties htp reports earnings harris teeter properties inc reported fourth quarter fiscal earnings per share of cts on earnings of dlrs the realty investment trust company started operations in august and had no comparable figures it said reuter
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lowell institution for savings lifs qtly div qtly div cts vs cts prior pay may record april reuter
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kaines confirms white sugar sales to india london based sugar operator kaines ltd confirmed it sold two cargoes of white sugar to india out of an estimated overall sales total of four or five cargoes in which other brokers participated the sugar for april may and april june shipment was sold at between and dlrs a tonne...
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sandsport data services inc sand rd qtr net feb end shr nil vs nil net vs revs vs avg shrs mln vs mln nine mths shr nil vs nil net vs revs vs avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
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thunander corp thdr year net shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln note results include operations of bmd of new england inc acquired sept reuter
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u s oil tax break proposal to be examined the white house said a proposal for a tax break for the oil industry would undergo review spokesman marlin fitzwater said president reagan had no position on recommendations submitted by energy secretary john herrington to encourage investment in the hard hit domestic oil indus...
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attacks affect colombia s oil outlook ecopetrol continuous rebel raids against oil pipelines and foreign exploration camps endanger colombia s present oil bonanza franciso chona manager of the state run oil company ecopetrol said it seems the subversion wants to end with our oil bonanza he told reporters he was speakin...
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medar mdxr changes fiscal year medar inc said it changed the end of its fiscal year to december from march the company in reporting its annual results said the change was made to bring its financial reporting in phase with the order cycle of its major customers medar earlier said it lost dlrs in its final quarter compa...
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coopervision inc eye st qtr jan net shr dlrs vs cts net mln vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln note current year net includes pretax gain mln dlrs on sale of ophthalmic business and loss mln dlrs posttax from repurchase of debt prior year net includes dlr loss from discontinued operations reuter
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tender for allegheny int l ag underway first boston inc s fbc sunter acquisition corp said it began its previously announced dlr per share tender offer for allegheny international inc s common stock the company is also offering dlrs for each dlr cumulative preferred share and dlrs for each share of dlr convertible pref...
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goulds pumps inc guld sets regular payout qtly div cts vs cts prior pay april record april three reuter
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gruen marketing gmc sees year net off gruen marketing corp said it expects to report earnings for the year ended january of to cts per share on about average shares down from cts on shares a year before it said sales fell about pct from the year earlier mln dlrs reuter
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medical properties mpp sets monthly dividend the board of medical properties inc said it has declared an initial monthly cash dividend of cts a share and has adopted a monthly dividend policy the initial dividend will be payable april to shareholders of record march reuter
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canada southern petroleum ltd csw nd qtr loss qtr ends dec shr loss one ct vs profit two cts net loss vs profit revs vs six mths shr loss one ct vs profit four cts net loss vs profit revs vs reuter
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cook united inc in talks to sell stake to private investors
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to fitness inc tfit year dec loss shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss vs loss revs vs avg shrs vs reuter
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oil firms cut indonesian exploration spending foreign oil companies will spend less on exploration in indonesia this year than last budgeting billion dlrs for calendar against spending of billion dlrs the state oil company pertamina said actual spending last year fell short of the budgeted figure of billion dlrs as oil...
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bankamerica bac completes mortgage unit sale bankamerica corp s bank of america unit said it completed the previously announced sale of bankamerica finance ltd to bank of ireland for an expected pre tax gain of mln dlrs bankamerica finance provides residential mortgages in south east england its total assets at the end...
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stone container sto completes waiting period stone container corp said it and southwest forest industries inc swf completed all waiting period requirements under the hart scott rodino anti trust improvements act of stone said it will proceed with its previously proposed acquisition of southwest reuter
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bangladesh port workers end strike cargo handling resumed at bangladesh s chittagong port today after workers ended their three day walk out triggered by a pay dispute port officials said loading and unloading of ships stranded by the strike started this morning and will be completed as quickly as possible they said th...
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kidston gold mines ltd year shr cents vs yr div cents vs net mln dlrs vs mln turnover mln vs mln other income mln vs shrs mln vs same note company paid total cents in previously declared quarterly divs vs net is after tax dlrs vs interest mln vs mln and depreciation mln vs mln reuter
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rochester telephone corp rtc sets dividend qtly div cts vs cts pay may one record april reuter
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no immediate plans to close refinery esso saf esso saf essf pa the french subsidiary of exxon corp xon said it had no immediate plans to shut down one of its two refineries exxon s new president lee r raymond said earlier that it could decide to close a french refinery an esso saf spokesman said a closure was a hypothe...
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conrac cax rejects mark iv iv offer conrac corp said its board has rejected mark iv industries inc s tender offer for all conract shares at dlrs each and no conract director of officer plans to tender any shares the company said financial advisor goldman sachs and co determined the price to be inadequate it said its bo...
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allied lyons sees hiram walker profits rising allied lyons plc sees rising profits from pct owned liquor producer hiram walker gooderham and worts in the current fiscal year ending in early march chairman derrick holden brown said in a speech prepared for delivery to toronto analysts we anticipate that hiram walker pro...
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west german banks slowly cutting key savings rates west german commercial banks are cautiously cutting key savings and lending rates banking sources said the cuts follow nearly two months after the bundesbank reduced leading interest rates far longer than the usual interim period a deutsche bank ag dbkg f spokesman sai...
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hutchison announces bonus issue of new b shares hutchison whampoa ltd hwhh h announced a bonus issue of one new b share of h k cents each for every two existing ordinary shares of cents a share par value a company statement said hutchison forecast dividends for existing shares of not less than cents a share and not les...
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mark resources inc year loss shr not given loss mln revs mln note prior year results not given results include accounts of pct owned precambrian shield resources ltd acquired november reuter
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britannia coin to sell at premium the new british one ounce gold coin the britannia will be priced on the basis of the gold price on the day of purchase plus a competitive premium treasury officials said value added tax will be levied on all purchases by members of the u k public as is currently the case with foreign c...
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gulf resources gre to have gain on stock sale gulf resources and chemical corp said it has sold shares of imperial continental gas association for pence a share or mln stg in a private transaction for a pretax gain of about mln dlrs gulf resources said it still owns mln shares of imperial continental or a pct interest ...
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mitek systems expects loss in current quarter mitek systems inc said it expects to report a loss in the current quarter ending march due primarily to the government buying cycle the company did not quantify the size of the expected loss it said it expects sales and profits for fiscal however to exceed those of in mitek...
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german banks see low interest rates continuing the association of german cooperative banks said in a financial survey that domestic interest rates would continue to remain low for the time being it said the bundesbank could hold them down despite strong foreign influence and it saw no interest straining factors in the ...
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wendy s wen declnes comment on market rumors wendy s international inc declined to comment on vague rumors by traders that it might be a takeover target wendy s is currently trading up one at on turnover of more than mln shares a wendy s spokesman said it was corporate policy not to comment on market rumors he further ...
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ferc decision could cut columbia gas cg net columbia gas system inc said a federal energy regulatory commission decision today on natural gas cost recovery could reduce its earnings by about dlrs a share the company said this could bring earnings for below columbia s stated goal of earning no less than its dlrs per sha...
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vertex vetx to buy computer transceiver stake vertex industries inc and computer transceiver systems inc jointly announced an agreement for vertex to acquire a pct interest in computer after it completes a proposed reorganization computer has been in reorganization proceedings under chapter since september the companie...
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u k money market given mln stg assistance the bank of england said it had provided the money market with mln stg help in the morning session this compares with the bank s forecast of a shortage in the system today of around mln stg which it earlier revised up from mln the central bank bought bank bills comprising mln s...
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thousand trails inc trls year loss shr loss dlrs vs profit cts net loss vs profit revs mln vs mln note current year figures include mln dlr after tax writedown of land and improvements a mln dlr increase in allowance for doubtful accounts and after tax gain of three mln dlrs on debt retirement reuter
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texas international co tei th qtr loss shr loss cts vs loss cts net loss mln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln year shr loss dlrs vs loss dlrs net loss ln vs loss mln revs mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln note net includes extraordinary gains of dlrs vs nil in quarter and dlrs vs dlrs in year year net inclu...
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chase amp bank cuts australian prime to pct chase amp bank ltd said it will lower its prime lending rate to pct from effective tomorrow the bank is the first to lower its prime rate below the pct set by a few banks in the last few days in a continuation of a downward trend which began late last month other prime rates ...
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economic spotlight ems marks eighth birthday the european monetary system marks its eighth anniversary still vulnerable to turmoil in world money markets despite creating an island of currency rate stability in europe economists say but many economists say the system which holds eight european community currencies with...
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zambian exchange auction to resume at end of march zambia will reintroduce a modified foreign exchange auction at the end of this month as part of a new two tier exchange rate central bank governor leonard chivuno said chivuno told a press conference at the end of three weeks of negotiations with the international mone...
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u k money market shortage forecast revised up the bank of england said it had revised its estimate of the shortage in the money market up to billion stg from billion before taking account of its early operations the bank has provided mln stg assistance so far today reuter
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loctite loc sees better than expected net loctite corp said it expects third quarter earnings to be higher than security analysts forecasts of to cts a share last year the company earned cts per share in the third quarter it attributed its better than expected forecast to sales growth which it said were particularly st...
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waste management says it is prepared to raise its bid for chemlawn to dlrs a share
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standex international sxi buys british firm standex international corp said it acquired alan duffy engineering ltd of blackburn lancashire england for an undisclosed amount of cash the newly acquired company will operate as part of standex s perkins division the company said reuter
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first chicago fnb raises prime rate first chicago corp said its first national bank of chicago raised its prime rate to pct from pct effective immediately reuter
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wall street stocks purolator courier pcc purolator courier corp stock jumped on a dlr per share takeover offer from emery air freight corp eaf traders said purolator was trading at above the offer price the emery offer tops a dlr per share buyout agreement e f hutton lbo inc reached with purolator february that offer w...
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general public utilities corp gpu two mths net shr cts vs cts net mln vs mln revs mln vs mln mths shr dlrs vs dlrs net mln vs mln revs billion vs billion note results restated for change in accounting reuter
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seaman furniture seam in stock split seaman furniture co inc said its board declared a two for one split of the company s outstanding stock it said holders of its common will receive one additional share for each share held as of march it said certificates representing additional shares will be distributed as soon as p...
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williams industries inc wmsi nd qtr net qtr ended jan shr cts vs three cts net vs revs mln vs mln six mths shr cts vs cts net vs revs mln vs mln note current six mths revs include mln dlrs in revs from john f beasley construction co a wholly owned unit reuter
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aar corp air rd qtr feb net shr cts vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln nine mths shr dlrs vs cts net vs sales mln vs mln avg shrs mln vs mln reuter
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u s warns of dependence on foreign oil a white house ordered report said that growing u s reliance on foreign oil into the year could have potentially damaging implications for national security the energy department study discusses several options to curb reliance on foreign oil but makes no recommendations president ...
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u s commercial paper falls mln dlrs in feb week fed says
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mcgraw hill mhp buys harper row hpr unit mcgraw hill inc said it bought medecines et sciences internationales sa a french healthcare publisher from harper and row publishers inc the sum of the deal was not disclosed it said the french company publishes original titles by french authors as well as translations of americ...
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u s dot approves american amr aci acf pact the u s department of transportation dot said it gave final clearance to the proposed mln dlr acquisition of aircal inc by american airlines inc the acquisition is not likely to substantially lessen competition or to be inconsistent with the public interest the dot said in a s...
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