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NEW YORK 1996-08-29
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Shares in home healthcare services company Housecall Medical Resources Inc fell more than 50 percent on Thursday after the company said it expected a net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter.
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Morgan Stanley said it downgraded the stock to underperform from outperform.
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Housecall was off 7-3/8 to 7-1/8 in morning trading.
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The Atlanta-based company went public in April at $16 a share.
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Wall Street had expected the company to earn $0.17 a share in its fourth quarter, ended June 30, according to First Call.
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Housecall said fourth quarter earnings and revenues were expected to fall short of expectations.
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It said its non-Medicare infusion therapy, hospice and nursing services businesses failed to meet budgeted revenues.
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It also cited a limitation on Medicare reimbursement for some services provided during the quarter.
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First Alliance net income slips.
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IRVINE, Calif. 1996-08-29
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First Alliance Corporation and Subsidiaries
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Quarter ended June 30 Six Months ended June 30
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1996 1995 1996 1995
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Unaudited
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Total revenue
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17,024,000 18,174,000 31,834,000 24,137,000
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Total expense
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7,718,000 6,828,000 14,668,000 13,091,000
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Net Income 9,167,000 11,175,000 16,909,000 10,880,000
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Net Income Per
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Share 0.86 1.05 1.59 1.02
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Weighted average number of
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shares outstanding
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10,650,407 10,650,407 10,650,407 10,650,407
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Pro Forma:
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Historical income before income
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tax provision
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9,306,000 11,346,000 17,166,000 11,046,000
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Pro forma income tax
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provision 3,820,000 4,658,000 7,047,000 4,534,000
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Pro forma net
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income 5,486,000 6,688,000 10,119,000 6,512,000
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Pro forma net income
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per share 0.37 0.45 0.68 0.44
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Pro forma weighted average
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number of shares
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outstanding 14,775,000 14,775,000 14,775,000 14,775,000
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Oasis singer heads for U.S. after illness.
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LONDON 1996-08-29
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Liam Gallagher, singer of Britain's top rock group Oasis, flew out on Thursday to join the band three days after the start of its U.S. tour.
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Gallagher made his usual obscene gestures and swore at journalists as he prepared to fly from London's Heathrow airport to Chicago.
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" I hate you f... ing lot, yet you're always asking me too many things.
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I'm not a supermodel you know, " he said.
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On Monday, just 15 minutes before his flight was due to depart, Liam decided not to travel with the rest of the group, which includes his brother Noel.
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Liam caught a taxi back to London saying he had " problems at home ".
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He was believed to be suffering from laryngitis and said he had to go house-hunting with actress girlfriend Patsy Kensit.
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When they first heard that Liam had not flown out with the band at the start of the tour, many U.S. fans asked for refunds on their concert tickets.
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The group began the U.S. tour, which is scheduled to last until September 18, with a concert in Chicago on Tuesday at which Noel Gallagher filled in for his brother as lead singer.
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Slough Estates helps lift property sector.
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LONDON 1996-08-29
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A strong set of interim results and an upbeat outlook from Slough Estates Plc helped to boost the property sector on Thursday.
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Shares in Slough, which earlier announced a 14 percent rise in first-half pretax profit to 37.4 million stg, climbed nearly six percent, or 14p to 250 pence at 1009 GMT, while British Land added 12-1 / 2p to 468p, Land Securities rose 5-1 / 2p to 691p and Hammerson was 8p higher at 390.
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Traders said positive comment from investment banks Merrill Lynch and SBC Warburg also fueled the gains.
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One dealer said positive stances from Merrill Lynch and SBC Warburg were the key factors behind the gains.
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A spokesman for Merrill Lynch said the bank was preparing to issue a note on the sector . "
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We have been very positive (on property), " he said, adding: " On a technical basis it is our most favoured sector . "
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SBC Warburg issued an update on the property sector on Thursday, saying that most of the predictions it made at the start of the year were being realised.
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" In the property market it is a case of so far, so good, " a member of SBC Warburg's property team said.
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SBC Warburg said it is maintaining its forecast for five percent growth in rental incomes during 1996, but it has shaved its forecast for capital growth to five percent from six.
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The spokesman said SBC Warburg has also put an " add " recommendation on Slough Estates' shares, but added that this " is a general move, not because of the results . "
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Slough's chairman Sir Nigel Mobbs added to the bullish mood in the sector, saying in a statement that " with the prospect of a period of steady economic growth and low inflation ahead, there is good reason to believe that the property sector should continue its improvement . "
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-- Jonathan Birt, London Newsroom +44 171 542 7717
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Canada's international travel account gap shrinks.
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OTTAWA 1996-08-29
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Higher spending by foreign visitors and less Canadian tourist spending abroad cut the deficit in Canada's international travel account by 26.5 percent in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
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The deficit fell to a seasonally adjusted C$715 million in the second quarter from C$973 million in the first, as foreigners spent a record C$3.00 billion seasonally adjusted while Canadians reduced their spending abroad by 5.1 percent to C$3.72 billion.
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-- Reuters Ottawa Burea (613) 235-6745
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Jordanian PM Kabariti meets Arafat in West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank 1996-08-29
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Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul-Karim al-Kabariti began talks with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in the West Bank on Thursday on the stalled Middle East peace process, officials said.
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Kabariti flew by helicopter to Palestinian-ruled Ramallah and after a brief arrival ceremony went into talks with Arafat.
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The prime minister's visit, his first trip outside the country since Jordan was shaken by food riots earlier this month, came against the backdrop of a Palestinian general strike in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Arafat called the four-hour strike, which ended at noon (0900 GMT) to protest against Israeli policy on settlements and Jerusalem.
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Jordan's official state news agency Petra said Kabariti would hold discussions " on the latest developments in the peace process and bilateral cooperation ".
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Iran says five spy networks destroyed, 41 held.
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TEHRAN 1996-08-29
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Iranian security forces have broken up five espionage rings in northwestern Iran and arrested 41 people on charges of spying for unnamed countries, a daily newspaper said on Thursday.
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Jomhuri Eslami quoted the West Azerbaijan province security chief as saying those held confessed to gathering confidential information, photographing strategic sites, doing propaganda against state officials and " spreading pan-Turkism ".
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It was not clear if they were the same five spy rings, allegedly led by Turkish diplomats, that Iran said in April it had broken up in the same area, which borders Turkey.
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The April arrests were announced shortly after a row in which Tehran asked Ankara to withdraw four Turkish diplomats accused of spying, and Turkey expelled four Iranian diplomats for their alleged links to killings of Iranian exiles.
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Ties between the two neighbours, strained also over a military accord between Turkey and Israel which drew strong Iranian objections, have improved since Islamist Necmettin Erbakan took over as Turkish prime minister in June.
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The daily Iran on Thursday quoted Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahiyan as saying agents arrested 137 people for allegedly spying for Iraq, the United States and other unnamed countries in the Iranian year which ended on March 19.
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Mideast Gulf oil outlook - India holds the key.
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DUBAI 1996-08-29
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India will continue to hold the key to the middle distillates product market in the Middle East Gulf in the short term, traders in the region said on Thursday.
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They said premiums on high quality jet kerosene have widened to around $1, and are likely to remain strong in the near term.
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" On the jet kerosene side we must be cautious about quality.
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Some are commanding a very good premium of 95 cents to one dollar.
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It's been 99 cents to Korea.
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This will stay at this sort of price premium for a while, " one said.
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" But for normal jet the weakened demand is quite noticeable, the premium is around 45-50 cents.
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The differential is not normally as wide as this, " he added.
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Another put the premium for jet kerosene at between 65 and 75 cents.
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One trader said despite the fact that some kerosene was in storage at Dubai ports, demand looked to exceed supply in the near term.
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Jet kerosene was assessed at $27.40 - $27.70 a barrel fob Gulf on Thursday, up from $27.22 last week.
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Dealers expected premiums to stick around current levels for the next two or three weeks, before they get a boost in the second half of September from demand for October cargoes.
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Gas oil, assessed at $24.00 - $24.20 a barrel fob Gulf, was little changed on Thursday from last week's $24.10 - $24.24.
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" On gas oil, in the near term demand and supply are balanced to a bit short, there are some enquiries into east Africa and short covering in India, " said one trader.
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" The Indians have awarded three cargoes, but the question is whether they will come out for more, " he added.
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