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Thailand exported 84,960 tonnes of rice
in the week ended February 24, up from 80,498 the previous
week, the Commerce Ministry said.
It said government and private exporters shipped 27,510 and
57,450 tonnes respectively.
Private exporters concluded advance weekly sales for 79,448
tonnes against 79,014 the previ... | [
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The Italian treasury said annual coupon
rates payable March 1988 on two issues of long-term treasury
certificates (CCTs) would be cut by about four percentage
points compared with rates this March.
Coupon rates on 10-year certificates maturing March 1995
will fall to 9.80 pct from 13.65 pct and rates on 10-year
iss... | [
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Indonesia"s agriculture sector will grow
by just 1.0 pct in calendar 1987, against an estimated 2.4 pct
in 1986 as the production of some commodities stagnates or
declines, the U.S. Embassy said in a report.
Production of Indonesia"s staple food, rice, is forecast to
fall to around 26.3 mln tonnes from an embassy e... | [
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Kuwait"s Oil Minister, in remarks
published today, said there were no plans for an emergency OPEC
meeting to review oil policies after recent weakness in world
oil prices.
Sheikh Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah was quoted by the local
daily al-Qabas as saying: "None of the OPEC members has asked
for such a meeting."
He... | [
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Indonesia appears to be nearing a
political crossroads over measures to deregulate its protected
economy, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report.
To counter falling oil revenues, the government has
launched a series of measures over the past nine months to
boost exports outside the oil sector and attract new
investm... | [
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China's wheat crop this year is seriously
threatened by plant pests and diseases, the New China News
Agency said.
More than 5 mln hectares of wheat-producing land in North
China could be affected because relatively warm and dry weather
had allowed bacteria and insect eggs to survive the winter, the
agency added.
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Saudi riyal interbank deposits were
steady at yesterday's higher levels in a quiet market.
Traders said they were reluctant to take out new positions
amidst uncertainty over whether OPEC will succeed in halting
the current decline in oil prices.
Oil industry sources said yesterday several Gulf Arab
producers ha... | [
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The Gulf oil state of Qatar, recovering
slightly from last year's decline in world oil prices,
announced its first budget since early 1985 and projected a
deficit of 5.472 billion riyals.
The deficit compared with a shortfall of 7.3 billion riyals
in the last published budget for 1985/86.
In a statement outlini... | [
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Gulf money markets have grown reasonably
well during the past decade, but bond and stock markets remain
to a large extent fragmented and lag behind, <Gulf
International Bank BSC> (GIB) said.
The bank's economist Henry Azzam said in a review of Gulf
capital markets that investors have to relinquish traditional
in... | [
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Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Hisham Nazer
reiterated the kingdom's commitment to last December's OPEC
accord to boost world oil prices and stabilise the market, the
official Saudi Press Agency SPA said.
Asked by the agency about the recent fall in free market
oil prices, Nazer said Saudi Arabia "is fully adhering by ... | [
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Canadian and Egyptian wheat negotiators
failed to conclude an agreement on Canadian wheat exports to
Egypt during talks last week, but the Canadian team will return
to Cairo for further negotiations, Canadian embassy officials
said.
An embassy official declined to identify which issues
remained to be resolved and w... | [
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Indonesia's wheat imports are expected
to fall to 1.5 mln tonnes in calendar 1987 from 1.69 mln in
1986, the U.S. Embassy's annual agriculture report said.
It said the drop was expected, because there will be a
drawdown on stocks built up near the end of 1986.
It said wheat stocks at the end of 1986 were 390,00... | [
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Zambia will retain its foreign-exchange
auction system despite the suspension of weekly auctions since
January 24, President Kenneth Kaunda said.
"We have not run away from the auction. It hasn't been
abolished at all," he told Reuters in an interview.
He said the system would be reintroduced after current
talk... | [
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Toshin Steel Co Ltd <TOSS.T> and <Azuma
Steel Co Ltd>, affiliates of Nippon Kokan KK <NKKT.T>, are
considering a merger, company spokesmen said.
Toshin Steel, owned 41.9 pct by Nippon Kokan, and Azuma
Steel, owned 41.3 pct by Nippon Kokan, are expected to decide
by the end of March, they said. Both firms h... | [
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Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus in
the first 20 days of February jumped to 3.58 billion dlrs from
1.94 billion a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said.
The February interim surplus was sharply up from a 965.04
mln dlr surplus in the same January period.
FOB exports rose 14.6 pct from a year earlier in t... | [
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Saudi crude oil output last month fell
to an average of 3.5 mln barrels per day (bpd) from 3.8 mln bpd
in January, Gulf oil sources said.
They said exports from the Ras Tanurah and Ju'aymah
terminals in the Gulf fell to an average 1.9 mln bpd last month
from 2.2 mln in January because of lower liftings by some
cust... | [
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<Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp>
(NTT) expects its profits to fall to 328 billion yen in the
year ending March 31, 1988 from a projected 348 billion this
year, the company said.
Total sales for the same period are expected to rise to
5,506 billion yen from a projected 5,328 billion this year, NTT
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China has signed a 130 mln dlr loan
agreement with the World Bank to partly finance 12 new berths
with an annual capacity of 6.28 mln tonnes at the 20 mln tonne
a year capacity Tianjin port, the New China News Agency said.
China will provide 370 mln yuan for the project and a
Chinese company won a bid against 12 ot... | [
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The Dutch Central Bank said it has
accepted bids totalling 4.8 billion guilders at tender for new
seven-day special advances at 5.3 pct covering the period March
2 to 9 aimed at relieving money market tightness.
Subscriptions to 300 mln guilders were met in full, amounts
above 300 mln at 50 pct.
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Shr 3.25 H.K. Dlrs vs 1.40
Final div 52 cents vs 38, making 75 cents vs 57
Net 1.28 billion dlrs vs 551.7 mln
Note - Earnings excluded extraordinary gains of 983.6 mln
dlrs vs 81.3 mln. Bonus issue one-for-four vs nil. Share split
four-for-one. Dividend payable June 3, books close May 11-21.
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Sweden's Wallenberg group fought back
a bid by the London-based Swedish financier Erik Penser to
secure a large stake in Swedish Match <SMBS ST>, one of the
companies at the core of their business empire.
A statement issued by the Wallenberg holding companies AB
Investor and Forvaltnings AB Providentia said they... | [
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<SHV (United Kingdom) Holding Co Ltd>
said it was making a tender offer for up to 33 mln ordinary
shares in Imperial Continental Gas Association.<ICGS.L>.
It said in a statement the offer was on the basis of 700p
for each IC Gas ordinary and 252p for every one stg nominal of
IC Gas loan stock.
SHV already... | [
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The Bank of England said it forecast a
shortage of around 800 mln stg in the money market today.
Among the main factors affecting liquidity, bills maturing
in official hands and the take-up of treasury bills will drain
some 1.61 billion stg.
Partly offsetting this outflow, exchequer transactions and
a fall in n... | [
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South Korea plans to take steps to keep
its 1987 current account surplus below five billion dlrs,
Economic Planning Board Minister Kim Mahn-je said.
Kim told reporters the government would repay loans ahead
of schedule and encourage firms to increase imports and
investment abroad to prevent the current account surp... | [
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<Sale Tilney Plc> said it has purchased
80 pct of the ordinary share capital of <B and R International
Inc.>, a U.S. Insurance broker, for 5.6 mln dlrs.
Sale is paying 3.6 mln dlrs in cash on completion, with the
balance plus interest to be paid in equal instalments over the
next six years.
B and R posted... | [
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The combined profits of Japan's major
corporations, excluding financial institutions, are forecast to
fall 19.2 pct in the 1986/87 year ending March 31, compared to
the 19.9 pct decline projected in late November, Wako Research
Institute of Economics said.
The private research body also said in a statement that 437... | [
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The Bank of Japan decided at a policy
board meeting to promote further interest rate liberalisation
by lowering the minimum denomination of regulation-free large
deposits and by raising the interest rate ceiling on money
market certificates (MMCs), a central bank official said.
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Dutch animal feed usage in the first
half of the current season from July through December 1986 fell
7.6 pct to 6.5 mln tonnes from 7.1 mln in the same period of
1985, figures in the latest newsletter from the co-operative
Cebeco-Handelsraad show.
Tapioca usage fell 9.1 pct to 1.4 mln tonnes from 1.6 mln
in the fir... | [
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<Exco International Plc>, a subsidiary of
British and Commonwealth Shipping Co Plc <BCOM.L>, said it had
agreed in principle to buy an 80 pct stake in <RMJ Holdings
Corp> for about 79 mln dlrs.
Exco Chairman Richard Lacy told Reuters the acquisition was
being made from Bank of New York Co Inc <BK.N>, wh... | [
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<Coloroll Group Plc> said it has entered
into a conditional agreement to acquire the business and assets
of <Wallco Inc> and related companies for 14.5 mln dlrs.
Miami-based Wallco manufactures and distributes
wallcoverings and showed a pretax profit of 1.5 mln dlrs on
turnover of 37 mln in the year ending Ju... | [
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The Bank of England said it revised its
forecast of the shortage in the money market down to around 700
mln stg from its original estimate of 800 mln.
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Sweden's ruling Social Democratic
Party gave full power to the government to decree unilateral
trade sanctions against South Africa, Prime Minister Ingvar
Calrsson said.
Carlsson told a news conference the party decided the fight
against apartheid took priority over Sweden's traditional
policy of only adopting sanc... | [
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The Bank of England said it had provided
the money market with 37 mln stg assistance in the morning
session. This compares with the Bank's downward revised
estimate of the shortfall in the system today of around 700 mln
stg.
The central bank purchased bank bills outright comprising
four mln stg in band one at 10-7/... | [
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Japan and the U.S. Kick off top-level
trade talks tomorrow amid signs officials from both sides are
growing increasingly irritated with each other.
The talks, held annually at sub-cabinet level to review the
whole gamut of U.S./Japan economic relations, will pave the way
for American Secretary of State George Schul... | [
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<Carlton Communications Plc> has started
the current financial year well, with accounts for the first
four months showing a healthy increase on the same period last
year, and Chairman M.P. Green told the annual meeting he looked
forward to 1987 with optimism.
The issue of 4.6 mln shares in ADR form had now been
... | [
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Deputy oil ministers from six Gulf
Arab states will meet in Bahrain today to discuss coordination
of crude oil marketing, the official Emirates news agency WAM
reported.
WAM said the officials would be discussing implementation
of last Sunday's agreement in Doha by Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) oil ministers to he... | [
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Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Hisham Nazer
reiterated the kingdom's commitment to last December's OPEC
accord to boost world oil prices and stabilize the market, the
official Saudi Press Agency SPA said.
Asked by the agency about the recent fall in free market
oil prices, Nazer said Saudi Arabia "is fully adhering by ... | [
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Kuwait's oil minister said in a newspaper
interview that there were no plans for an emergency OPEC
meeting after the recent weakness in world oil prices.
Sheikh Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah was quoted by the local
daily al-Qabas as saying that "none of the OPEC members has
asked for such a meeting."
He also denied t... | [
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Taiwan plans another round of deep tariff
cuts this year to help narrow its trade surplus with the U.S.,
A senior economic planner said.
Wang Chao-Ming, vice-chairman of the council for economic
planning and development, told Reuters Taiwan would further
reduce import tariffs on 1,700 products sometime in the secon... | [
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Hutchison Whampoa Ltd <HWHH.HK>
expects satisfactory profits in 1987 and will pay a higher
dividend for the year, chairman Li Ka-shing said.
He did not make any specific projections for the company's
earnings this year but he said the firm will pay a dividend of
not less than 32.5 cents per share after a propose... | [
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Scientific Micro Systems Inc said it
has acquired Supermac Technology, a rapidly growing supplier of
enhancement products and disc drive subsystems for the Apple
personal computer market.
Scientific Micro said it acquired all the common stock of
Supermac in exchange for 1.05 mln shares of its own common
stock. The ... | [
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American Express Co, rumored to be
considering a spinoff of part of Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc,
said it is studying a range of options for its brokerage unit
that could improve Shearon's access to capital and help it meet
broadening international competition.
In a joint statement, American Express and Shearson sa... | [
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Ropak Corp said it received
and accepted about 456,968 common shares and 527,035 Series A
convertible preferred shares of Buckhorn Inc at four dlrs and
5.75 dlrs each respectively in response to its tender offer
that expired Friday, and it now owns 34.4 pct of Buckhorn
voting power.
The company had owned 63,000 com... | [
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The port of Philadelphia was closed
when a Cypriot oil tanker, Seapride II, ran aground after
hitting a 200-foot tower supporting power lines across the
river, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
He said there was no oil spill but the ship is lodged on
rocks opposite the Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New
Jersey.
... | [
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Penril Corp said it is seeking to
sell its Triplett Electrical Instrument Corp subsidiary in
Bluffton, Ohio, and Triplett's Alltest division in Hoffman
Estates, Ill., as part of a plan to concentrate on its three
profitable division and reduce its debt load.
The company also said it is evaluating a plan to satisfy
... | [
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Dale Burdett Inc said it
faces damages claims totalling about 420,000 dlrs from the
former owners of Burdett Publications Inc.
The company said on February 20, 1986, its predecessor
Nolex Development Inc acquired Burdett Publications Inc in an
exchange of 17 mln common shares for all Burdett Publications
shares, bu... | [
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New Jersey-based overnight messenger
Purolator Courier Corp said it has agreed to be acquired for
about 265 mln dlrs by a company formed by E.F. Hutton LBO Inc
and certain managers of Purolator's U.S. courier business.
Analysts have said that Purolator has been for sale for
some time. Purolator announced earlier it... | [
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Financial Corp of Santa
Barbara said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase
Stanwell Financial, the lending operations unit of mortgage
banking company <Stanwell Mortgage>, for undisclosed terms.
Reuter
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Parent Company net profit 12.8 mln Swiss francs vs 7.5 mln.
Orders received 2.21 billion francs vs 2.61 billion.
Sales 2.25 billion francs vs 2.49 billion.
Group sales 13.83 billion francs vs 13.88 billion.
Group orders 11.03 billion francs vs 13.00 billion.
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<Four Seasons Hotels> said it and <VMS
Realty Partners> of Chicago have agreed to purchase the Santa
Barbara Biltmore Hotel from Marriott Corp for an undisclosed
amount.
It said the venture will rename the hotel the Four Seasons
Biltmore at Santa Barbara and invest over 13 mln dlrs in
improvements on the 228-... | [
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BBC AG Brown Boveri und Cie
<BBCZ.Z> said it will omit dividend in 1986 for the second
consecutive year.
It said it planned to invite shareholders and non-voting
stockholders to subscribe to a warrant bond issue of around 150
mln Swiss francs to be made after the June 2 annual meeting.
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Investor David F. La Roche of North
Kingstown, R.I., said he is offering to purchase 170,000 common
shares of NECO Enterprises Inc at 26 dlrs each.
He said the successful completion of the offer, plus shares
he already owns, would give him 50.5 pct of NECO's 962,016
common shares.
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Period ended December 31, 1986
Oper shr loss 1.08 dlrs vs loss 84 cts
Oper loss 7,700,000 vs loss 1,700,000
Revs 11,800,000 vs 9,800,000
Note: Current shr and net exclude extraordinary gain of
300,000 dlrs or five cts shr, versus extraordinary gain of
200,000 dlrs or four cts shr
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<Senior Engineering Group Plc> said it
reached agreement with <Cronus Industries Inc> to acquire the
whole share capital of <South Western Engineering Co> for 12.5
mln dlrs cash. This sum is being financed by a term loan.
South Western is one of the U.S.'s leading manufacturers of
heat transfer equipment, ... | [
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Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd <CKGH.HK>
is expecting strong results this year after reporting better
than expected profits in 1986, 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 19
cents a share this year after a on... | [
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Viacom International Inc said it
received revised merger offers from <National Amusements Inc>
and <MCV Holdings Inc>.
The company said the special committee plans to meet later
today to review both offers.
Viacom said National Amusements' Arsenal Holdings Inc
raised the value of its offer for the Viacom ... | [
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The French Cereals Intervention Board,
ONIC, left its estimate of French 1986/87 (July/June) soft
wheat deliveries unchanged from its last forecast at 21.98 mln
tonnes.
This compared with deliveries of 24.38 mln tonnes in
1985/86 (August/July).
Estimated 1986/87 maize deliveries were also left unchanged
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Shr 1.19 dlrs vs 1.46 dlrs
Net 3,150,185 vs 2,665,284
Revs 27.9 mln vs 24.1 mln
Avg shrs 2,653,646 vs 1,826,858
Year
Shr 1.45 dlrs vs 1.37 dlrs
Net 3,611,802 vs 2,502,443
Sales 62.2 mln vs 52.8 mln
Avg shrs 2,489,978 vs 1,826,858
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<Miller Tabak Hirsch and Co> said it
has received an accepted 3,424,729 common shares of Penn
Traffic Co in response to its 31.60 dlr per share tender offer
that expired Friday, and together with the 380,728 shares it
already owned, it now has about 91.8 pct of Penn Traffic.
The company said Penn Traffic is expe... | [
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Waste Management Corp said its
board voted a two-for-one stock split payable April 21, record
March 30.
In other action, Waste Management directors approved an
increase in the quarterly dividend to 18 cts from 14 cts,
payable April three, record March 18.
Reuter
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Porex Technologies Corp said its
board declared an initial annual dividend of 10 cts per share,
its first payout, payable March 26 to holders of record March
12.
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Davis Water and Waste
Industries Inc said its board declared a 33-1/3 pct stock
dividend, payable March 23 to holders of record March 12.
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Medco Containment Services
Inc said its board declared an initial annual dividend of 10
cts per share, its first payout, payable March 19 to holders of
record March 12.
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Pittston Co said it has
tentatively agreed to acquire WTC International N.V. in a
tax-free exchange of stock.
Pittston said it agreed to exchange 0.523 common share for
each of the about 8,612,000 WTC common shares outstanding.
Pittston said WTC's three principal shareholders, who own
62 pct of its stock, are p... | [
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<SDC Sydney
Development Corp>, earlier reporting an increased nine month
operating loss, said a cost control review now underway may
result in cost reduction and elimination of unprofitable and
non-strategic products and services.
The company's operating loss for the nine months ended
December 31, 1986 increased... | [
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Shr loss 11 cts
Loss 739,146
Revs 11,754,251
Note: initial public listing December, 1986
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The Bank of England said it had offered
borrowing facilities to those discount houses wishing to use
them at 1430 GMT.
The Bank also said it provided the money market 456 mln stg
assistance in the afternoon session bringing its total help so
far today to 493 mln stg. This compares with its forecast of a
shortage in... | [
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USDA LIFTS CROSS-COMPLIANCE FOR 1987 CROP OATS
REPEAT FROM LATE FRIDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 - The USDA said it is lifting the
limited cross-compliance requirement for 1987 crop oats.
Deputy Secretary Peter Myers said the action was being
taken to help alleviate the short supply of oats.
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Oper shr 17 cts vs 25 cts
Qtly div 15 cts vs 15 cts prior
Oper net 1,522,000 vs 3,501,000
Sales 98.0 mln vs 86.3 mln
NOTE: Prior year net excludes loss from discontinued
operations of 1,817,000 dlrs.
Company said common shares outstanding down significantly
to 7,814,000, reflecting retirement of abo... | [
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Oper shr 1.80 dlrs vs 1.46 dlrs
Oper net 25.0 mln vs 20.2 mln
Sales 1.09 billion vs 996.4 mln
Avg shrs 13.9 mln vs 13.8 mln
Year
Oper shr 3.20 dlrs vs 2.57 dlrs
Oper net 44.4 mln vs 35.4 mln
Sales 3.87 billion vs 3.43 billion
Avg shrs 13.9 mln vs 13.8 mln
NOTES: Operating net exclude... | [
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Qtly div 35 cts vs 35 cts in prior qtr
Payable April one
Record March 14
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Diagnostic Retrieval Systems Inc
said it has made an offer to acquire, through a wholly owned
unit, all outstanding shares of Rospatch Corp's common stock
for 22 dlrs a share cash, or about 53 mln dlrs.
DRS, a warfare systems producer, said it would make the
transaction through a cash tender offer for all, but not ... | [
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The volume of contracts traded on the
New Zealand Futures Exchange (NZFE) reached a record 25,559
contracts in February, the International Commodities Clearing
House (ICCH) said.
The previous high was 22,583 contracts in December 1986.
The ICCH said the value of the contracts traded in February
was 2.90 billion... | [
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Whittaker Corp said it will have a
gain on the sale of discontinued businesses after any operating
losses from the businesses up until the dates of disposition,
but it will defer reporting the gain until its restructuring
program hsa been substantially completed.
The company said in the first quarter ended January ... | [
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The Japan Fund Inc said it has received
an unsolicited offer from <Sterling Grace Capital Management
LP>, acting together with certain other persons and entities,
to purchase all the assets of the fund at five pct below its
aggregate net asset value.
The Japan Find said tne deal is subject to obtaining
satisfact... | [
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Div 50 won vs 50 won
Net profit 6.91 billion won vs 6.10 billion
Sales 4,275.4 billion vs 3,801,7 billion
Note - Company has set 1987 sales target of 4,800 billion
won.
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Div 50 won vs 50 won
Net profit 35.4 billion won vs 34.2 billion
Sales 4,214.9 billion won vs 3,779.2 bilion
Note - company has set 1987 sales target of 5,200 billion.
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Bank of New York Co said it and the
management of RMJ Securities Corp have agreed to sell 80 pct of
their interests in RMJ Holding Corp to <British and
Commonwealth Holdings PLC> and Bank of New York expects to
realize a substantial gain on the transaction.
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Corning Glass Works said the
exchange ratio for its previously announced acquisition of
Hazleton Laboratories Corp has been established at 0.5165
Corning common share for each Hazleton common share.
Corning said the prospectus regarding the merger is
expected to be mailed tomorrow to all Hazleton holders of
record ... | [
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Bally Manufacturing Corp said it
completed the acquisition of the Golden Nugget Casino Hotel in
Atlantic City, New Jersey from Golden Nugget Inc.
Bally also acquired from Golden Nugget various parcels of
real estate in Atlantic City, it noted.
The transaction included 140 mln dlrs in cash and stock and
the assu... | [
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<Consolidated TVX Mining Corp> said it
agreed to issue 7.8 mln treasury shares to acquire interests in
three gold mining companies in Brazil and an option to increase
the company's interest in a platinum property.
The company said the transactions will bring immediate
production and earnings to Consolidated TVX,... | [
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Oper shr 17 cts vs 19 cts
Oper net 636,000 vs 358,000
Revs 10.6 mln vs 7,024,000
Avg shrs 3,808,000 vs 1,924,000
Year
Oper shr 73 cts vs 65 cts
Oper net 2,467,000 vs 1,199,000
Revs 31.5 mln vs 22.9 mln
Avg shrs 3,372,000 vs 1,785,000
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Shr 22 cts vs 17 cts
Net 1,232,000 vs 834,000
Sales 24.1 mln vs 20.9 mln
Avg shrs 5,609,000 vs five mln
Year
Shr 97 cts vs 69 cts
Net 4,985,000 vs 3,426,000
Sales 92.4 mln vs 77.9 mln
Avg shrs 5,153,000 vs five mln
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Qtly div three cts vs three cts prior
Pay April six
Record March 20
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Qtly div from income 5.1 cts vs 3.035 dlrs in prior qtr
including capital gains of 2.978 dlrs
Payable March 27
Record February 27
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Shr 35 cts vs 25 cts
Net 1,590,000 vs 1,140,000
Revs 32.2 mln vs 23.0 mln
YEAR
Shr 1.16 dlrs vs 68 cts
Net 5,300,000 vs 3,100,000
Revs 110.0 mln vs 85.4 mln
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American Nursery Products Inc
said it purchased Miami-based Heinl's Nursery Inc, for
undisclosed terms.
Heinl's Nursery has sales of about 4.5 mln dlrs and owns
100 acres, of which 75 are in shade houses and about 58,300
square feet cover greenhouses, shipping and office facilities.
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Semi-annual div from income of 7.3 cts vs 1.0 cent in prior
period
Payable March 27
Record February 27
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<Multi-Step Products Inc>, earlier
reporting an initial six month loss, said it agreed to sell
wholly owned Multi-Step Manufacturing Inc for 100,000 dlrs
cash, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
Multi-Step also said it will pay 900,000 dlrs to cancel
711,192 of its own shares, which will be acquired... | [
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Esselte Business Systems Inc's
Esselte Meto division said it has acquired the Antonson America
Co, a subsidiary of <Antonson Machines AB>, of Sweden.
Esselte said the Antonson unit, based in LaPorte, Indiana,
manufactures scales and label printers. The company said the
purchase is part of a plan to increase the ... | [
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