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RONA Announces Results for First Quarter 2008 (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC-- - RONA , the largest Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, renovation and gardening products announced a 3.8% increase in sales in the first quarter of 2008.
2008-05-13 05:23:12 -
UPDATE: Markets Barely React To ECB Operations (Nasdaq)
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- The European Central Bank Tuesday conducted two short- term liquidity operations, but money markets failed to show any significant reaction.
2008-05-13 05:25:47 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-05-13 13:11 OUTLOOK Barratt Developments set to reveal sales slowdown, possible rights issue (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Barratt Developments Plc. will update shareholders on current trading on Wednesday with many analysts predicting another decline in forward orders as the new homes market continues to deteriorate.
2008-05-13 05:37:39 -
Upper-end home sales see sharp decline (Baltimore Examiner)
Local home prices fell for a sixth straight month, according to recent data, one sign that sellers have fully embraced the idea of pricing lower to sell.
2008-05-13 06:06:31 -
Goldfield Announces First Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Goldfield Corporation , a leading provider of electrical construction services in the southeastern United States and a developer of condominiums, today announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2008.
2008-05-13 06:40:00 -
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2008-05-10 01:39:00 -
Sovereign plans to raise over $1.5b in two offerings - Boston Globe
Sovereign Bancorp yesterday outlined plans to raise more than $1.5 billion in two stock offerings to generate capital amid the credit squeeze that has wrought havoc in the mortgage and lending markets and weakened many financial institutions ...
2008-05-12 09:29:00 -
Crédit Agricole plans €5.9 billion rights issue after write-down - International Herald Tribune
PARIS : The big French bank Crédit Agricole, announced a €5.9 billion rights issue to shore up its capital after further write-downs at its Calyon investment bank. Crédit Agricole on Tuesday confirmed the planned fund-raising, and a €1.2 ...
2008-05-13 02:37:00 -
European 10-Year Bonds Hold at One-Month High on Credit Concern - Bloomberg
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- European 10-year government bonds traded near the highest level in a month as concern the financial-market crisis is spreading boosted demand for the safest assets. The yield on the 10-year German bund held within 1 basis point ...
2008-05-13 02:52:00 -
HSBC takes £3bn credit crunch hit - MSN UK News
Banking giant HSBC has warned of economic recession in the US after announcing an extra £3 billion in credit crunch losses. The bulk of the losses came from bad debts in the US and write-offs on mortgage-backed investments hit by the financial ...
2008-05-12 11:07:00 -
AP Business NewsBrief at 7:36 a.m. EDT - CNBC
Person close to talks: Cablevision close to buying Newsday news://newsclip.ap.org/D90JSO782@news.ap.org NEW YORK (AP) — Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, a person with ...
2008-05-12 04:40:00 -
CARTER HITS U.S. INACTION - Biloxi Sun Herald
Former President Carter said Monday that the federal government could alleviate some of the Coast's affordable-housing burden by studying homeowner's insurance issues along the Coast, and subsidizing the doubled and tripled rates for those who were ...
2008-05-12 11:03:00 -
Festival offers focus on maintaining an active life - Auburn Journal
Some people just won’t take aging lying down. You’ll likely find a few of them at the Senior Health & Fitness Festival in Auburn, which aims to keep seniors active and healthy in their later years. “I wanted to celebrate living,” said Sheryl ...
2008-05-13 12:43:00 -
For Hispanics in U.S., a dream is going sour - International Herald Tribune
In his first years in the United States, Carlos Jacinto endured the itinerant life of a Guatemalan migrant worker, from picking fruit in Florida to moving logs at a sawmill in Washington. Eventually, he settled here in northern Georgia and erected a ...
2008-05-12 11:14:00 -
NSW's 'rich' 11th-hour plea to Swan over means testing - News.com.au
THE so-called "rich" of NSW have issued an 11th-hour plea to the Rudd Government: Don't be too mean with the means test. With Treasurer Wayne Swan set to abolish "middle-class welfare", there are fears among families who cannot be described as "super ...
2008-05-12 09:37:00