trade	asian export fear damag japan rift mount trade friction and japan rais fear asia export nation that row inflict reach econom damag businessmen and offici told reuter correspond asian capit move japan boost protectionist sentiment and lead curb american import product export that conflict hurt long run short term tokyo loss gain will impos mln dlr tariff import japanes electron good april retali for japan alleg failur stick pact not sell semiconductor world market below cost unoffici japanes estim put impact tariff billion dlr and spokesmen for major electron firm virtual halt export product hit tax wouldn busi spokesman for lead japanes electron firm matsushita electr industri tariff remain place for length time month will mean complet eros export good subject tariff tom murtha stock analyst tokyo offic broker jame capel and taiwan businessmen and offici worri awar serious threat japan serv warn senior taiwanes trade offici ask not name taiwan had trade trade surplu billion dlr last year pct surplu help swell taiwan foreign exchang reserv billion dlr world largest quickli open market remov trade barrier and cut import tariff import product want defus problem retali paul sheen chairman textil export taiwan safe group senior offici south korea trade promot associ trade disput and japan lead pressur south korea chief export similar japan last year south korea had trade surplu billion dlr billion dlr malaysia trade offic and businessmen tough curb japan hard hit produc semiconductor countri expand sale hong kong newspap alleg japan sell below cost semiconductor electron manufactur share that view businessmen such short term commerci advantag outweigh pressur block import that short term view lawrenc mill director gener feder hong kong industri purpos prevent import dai will extend sourc for hong kong disadvantag action restrain trade last year hong kong biggest export market account for pct domest produc export australian govern await outcom trade talk and japan interest and concern industri minist john button canberra last fridai thi kind deterior trade relat two countri major trade partner our matter button australia concern centr coal and beef australia two largest export japan and signific export that countri meanwhil japanes diplomat manoeuvr solv trade stand continu japan rule liber democrat parti yesterdai outlin packag econom measur boost japanes economi measur propos includ larg supplementari budget and record public work spend half financi year call for step spend emerg measur stimul economi despit prime minist yasuhiro nakason avow fiscal reform program deputi trade repres michael smith and makoto kuroda japan deputi minist intern trade and industri miti due meet washington thi week effort end disput reuter
grain	china daili vermin eat pct grain stock survei provinc and citi show vermin consum and pct china grain stock china daili that each year mln tonn pct china fruit output left rot and mln tonn pct veget paper blame wast inadequ storag and bad preserv method govern had launch nation programm reduc wast call for improv technolog storag and preserv and greater product addit paper gave detail reuter
ship	australian foreign ship ban end nsw port hit tug crew south wale nsw victoria and western australia yesterdai lift ban foreign flag ship carri contain nsw port disrupt separ disput ship sourc ban impos week ago pai claim had prevent movement port vessel pai disput hear arbitr commiss todai meanwhil disrupt began todai cargo handl port sydnei newcastl and port kembla industri action nsw port part week action call nsw trade and labour council protest state worker compens law ship sourc port union take turn work for short time start each shift and walk cargo handl port disrupt contain movement affect not stop altogeth not long disrupt will and effect will ship movement reuter
gold	western mine open gold mine australia western mine corp hold wmng wmc will establish joint ventur gold mine northern territori cost mln dlr mine goodal project will own pct wmc and pct local grace and gra unit locat km east adelaid river bundei wmc statement open pit mine convent leach treatment plant expect produc ounc gold year product mid annual or capac will tonn reuter
acq	sumitomo bank aim quick recoveri merger sumitomo bank sumi lose statu japan profit bank result merger heiwa sogo bank financi analyst osaka base sumitomo desposit trillion yen merg heiwa sogo small struggl bank estim billion dlr unrecover loan octob despit link sumitomo presid koh komatsu told reuter confid bank can quickli regain posit back posit place year komatsu interview that merger will initi reduc sumitomo profit and effici will vastli expand sumitomo branch network tokyo metropolitan area rel weak financi analyst divid whether and quickli gambl will pai sumitomo paid for heiwa sogo view smaller bank larg debt argu merger cost effect creat compar branch network scratch analyst agre bank aggress expand oversea enter lucr secur busi and gear for domest competit question wisdom move made bold move put place larg hand kleinwort benson financi analyst simon smithson sumitomo problem limit move enter secur busi take share american invest bank goldman sach and sumitomo last august agre pai mln dlr for pct limit partnership bank for time feder reserv board forbidden exchang personnel increas busi each tie wide look lame duck fed stricter sumitomo expect analyst komatsu move will pai time regul will chang futur and can thing wait two year not centuri komatsu komatsu will patient rout into secur busi home articl secur and exchang act japan version glass steagal act separ commerci invest bank wall two crumbl and komatsu hope deregul will creat opportun find busi chanc komatsu case will secur relat case trust bank relat that kind deregul want such occur sumitomo will focu such domest secur busi profit govern bond deal and strengthen relat meiko secur hold pct share komatsu sumitomo cautious optimist enter secur busi swiss univers bank subsidiari banca del gottardo financ ministri expect grant licenc secur subsidiari commerci bank similar decis for subsidiari european univers bank parent hold pct komatsu reluct push hard for similar decis gottardo subsidiari don want make wave expect thi will allow two year citi bank sumitomo push expand lend individu and small and medium busi replac disappear demand big busi ad analyst sumitomo will devot lot time digest recent initi includ merger ail heiwa sogo sumitomo bold strategi kleinwort smithson that question absorb and juggl will decad strategi wrong reuter
tin	subroto indonesia support tin pact extens mine and energi minist subroto confirm indonesian support for extens sixth intern tin agreement ita pact not ask reuter clarifi statement mondai pact allow laps subroto indonesia readi back extens ita can support extens sixth agreement seventh accord unnecessari sixth ita will expir end june two third major member vote for extens reuter
ipi	china industri output rise quarter china industri output rose pct quarter period peopl daili oversea edit growth rate compar target pct for high base quarter low side industri output grew pct quarter china industri product thi year normal product qualiti and effici improv gave detail reuter
earn	amatil propos two for bonu share issu amatil amaa propos make two for bonu issu revalu reserv sharehold regist sharehold will ask approv issu and increas authoris capit mln share mln gener meet statement share will rank for dividend declar octob amatil industri plc bti hold pct stake not expect maintain latest annual dividend rate cent share enlarg capit reuter
earn	bowat pretax profit rise mln stg shr div make turnov billion stg billion pretax profit mln mln tax mln mln compani name bowat industri plc bwtr trade profit mln mln trade profit includ packag and associ product mln mln merchant and servic mln mln tissu and timber product mln mln interest debit mln mln minor interest mln debit mln debit extraordinari item mln credit mln debit reuter
acq	cra sold forrest gold for mln dlr whim creek whim creek consolid consortium lead will pai mln dlr for acquisit cra craa forrest gold pty unit report yesterdai cra and whim creek not disclos price yesterdai whim creek will hold pct consortium austwhim resourc will hold pct and croesu mine pct statement report forrest gold own two mine western australia produc combin ounc gold year own undevelop gold project reuter
jobs	german industri employ stagnat number worker emploi west german industri sector stagnat last quarter increas employ benefit servic branch diw econom institut diw report ad gener downturn economi sinc last autumn had had neg effect willing firm worker refer mark downturn number worker capit good sector order for manufactur industri good fallen stagnat recent month data for februari final show revers trend pct rise reuter
earn	bowat industri profit exce expect bowat industri plc bwtr pretax profit mln stg exceed market expect mln and push compani share sharpli high last night dealer share eas back bowat report mln stg profit compani statement accompani result that underli trend show improv and intend expand develop exist busi and seek opportun ad that had appoint david lyon manag director redland plc rdld chief execut analyst note that bowat profit mln stg mln previous had boost pension benefit mln stg profit australia and east show greatest percentag rise jump pct mln mln profit oper rose pct mln and europ pct mln reuter
earn	citibank norwai unit lose six mln crown citibank cci norwegian subsidiari base bank made net loss six mln crown foreign banker expect show profit two lean year citibank oslo treasuri head bjoern sejerstad told reuter citibank foreign bank subsidiari oper norwai lost monei restructur for invest bank commerci bank and econom slump norwai last year plung oil price foreign bank allow oper susbidiari norwai sinc foreign bank analyst oslo access norwai second hand secur and equiti market approv thi spring and lower primari reserv requir make profit thi year citibank lost crown norwai sejerstad profit like thi year plan liberalis and econom perform help steadier oil price dlr barrel earlier thi year chase manhattan bank cmb subsidiari decid stop foreign exchang trade heavi loss and focu fee base merchant bank reuter
earn	vieill montagn condit unfavour sharp fall dollar price zinc and depreci currenc creat unfavour econom condit for vieill montagn vmnb statement that two factor led squeez refin margin and pct fall sale and servic incom despit unchang level activ vieill montagn activ pursu restructur program report mln franc net loss mln franc provis for closur electrolysi plant compar mln franc net profit reuter
earn	vieill montagn report loss dividend nil year net loss except charg mln franc profit mln except provis for closur viviez electrolysi plant mln franc except gain mln sale and servic billion franc billion propos net dividend ordinari share nil franc compani full name vieill montagn vmnb reuter
tin	for tin extens stand european commun member intern tin council britain prepar back extens intern tin agreement spokesman meet state repres yesterdai britain undertook commun decis partner todai not readi yesterdai stand not ad state back extens spain and portug not member intern tin council rais object common stanc favour reuter
trade	japan hope avoid sanction top offici japan chanc convinc drop threaten trade sanction despit effort japanes team that left for washington todai michael armacost secretari state for polit affair ask press confer whether japan move boost domest economi and open market persuad not impos tariff japanes import and repli earli for figur demonstr that situat turn and permit result you describ armacost hope japan will step lift domest economi and reduc depend export remov barrier import and settl outstand trade issu obviou problem moment trade area not problem divert attent import area cooper that continu exist secur and polit issu question whether cooper action govern can reduc trade imbal whether congress take action reduc protectionist legisl reuter
zinc	thai zinc export fall march thai zinc ingot export fell tonn march februari and march miner resourc depart spokesman for padaeng industri countri sole export attribut declin compani lower stock averag tonn quarter tonn late began export depart major buyer includ china japan philippin south korea singapor and taiwan thailand export tonn zinc ingot quarter year ago reuter
sugar	sugar tender hard predict london trade outcom todai european commun white sugar tender extrem difficult predict last week substanti award tonn highest rebat european currenc unit ecu per kilo trader believ tonnag smaller tonn declin give view like restitut last week european commiss accept tonn sugar into intervent oper protest low rebat thi determin factor todai result ad reuter
sugar	north yemen call sugar bui tender trade north yemen call bui tender for saturdai for purchas tonn white sugar for arriv june trader reuter
acq	anheus busch join bid for san miguel anheus busch compani inc bud join foreign bidder for sequest share philippin largest food and beverag maker san miguel corp sanm head govern panel control share told reuter ramon diaz secretari presidenti commiss good govern pcgg anheus busch had told govern interest bui mln share san miguel not disclos offer price diaz australian brewer alan bond bond corp hold had offer peso per share for share diaz york invest bank allen and inc had earlier interest bui mln sequest share told reuter last month elder ixl elxa melbourn base brew compani had bid for share hong kong econom journal last month quot spokesman australian stock broker jackson that barwon farmland australian firm own pct ariadn australia plan filipino branch order bui entir block mln share anheus busch last year made mln dlr bid bui san miguel breweri hong kong list compani pct own neptunia corp san miguel corp subsidiari talk broke last june two side not agre term sale reuter
earn	jardin matheson set two for bonu issu replac share
acq	monier britain redland bid for diversifi build materi group monier mnra talk take place lead britain redland plc rdld make offer for monier share not hold chairman bill lock redland hold pct monier mln issu share notic australian stock exchang lock sharehold advis discuss progress and recommend that share monier share trade high dlr todai previou peak yesterdai close and low dlr monier largest concret roof tile manufactur australia and zealand and world largest market fly ash annual report for end june recent report half net fell mln dlr mln year earlier due australian hous downturn foreign earn rose reuter
earn	isuzu plan interim dividend isuzu motor isum will pai dividend for half year end april compani expect mark billion yen parent compani current loss half due slow export caus yen appreci compani spokesman compani paid dividend sinc year end octob paid yen had billion yen current profit half reuter
trade	japanes offici take data microchip talk ministri intern trade and industri miti vice minist makoto kuroda leav for washington todai data hope will refut charg japan violat pact microchip trade man japanes trade team washington lai groundwork for talk kuroda and deputi trade repres michael smith aim persuad not impos tariff japanes product kuroda take propos noth briefcas explan current situat kuroda told daili newspap asahi shimbun kuroda decis base incorrect data and exagger sens miti power control market forc excess expect stabilis suppli demand relat disrupt excess inventori sinc will time kuroda laid part blame for low chip sale japan lack effort american firm fail talk tomorrow and fridai forestal sanction will seek talk trade repres clayton yeutter offici thi week talk delai imposit tariff reuter
acq	bell group confirm standard charter stake bell group blla hold pct issu capit standard charter plc stch acquir share sentenc statement bell headquart confirm broker warburg secur told reuter london yesterdai bell previous held pct standard bell chairman robert holm court director standard not for comment compani intent boost hold and compani offici contact reuter declin comment reuter
acq	nippon steel deni china seek japanes plant nippon steel corp nstc deni local newspap report that china seek bui steel plant japanes firm plan suspend output recent announc rationalis program mainichi shimbun quot nippon steel that china state plan commiss and chines firm ask japanes maker sell steel work and roll mill expand steelmak cheapli name sourc nippon steel spokesman told reuter that china made such offici request and compani not such sale moment mainichi quot nippon steel offici price reason export us mill china paper china crude steel output total mln tonn calendar and that plan increas mln japan steel industri rationalis plan aim cut product capac sharpli year reuter
earn	jardin matheson replac share bonu issu jardin matheson hold jard will withdraw previous announc for bonu issu share and replac two for bonu issu ordinari share statement firm expect pai total dividend for not cent share expand capit jardin matheson decid withdraw issu joint announc earlier todai ronald chairman stock exchang hong kong and secur commission rai astin that list share bar offici announc thi will includ propos jardin matheson jardin statement quot chairman simon keswick continu that issu share benefit sharehold and regret that will not opportun vote matter thi stage keswick share issu will benefit jardin matheson sharehold give firm flexibl issu ordinari share for expans futur dilut exist sharehold vote right ad secretari for monetari affair david nendick referr thi import matter stand committe compani law reform and hope that process will lead develop gener principl can embrac constitu hong kong market reuter
trade	japan hope avoid sanction top offici japan chanc persuad drop threaten trade sanction despit effort japanes team that left for washington todai michael armacost secretari state for polit affair ask press confer whether japan move boost domest economi and open market persuad not impos tariff japanes import and repli earli for figur demonstr that situat turn and permit result you describ armacost hope japan will step lift domest economi and reduc depend export remov barrier import and settl outstand trade issu obviou problem moment trade area not problem divert attent import area cooper that continu exist secur and polit issu question whether cooper action govern can reduc trade imbal whether congress take action reduc protectionist legisl reuter
cpi	indonesian inflat rate pct inflat pct indonesia fiscal march compar pct previou year inform minist harmoko cabinet session discuss econom situat reuter
acq	san miguel deal hit lawsuit bid san miguel corp smc sanm bui back mln sequest share unit coconut planter bank ucpb hit two lawsuit sourc philippin food and breweri compani manila court yesterdai issu injunct bar ucpb sell share repres pct smc outstand capit stock mln share hear april petit file eduardo cojuangco chairman smc and ucpb cojuangco coconut industri invest fund ciif and mln farmer right owner share cojuangco share held trust ucpb and repres blue chip invest petit ucpb plan sell share smc breach fiduciari duti smc sourc propos share sale held second deriv suit file secur and exchang commiss sec eduardo lo angel govern nomine compani board lo angel repres smc minor stockhold ask sec block transact approv last week compani board april board sanction repurchas sequest share for billion peso peso per share lo angel told sec compani retain earn billion peso wipe purchas share and prevent declar dividend lo angel share purchas violat smc agreement creditor maintain debt equiti ratio quot smc chief financi director ramon del rosario tell board that transact boost ratio petit sec lo angel amend earlier suit two week ago charg smc chairman andr soriano iii and director violat duti lo angel earlier complaint relat smc assum last decemb mln dlr loan contract smc hong kong subsidiari neptunia corp for payment share loan assumpt ratifi last week board meet arbitr panel set presid corazon aquino resolv ownership issu expect submit report april amend suit file eduardo lo angel part continu attempt element complet disregard fact and question motiv delai earli disposit sequest share san miguel corp statement come san miguel corp and ucpb reach agreement price share and method payment thi suit direct contravent govern express desir reach amic settlement controversi april statement ad san miguel spokesman had comment cojuangco court petit ad statement come interpret adversari meanwhil ramon diaz head govern panel sequest share last year soriano not elig bui major portion share unit state citizen sequest share split into mln share can own filipino and mln share foreign buyer smc sourc soriano person not prospect buyer share purchas soriano group compani smc neptunia and unnam institut investor soriano name buyer bid march for mln share control ucpb sale abort diaz presidenti commiss good govern sequest share suspicion own cojuangco close associ presid ferdinand marco cojuangco live impos exil share grew mln pct stock dividend announc last june object soriano bui share diaz told reuter hold smc spokesman not controversi resolv compani annual stockhold meet schedul for san miguel corp report sale revenu billion peso pct billion peso sale unaudit net profit neighbourhood mln peso increas pct reuter
sugar	rain boost central queensland sugar cane crop good rain inch past dai boost moistur stress sugar cane crop mackai burdekin region queensland central coast australian sugar produc associ spokesman previous report region undergo sever dry spell partli reliev scatter rainfal sinc decemb virtual failur summer wet season mill area report that crop begin healthi and greener and put growth sinc rain began spokesman brisban mackai burdekin crop outlook will cane loss spokesman earli will and rain need restor sub soil moistur north queensland bundaberg region and southern queensland cane excel condit and mill forecast record crop initi crop estim will compil end cane crush run june decemb reuter
sugar	french trader forecast sugar tender european commun expect award export licenc todai weekli tender for and possibl tonn white sugar last week award for tonn trader expect maximum rebat and ecu per kilo compar last week earlier trader london outcom tender hard predict last week substanti award and place tonn sugar into intervent believ tonnag declin give rebat figur reuter
earn	itali fondiaria report higher profit italian insur fondiaria spa lfdi expect report consolid group profit significantli higher billion lire report compani statement that parent compani net profit last year will rise billion lire report consolid group premium total billion lire compar billion previou year iniziativa meta inzi financi servic unit montedison spa moni control largest singl stake florenc base fondiaria pct reuter
nickel	nickel price rise shearson nickel price rise significantli current level step reduc product shearson lehman brother quarterli nickel market report market had recov slightli dlr yesterdai year low dlr earli januari due absenc soviet nickel cathod deliveri shearson see soviet shipment return last year buoyant level eas current tight output reduct produc will effect thi year like offset increas shearson nickel market will virtual balanc total socialist world demand tonn compar estim tonn product tonn and import socialist countri tonn forecast price will edg higher year quarter averag dlr dlr last quarter year averag will dlr compar dlr london metal exchang cash metal price dollar term and assum averag sterl exchang rate dlr reuter
earn	higher profit for dutch chemic firm dsm fulli state own dutch chemic firm dsm dsmn net profit rose mln guilder mln turnov fell billion guilder billion compani dividend will paid dutch state capac firm sole sharehold rais mln guilder mln guilder initi comment result dsm drop turnov had caus loss compani fertil divis reuter
acq	cincinnati bell csn start auxton auxt bid cincinnati bell inc start previous announc dlr per share tender offer for share auxton comput enterpris inc newspap advertis compani tender and withdraw right will expir extend offer approv auxton board and merger price condit receipt major auxton vote stock fulli dilut basi reuter
earn	california biotech cbio see qtr loss california biotechnolog inc expect report loss dlr dlr for quarter due increas invest research and manufactur and scaleup product compani research spend run pct year ago commerci product quickli and increas expenditur expect continu for quarter oper result will fluctuat quarter quarter depend time signific payment commerci partner month compani lost dlr compani chang fiscal year calendar year year end novemb for quarter last year end februari california biotech earn dlr reuter
earn	pall corp pll set quarterli dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
acq	unilev seek buyer for stauffer chemic unilev plc and issu prospectu invest banker goldman sach and seek buyer for stauffer chemic acquir recent takeov chesebrough pond inc unilev spokesman note unilev indic plan dispos stauffer smaller asset chesebrough sinc bid made decemb stauffer sale prospectu recent week number compani express interest unilev spokesman declin group expect receiv for stauffer chesebrough footwear and tenni racket busi like dispos ad immedi financi inform stauffer wholli own limit ad month sale septemb billion dlr unilev aquir chesebrough for billion dlr order benefit toiletri brand and food product reuter
acq	conrac corp enter talk acquisit parti
acq	conrac cax merger talk conrac corp sait start negoti interest parti acquisit can assur that transact will result talk gave detail mark industri inc start tender for conrac share dlr each march and own pct conrac start bid conrac produc and market comput relat inform displai and commun equip produc special purpos architectur and industri product own code phone corp produc telephon answer machin for compani report profit mln dlr dlr share sale mln dlr mln share outstand reuter
earn	comput research inc core qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev half shr ct ct net rev reuter
ship	australian foreign ship ban end tug crew south wale nsw victoria and western australia yesterdai lift ban foreign flag ship carri contain nsw port disrupt separ disput ship sourc ban impos week ago pai claim had prevent movement port vessel pai disput hear arbitr commiss todai meanwhil disrupt began todai cargo handl port sydnei newcastl and port kembla industri action nsw port part week action call nsw trade and labour council protest state worker compens law reuter
earn	rubbermaid inc qtr shr ct ct
ship	independ chairman for dutch cargo disput two side rotterdam port gener cargo disput agre appoint independ chairman han lammer presid futur meet employ spokesman gerard zeebregt lammer queen commission for provinc flevoland will not act mediat will draw agenda and procedur for meet employ and union work practic agreement and propos redund two month strike sector began januari protest employ propos for redund strong workforc thi year strike call main port union fnv march amsterdam court interim injunct redund procedur ground court due make final rule zeebregt expect judgment employ and like restart complic legal redund procedur futur meanwhil disput work practic agreement port grain sector continu mainten worker strike load not affect spokesman for graan elev mij largest employ sector employ written union ask reconsid posit and meet union member call for tomorrow reuter
earn	electro rent corp elrc qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr ct dlr net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	rubbermaid inc rbd qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
earn	wtc intern inc waf qtr feb net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln year shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	mead corp qtr oper shr dlr ct
earn	rubbermaid rbd see continu improv rubbermaid inc incom order rate continu strong and expect continu record favor year year comparison each remain quarter todai compani report quarter earn mln dlr sale mln dlr earn mln dlr sale mln dlr reuter
earn	cayuga save bank cayb qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr reuter
earn	johnstown save bank fsb jsbk qtr net shr ct not net note compani public octob net includ pretax loan loss provis dlr dlr and gain sale secur dlr dlr reuter
earn	home save and loan associ inc hsld qtr march shr ct not net half shr dlr not net note compani recent public reuter
earn	geodynam corp gdyn qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
jobs	swedish unemploy steadi march swedish unemploy steadi pct workforc march compar previou month central bureau statist march figur stood pct reuter
earn	compaq cpq expect higher quarter net compaq comput corp expect sale and earn for quarter higher analyst expect due strong demand for product rod canion presid and chief execut offic compaq expect sale mln dlr for period end march analyst estim mln dlr ad that earn per share exce analyst estim high ct share compaq report earn mln dlr ct share and sale mln dlr for quarter compani demand for deskpro portabl iii and compaq deskpro will contribut sale increas initi demand for recent introduc compaq portabl iii and model compaq deskpro exce that compaq person comput canion continu demand for person comput across quarter march strong month reuter
acq	intern sell insur unit intern reach preliminari agreement sell hawaiian insur co hawaiian electr industri inc term transact not disclos compani transact subject execut definit agreement government approv and approv board director involv intern hawaiian electr plan purchas part strategi increas compani invest select servic industri hawaii includ financi servic reuter
earn	cxr telcom corp cxrl qtr march net shr nil nil net rev mth shr nil net rev reuter
acq	proxmir outlin insid trade legisl senat bank committe chairman william proxmir wi plan introduc legisl shortli requir greater public disclosur corpor takeov and fairer treatment for sharehold speak nation associ manufactur proxmir recent insid trade stock scandal increas chanc that congress will act curb abus propos legisl that provid for disclosur fairer sharehold and insur that takeov properli financ provis bill reduc threshold for notifi secur and exchang commiss that investor group acquir percentag stock compani pct current pct threshold dai proxmir addit pre notificaton requir that investor intend aquir pct that file sec proxmir pre notif requir meant prevent arbitrag jump gener public know come takeov attempt proxmir call for extend period that tender offer open william act busi dai current busi dai bill provid for privat suit acquir compani violat time period tender offer correct abus financ takeov proxmir legisl aim insur current margin requir properli enforc feder reserv board pct margin requir for purchas stock proxmir not gener enforc hostil takeov group individu lead takeov declar that can rais capit for takeov put monei proxmir bill privat suit for damag for failur meet feder reserv pct margin requir bill requir disclos investor form allianc hostil takeov picken and icahn togeth want peopl proxmir proxmir favor approach us britain two tier tender offer that insur that sharehold reciev equal treatment expect amend bill cover defens mechan such green mail and poison pill proxmir intend introduc bill thi month and predict senat committe act thi spring hope congress pass bill thi year reuter
earn	helen troi corp hele qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale mln avg shr year oper shr profit dlr loss ct oper net profit loss sale mln mln avg shr note latest year net exclud dlr tax credit reuter
earn	banker trust put brazil accrual banker trust york corp approxim mln dlr medium and long term loan brazil accrual statu and that quarter net incom will reduc mln dlr result brazil suspend interest payment billion dlr medium and long term debt februari bank regul not requir bank stop accru interest loan payment dai overdu banker trust act high potenti continu suspens that result reach dai limit second quarter assum cash payment current interest rate receiv for rest banker trust estim that full year net incom reduc mln dlr banker trust assum that debt negoti brazil and commerci bank lender will lead resumpt interest payment negoti resum york fridai central bank governor francisco gro expect bank for dai rollov billion dlr term debt that matur april reuter
earn	mercantil currenc fund inc qtr net shr profit ct ct net rev reuter
sugar	intervent sold tonn white sugar rebat ecu
money-fx	stoltenberg see move strengthen pari accord west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg todai meet major industri countri wai strengthen pari accord stabil foreign exchang rate stoltenberg told journalist fundament weak februari agreement group countri and canada exchang rate current level declin measur discuss ahead communiqu group minist todai stoltenberg and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl import pari agreement louvr accord had underestim stoltenberg greater agreement major countri six month ago time annual meet intern monetari fund and world bank mark sharp discord unit state and major trade partner fundament weak pari accord will wai strengthen not want discuss that stoltenberg louvr agreement work despit slight firm yen dollar and poehl note that dollar mark pariti unchang sinc februari bundesbank had sell mark support dollar louvr agreement honor market poehl west germani had live side bargain pari prepar for tax cut acceler stimul growth poehl that japan had not fulfil pledg for econom stimul and will unit state promis pari reduc budget deficit and congress ad stoltenberg reiter west german concern fall dollar note that mark pct dollar and pct trade weight basi you cannot expect that unnot economi and not german problem european problem reuter
sugar	intervent board detail sugar sale total tonn current seri white sugar receiv export rebat maximum european currenc unit ecu per kilo todai european commun tender intervent board thi trader receiv tonn franc west germani belgium spain and denmark tonn ad earlier todai london trader had declin give project view level subsidi total tonnag award tonn pari trader foresaw and tonn authoris for export ecu subsidi cumul sale authoris for current season stand tonn week last week tonn white authoris for export licenc end sep higest rebat european currenc unit ecu per kilo reuter
earn	mead mea expect improv earn thi year mead corp outlook for major paper market strong for second quarter and augur for earn gener strong outlook bode for significantli improv earn thi year burnel robert chairman and chief execut offic earlier compani report quarter earn mln dlr dlr share versu mln dlr ct share last year quarter compani report earn continu oper mln dlr dlr share mead quarter benefit stronger market condit and improv oper combin capit improv program and employe involv pai paper oper robert ad that mead pulp and paperboard busi oper price improv and strong demand product sold posit middl year mead sale unbleach coat paperboard strong pct versu quarter reuter
earn	amertek inc atekf qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev reuter
earn	alex brown inc absb qtr march net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct qtrly div six ct ct net rev mln mln note pai date for qtrly div april for sharehold record april reuter
earn	town and countri jewelri manufactur tcjc thh qtr feb shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr year shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln avg shr note town and countri jewelri manufactur corp reuter
acq	paxar corp pak make acquisit paxar corp acquir thermo print gmbh lohn west germani distributor paxar product for undisclos term reuter
earn	mark work wearhous year jan net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	canadian bashaw erskin resourc merg canadian bashaw leduc oil and ga agre merg erskin resourc term not disclos ownership combin compani pct for current sharehold canadian bashaw and pct current sharehold erskin compani reuter
earn	entourag entg quarter loss entourag intern inc had quarter loss dlr incur dlr cost for intern audit report for sharehold and proxi solici and dlr startup expens for open london offic compani public entourag start market solid perfum packag lipstick tube call amadeu retail dlr compani acquir north countri media group video product compani reuter
earn	jax fashion inc year feb net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	woolworth hike dividend ct share ct
earn	woolworth hike dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
sugar	dutch sugar beet plant half finish roughli half thi year expect hectar dutch sugar beet crop ground spokesman for suiker uni largest sugar processor netherland told reuter condit gener good and averag sow date for crop expect april april last year and year averag april spokesman ad earli kind output can expect come harvest septemb crop good start last year netherland plant record hectar sugar beet and produc record mln tonn white sugar substanti countri combin and quota tonn thi year impos quota system introduc aim cut plant hectar and reduc white sugar output tonn minimis amount quota sugar produc farmer record grow suger beet allot quota thi expect prevent area boost dairi cereal farmer move into sugar reuter
earn	morgan and inc qtr shr dlr dlr
sugar	commiss detail sugar tender commiss confirm grant export licenc for tonn current seri white sugar maximum export rebat european currenc unit ecu per kilo thi trader franc receiv tonn west germani belgium spain and denmark tonn reuter
earn	volkswagen dividend decis due tomorrow volkswagen vowg due make formal announc dividend tomorrow level mark per ordinari share held despit massiv loss suspect foreign currenc fraud spokesman supervisori board will meet tomorrow discuss payout statement will made disclos profit for will reach level despit provis mln mark link currenc affair figur virtual mln mark parent compani net profit confirm currenc scandal march manag board propos unchang mark dividend supervisori board dividend mark propos for compani prefer share share analyst supervisori board approv manag board propos virtual formal surpris compani sourc dig into reserv maintain disclos profit parent compani reserv stood billion mark end reuter
earn	citytrust bancorp inc citr qtr net shr dlr dlr net avg shr reuter
acq	southmark acquir nurs home southmark corp acquir long term care facil contain for approxim mln dlr cash facil approxim bed western state bought don bybe and associ salem or acquist bring health care facil acquir last month compani reuter
earn	morgan and inc jpm qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion return asset pct pct return common equiti pct pct note qtr net reduc mln dlr billion dlr loan brazil accrual loan loss provis mln dlr mln year earlier reuter
earn	firstbanc corp ohio fboh qtr net shr ct ct net reuter
earn	mayfair super market inc myfra qtr net qtr end feb shr class ct ct shr class ct ct net rev six mth shr class dlr ct shr class dlr ct net rev note qtr and six mth prior figur reflect two for stock split august reuter
earn	hanov insur hin split approv hanov insur stockhold approv two for stock split result split hanov increas number author share capit stock mln par dlr mln par dlr stock split payabl april stockhold record april hanov reuter
acq	nation guardian natg make acquisit nation guardian corp acquir number secur servic compani recent aggreg revenu dlr for aggreg cost dlr acquir guard servic compani secur gaurd servic paramu cartel secur consult inc guard servic divis secur servic america wayn capit investig and protect agenc hackensack and meyer detect agenc inc nation park compani bought alarm servic oper certifi secur servic inc kei west fla custom secur servic myrtl beach secur group inc houston and louisvil kent and nashvil tenn offic well fargo alarm servic reuter
earn	univers medic umbiz distribut set qtly distribut ct ct prior exclud ct special pai april record april note full name univers medic build reuter
acq	wedgeston realti wdg acquisit approv wedgeston realti investor trust shareholkd approv acquisit advisor wedgeston advisori corp for share complet expect place april reuter
heat	sun sun cut heat oil barg price sun sun refin and market subsidiari decreas price charg contract barg custom for heat oil harbor cent gallon effect todai cent gallon price reduct bring sun heat oil contract barg price ct gallon compani reuter
jobs	dutch adjust unemploy rise march dutch season adjust unemploy rose month end march total end februari end march social affair ministri figur show figur for male jobless rose month compar year earlier figur for women end march month earlier and end march unadjust basi total unemploy fell month end march march figur ministri spokesman unadjust figur show smaller usual season decreas for time year cold weather delai work build industri thi explain increas adjust statist total vacanc rose end march year earlier figur reuter
earn	hartmarx corp hmx boost dividend chicago april qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai record
money-fx	top offici arriv treasuri for talk top offici lead industri nation arriv treasuri main build begin meet group offici arriv reuter correspond includ west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl french financ minist edouard balladur and central banker jacqu larosier arriv japanes financ minist kiichi miyazawa and japan central bank governor satoshi sumita and british chancellor exchequ and central bank governor robin leigh pemberton sign italian canadian offici monetari sourc fulli blown meet group expect begin local time gmt and last gmt communiqu expect issu italian sourc italian act financ minist giovanni goria met treasuri secretari jame baker last night talk baker appar convinc goria declin attend februari meet group pari that itali particip fulli meaning decis reuter
interest	fed expect set custom repurchas feder reserv expect interven govern secur market suppli temporari reserv indirectli custom repurchas agreement economist economist expect fed execut billion dlr custom repo offset pressur end two week bank reserv mainten period todai for perman reserv inject offset season pressur outright purchas bill coupon thi afternoon feder fund rate open pct and remain that level yesterdai pct averag reuter
acq	reader digest associ sell unit reader digest associ inc sold subsidiari sourc telecomput corp ventur capit firm welsh carson anderson and stow purchas price not disclos reader digest purchas pct stake sourc and earn unspecifi profit mln dlr revenu reuter
earn	wei market inc wmk qtr march net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	continent bank initi distribut approv continent bank canada sharehold approv capit reorgan initi payout end common sharehold last year mln canadian dlr sale continent asset lloyd bank plc lloyd bank canada bank initi distribut form stock dividend cumul redeem retract class seri two prefer share entitl holder monthli float rate dividend pct prime and dlr share retract continent initi payout subject canadian govern approv bank reiter that total distribut common sharehold rang dlr share dlr includ initi stock dividend and final distribut late earli payout exist prefer sharehold will complet month initi distribut common sharehold continent ad reuter
earn	atla consolid mine and develop acmb qtr shr loss ct loss ct net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln year shr ct dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln note atla consolid mine and develop corp manila translat philippin peso peso dollar quarter and year reuter
acq	sci med sml board agre bristol bmy deal sci med life system inc director approv previous propos agreement merger bristol myer propos transact subject complet due dilig investig includ review bristol myer patent infring suit serv sci med advanc cardiovascular system inc march bristol myer call agreement circumst sci med continu patent suit merit reuter
acq	fidelcor ficr complet sale unit fidelcor inc complet sale industri vallei titl insur subsidiari group investor includ unit manag for undisclos term industri vallei asset mln dlr and acquir last year ivb financi corp reuter
earn	data translat inc datx qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale avg shr reuter
earn	fidata corp fid qtr loss shr loss two ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln year shr profit dlr profit ct net profit mln profit rev mln mln note net includ pretax secur sale gain dlr loss dlr quarter and gain dlr loss dlr year net includ pretax gain sale busi nil dlr quarter and mln dlr dlr year net includ pretax loss disposit product line nil dlr quarter and dlr dlr year quarter net includ tax credit dlr dlr net includ revers tax loss carryforward dlr dlr quarter and tax loss carryforward dlr dlr year reuter
earn	marbl financi corp mrbl qtr net oper shr ct not oper net note net exclud dlr gain termin pension plan compani public august reuter
acq	dominion textil call report bid for burlington rumor
earn	raytheon qtr shr dlr dlr
earn	fleet financi group qtr shr ct ct
earn	diebold inc dbd declar dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
earn	independ bank corp ibcp regular dividend qtly div ct ct previous pai april record april reuter
earn	raytheon rtn qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	waltham save bank wlbk initi dividend qtly div ct payabl record april reuter
earn	fleet financi group flt qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net avg share note qtr net interest incom mln dlr mln dlr earn per share reflect two for common stock split march reuter
acq	dominion call burlington bur report rumor dominion textil inc consid publish report that bought stake burlington industri inc and make joint bid for compani rumor compani spokesman concern and compani concern rumor and not comment rumor spokesman michel dufour told reuter respons queri inform that publicli that dominion textil interest make acquisit that big base that peopl start sort rumor dufour ask whether report rumor compani not prepar comment dominion textil presid and chairman thoma bell town and unavail for comment dominion textil last year made unsucces mln dlr bid for avondal mill and maintain mln dlr line credit us for american acquisit dufour compani negoti textil compani not whether burlington industri burlington stock rose sharpli thi morn report dominion textil had join investor asher edelman bui stake compani and make takeov offer dominion textil report oper profit mln canadian dlr last year sale mln dlr repeatedli will concentr expand into compani plan diversifi into product and market area addit expand textil oper reuter
interest	fed set overnight system repurchas fed
earn	raytheon rtn net rise oper raytheon pct rise quarter net mln dlr reflect improv oper and lower effect tax rate compani revenu gain electron major applianc and line offset decreas energi servic and aircraft product revenu quarter rose pct billion dlr compani backlog stood billion dlr billion dlr year earlier year billion dlr defens contract award shortli close quarter reuter
earn	gener instrument corp grl qtr loss end feb shr loss dlr profit ct net loss mln profit rev mln mln year shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln note includ loss mln dlr loss mln dlr year and loss mln dlr current qtr discontinu oper qtr includ pretax gain mln dlr settlement litig and tax gain mln dlr chang estim effect tax rate reuter
cocoa	cocoa export expect limit sale major cocoa export like limit sale week ahead effort boost world price sourc close meet cocoa produc allianc cpa sourc depress world market had main topic discuss close door meet member cpa began mondai produc agre that cut sale aid buffer stock manag intern cocoa pact effort support price major cocoa produc and consum nation agre oper rule for buffer stock meet london last month and stock manag expect enter market price weight success cocoa surplus recent fell level manag bui cocoa stock rule buffer stock aim price pre set rang bui price fall and sell rise world cocoa price present not interest comment deleg repres major cpa produc anoth sourc that octob septemb world cocoa crop sold limit sale term concern essenti year harvest sourc note that cocoa industri brazil world number two produc privat hand thi mean limit sale difficult major west african produc sale made author commod market board cpa includ world top produc ivori coast brazil and ghana and account for pct output meet due end tomorrow even reuter
interest	fed add reserv overnight repurchas feder reserv enter govern secur market arrang overnight system repurchas agreement fed spokesman dealer that feder fund trade pct fed began temporari and direct suppli reserv bank system reuter
earn	morgan jpm net hurt brazil trade morgan and inc quarter earn fell pct larg reflect previous announc decis place accrual statu billion dlr medium and long term loan brazil that decis spur brazil suspens interest payment februari reduc quarter net incom mln dlr mln dlr compar mln month morgan report loss mln dlr secur underwrit and trade contrast gain mln dlr year earlier period fourth quarter morgan post trade loss mln dlr setback trade and underwrit euromarket secur condit sector euromarket remain difficult last quarter float rate note suffer heavi price fall spokeswoman unabl whether morgan trade loss restrict euromarket posit side morgan reduc provis for loan loss mln dlr mln year earlier foreign exchang trade incom rose mln dlr mln and trust incom increas mln dlr mln morgan oper incom fee and commiss rose mln dlr mln net invest secur gain drop mln mln net interest earn mln dlr quarter mln year earlier and net yield fell pct pct brazil had not accrual mean that interest can record incom payment receiv net interest earn mln dlr and net yield pct brazil not resum payment net cut mln dlr morgan ad provis for loan loss morgan allow for credit loss end march total mln dlr compar mln end and mln year earlier report net recoveri six mln dlr charg off mln compar net charg off mln dlr recoveri mln year earlier exclud brazil accru loan quarter end mln dlr mln end and mln year earlier interest expens rose mln dlr mln dlr half increas relat personnel cost morgan reuter
earn	atla consolid mine acmb qtr shr loss ct ct net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln year shr loss ct loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	fleet flt sharehold approv share increas fleet financi group sharehold approv increas share compani author common stock share share compani sharehold approv move annual meet provid todai compani report that quarter earn rose mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct share quarter terenc murrai chairman and presid fleet financi fleet mortgag bank activ continu produc signfic incom increas quarter murrai fleet mortgag servic portfolio reach billion dlr march includ billion dlr purchas march reuter
earn	row furnitur corp row qtr feb shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	reuter chairman urg freer inform flow exchang and telecommun author abolish restrict full and free dissemin inform invest and bank commun reuter hold plc rtr chairman sir christoph hogg annual repoprt lengthi negoti had brought agreement tokyo and london stock exchang for fuller not complet access market data reuter servic market maintain restrict ad hogg member market that inform restrict protect interest case exchang limit distribut data order provid competit advantag commerci inform busi note that despit increas liberalis telecommun field countri continu protect state monopoli expens econom sector reuter deal servic remain exclud such countri result bank commun serv entir economi put competit disadvantag ad reuter increas pre tax profit pct previou year mln stg pct rise revenu mln stg earn per ordinari share pct annual sharehold meet will held london april reuter
acq	ccl industri purchas stake monobloc ccl industri inc purchas major interest monobloc envas metalurgico alava spain term not disclos ccl agre exchang present and futur technolog envas reuter
tin	pari group publish daili franc tin price associ white metal decid publish daili tin price french franc per kilo french feder ferrou metal price quot for time yesterdai introduc lack tin quot caus problem for french compani spokesman for ferrou metal associ todai price set franc per kilo and tuesdai intern chamber commerc stop publish tin price london metal exchang lme stop tin trade octob associ test basi calcul french franc price last month ensur reliabl spokesman french franc price pre tax for qualiti minimum pct puriti french port border railwai station and minimum deliveri tonn french feder ferrou metal group metal associ includ associ white metal reuter
earn	rhode inc rhd declar dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
acq	madeira letter intent acquir madeira inc sign letter intent acquir tradevest inc stock for stock exchang complet transact tradevest pct issu outstand stock madeira reuter
earn	celltron celt declar for split celltron inc director declar for revers stock split common stock split will payabl april sharehold record april reuter
earn	montedison agrimont unit earn montedison spa itali net consolid profit for agrimont group form june total billion lire agrimont spa hold compani for montedison agro industri busi had sale billion lire and net profit billion lire amort cost billion lire and billion lire reduct inventori due fall market price montedison agrimont wholli own montedison take step trade milan exchang compani compani that character unstabl fertliz market due weak dollar and declin intern price for product sold europ and agrimont oper conserv divis pesticid and anim health care product agrimont maintain previou level revenu and market share montedison montedison name ettor dell isola newli creat posit presid agrimont montedison name renato picco manag director eridania spa and gianfranco ceroni manag director italiana olii sifi member ferruzzi group manag board argimont board director ferruzzi own pct montedison compani reuter
acq	datron datr agre buyout offic datron corp agre merg ggfh inc florida base compani form top offic compani term propos transact each share datron common stock exclud share own offic will bought for six dlr share datron offic hold pct total datron common share outstand complet propos transact offic datron pct compani merger subject gghf receiv financ for plan datron sharehold datron will ask approv plan annual meet held june juli and merger expect complet juli reuter
acq	trump and interst properti talk acquir alexand
earn	sound warehous inc swhi qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	trump and interst talk for alexand donald trump and interst properti hold preliminari discuss joint acquisit alexand inc dlr per share acquisit subject applic real estat gain and transfer tax joint statement trump and interst present pct alexand common stock intend compani retail suc acquisit can assur that parti will reach agreement acquisit price offer statement reuter
earn	telecraft corp swhi qtr feb net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln six month shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln note qtr and six month includ gain dlr and dlr for tax loss carryforward reuter
earn	colt industri inc cot qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net reflect interest expens debt incur financ recapit oct prior year earn restat reflect recapit plan reuter
acq	yanke ynk unit not sell subsidiari yanke co inc eskei inc esk subsidiari decid not sell yale kei unit detail not disclos reuter
earn	mayfair super market inc myfra qtr feb shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln six month shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln note share adjust for for stock split reuter
earn	baton broadcast inc six mth feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	unit cabl televis corp uct qtr net shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note current year net period includ pretax charg mln dlr increas reserv for invest broadcast televis entiti and tax credit dlr quarter and dlr mth reuter
acq	canada publish takeov harcourt invest canada allow indirect takeov holt rinehart and winston canada saunder canada and le edit hrw harcourt brace jovanovich canada inc govern agenc harcourt canada agre sell control firm canadian interest two year harcourt canada parent harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj indirectli acquir canadian book publish compani purchas holt rinehart and winston cb inc cb last octob reuter
acq	talk point burlington industri bur largest textil maker focus busi competitor found merger partner burlington industri inc restructur into attract takeov candid analyst takeov spotlight fell todai burlington rose specul that investor asher edelman and dominion textil inc canada bought almost pct stake publish report edelman and dominion jointli acquir stake burlington and weigh takeov offer edelman not comment and spokesman for montreal base dominion call report rumor burlington not report true wall street profession not convinc stori that edelman and dominion victor burlington into plai arbitrag past comment dominion ad credenc specul dominion that for takeov last year dominion unsuccessfulli bid for avondal mill and maintain mln dlr line credit us for acquisit dominion spokesman canada largest textil produc negoti textil compani not whether burlington acquisit thi area not unusu that burlington houseclean eileen gormlei thomson mckinnon burlington sold domest oper made sheet and linen steven and inc for mln dlr last year reorgan manag and focus oper busi that affect foreign competit gormlei pull back not commod market gormlei move heavili into industri fabric burlington bought masland suppli carpet and fabric auto industri past spent and never realiz return outlai make you record year and pois profit had past gormlei estim earn dlr per share dlr per share analyst todai recommend client not bui burlington current level edward johnson johnson redbook recommend sell believ stock worth dlr takeov basi and dlr earn basi arbitrag takeov valu compani dlr per share asher edelman recent histori lot peopl don find credibl anymor arbitrag anoth edelman succe forc manag step enhanc sharehold valu even doesn win target compani edelman unsuccess last year offer for lucki store inc and fruehauf corp succe bui ponderosa inc stock textil maker rose burlington steven stn climb and fieldcrest cannon inc fld result merger fieldcrest and cannon rose west point pepperel inc wpm rose reuter
earn	sterivet laboratori stvtf qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev reuter
earn	sterivet laboratori stvtf year loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
trade	japan last ditch effort avert tariff senior japanes offici tomorrow open talk american trade negoti last ditch effort avert high tariff impos wide varieti japanes electron export makoto kuroda vice minist japan ministri intern trade and industri miti hold two dai meet deputi trade repres michael smith and secretari commerc bruce smart tariff into effect april retali for japan failur adher agreement end dump semiconductor world market below cost and open home market semiconductor shipment impos good us semiconductor includ televis and audio equip and comput and japanes offici likelihood talk avert pct duti mln dlr worth japanes shipment presid reagan announc plan tariff march that close monitor juli japanes semiconductor pact convinc offici that japan not honor agreement make annouc reagan commit full enforc trade agreement design provid american industri free and fair trade trade analyst move aim japan semiconductor trade practic injur semiconductor industri congress complain presidenti timid trade issu congression democrat pledg enact aggress trade law counter contend reagan inact redress grow trade deficit last year reach billion dlr deficit japan reagan recent sign japan begin adher pact and that not termin kuroda leav tokyo todai had propos explan semiconductor situat told daili newspap ashai shimbun that reagan decis base inaccur data and exagger sens miti power control japanes trader unit state excess expect stabil suppli demand relat disrupt excess inventori sinc will time that firm had not aggress sell japanes market reuter
acq	hoechst celanes send report facil hoechst celanes corp propsect custom confidenti report describ polyest textil fiber facil north carolina and south carolina compani not disclos price report describ facil darlington counti and fayettevil compani report decrib relat manufactur market administr and technic resourc that made avial buyer hoechst celanes form feb merger celanes corp and american hoechst corp merger place agreement reach feder trade commiss that domest polyest textil fiber asset combin compani divest hoechst celanes option divest south carolina facil american hoechst packag polyest textil fiber facil celanes reuter
earn	mellon particip mortgag trust mpmt div qtly div ct ct prior payabl record april reuter
acq	gec declin comment purchas rumour gener electr plc gecl gec declin comment rumour london stock market that plan anoth purchas medic equip field addit exist subsidiari picker intern inc gec spokesman that compani polici not comment acquisit rumour stock exchang trader rumour help gec share price rise final yesterdai close price reuter
earn	preston corp ptrk see quarter loss preston corp expect report loss dlr ct per share for quarter compar profit dlr ct per share year truck compani attribut loss continu rate discount primari market flat revenu and increas cost includ uninsur claim expens result advers weather condit last month result northeast strong and expect show improv result for rest year reuter
trade	white hous stand firm japanes sanction presidenti spokesman marlin fitzwat trade sanction japan like effect april spite full court press japanes offici avoid indic will effect japan appli full court press put feet forward term explain posit fitzwat told report note high level meet trade disput underwai don can report and don offici movement reuter
earn	dow jone and inc quarter shr ct ct
earn	hay dana inc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln note pct own dana corp dcn reuter
cocoa	cocoa termin deposit cut pct icch basic deposit cocoa futur contract will reduc pct fridai april take requir deposit for tonn lot stg previous spokesman for intern commod clear hous icch deposit for spread contract will similarli cut stg for tonn lot previous icch had cocoa market fluctuat period week ad market basic stabil had warrant cut deposit rate decis cut deposit icch consult london cocoa termin market spokesman cut like attract busi market reuter
earn	electro rent corp elrc qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct dlr net rev mln mln reuter
earn	walgreen qtr shr ct ct
earn	judi inc judi qtr jan loss shr loss two ct profit ct net loss profit sale mln mln year shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit sale mln mln reuter
earn	orang inc qtr feb net shr profit dlr loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr half shr profit dlr loss dlr net profit mln loss rev mln mln avg shr note current year net period includ gain dlr sale orang florida subsidiari american agrnom corp agr net includ pretax real estat disposit loss dlr gain dlr quarter and loss dlr gain dlr half prior year net includ tax credit dlr quarter and dlre half current half net includ dlr pretax gain dlr chang account reuter
earn	dow jone and inc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln note earn includ tax gain mln dlr ct share versu tax gain mln dlr ct share for quarter earn per share reflect pct stock dividend form class common stock distribut june reuter
earn	lord abbett and mutual fund dividend lord abbett bond debentur fund qtly div ct ct prior pai record april lord abbett govern secur fund daili div ct ct prior pai record lord abbett tax free incom fund nation seri daili div ct ct prior pai record lord abbett tax free incom york seri daili div ct ct prior pai record lord abbett tax free incom texa seri daili div ct ct prior pai record lord abbett california tax free incom daili div ct ct prior pai record reuter
earn	heineken see higher profit wider penetr dutch brewer heineken hope maintain for number year similar earn growth pct increas net profit achiev despit continu invest reorgan program and effort extend world penetr heineken last month report net profit mln guilder mln chairman freddi heineken compani europ lead beer produc six pct market share sale increas pct mln hectolit volum increas due rise brand amstel lite great demand and europ sale account for pct total turnov despit loss guilder term due weaker foreign currenc rose pct billion guilder consolid foreign compani includ increas stake lead spanish breweri aguila pct ventur and modern french and spanish interest erod profit margin compani plan invest mln guilder thi year restructur and market heineken heineken spanish activ start yield profit year heineken ad that french oper had turn profit vast ration last year vice chairman gerard van schaik decis european court justic luxembourg foreign beer into close west german market europ biggest beer market offer interest possibl for heineken beer distribut and sale import point van schaik ad that sinc rule heineken had inund german trader seek joint ventur question not want penetr german market van schaik ad that wide travel german develop tast for foreign beer intern structur region heineken board member han coebergh respons for african oper africa import beer growth market long term compani present africa sinc and major stake six breweri and interest hamper lack hard currenc africa beer consumpt averag liter per head per year and sale limit import restrict and currenc risk nonetheless account for pct total sale site product render expens high price import essenti ingredi heineken scientist possibl balanc cost import malt heinken launch nigerian market beer made pct sorghum had sold successfulli coebergh heineken urg farmer grow tradit raw materi coebergh note that banana and palm beer popular rwanda thi possibl not possibl achiev heineken flavor coebergh chairman heineken compani year effort penetr soviet market had final result thi week contract that relax restrict face lack hard currenc limit heineken market potenti heineken bar moscow that enjoi good sale bar accept western monei reuter
earn	walgreen wag vote quarterli dividend qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai june record reuter
coffee	colombia busi ask diversifi coffe colombia govern trade offici urg busi commun aggress diversifi activ and stop reli heavili coffe samuel alberto yohai director foreign trade institut incomex privat businessmen not becom call mental hostag coffe tradition colombia major export nation plan depart forecast that coffe will account for total export billion dlr oil and energi product make anoth and tradit export remaind reuter
crude	turkei call for dialogu solv disput turkei todai disput greec includ right continent shelf aegean sea solv negoti foreign ministri statement latest crisi two nato member stem continent shelf disput and agreement thi issu effect secur economi and right countri issu basicli polit solut can found bilater negoti statement greec repeatedli issu legal and solv intern court justic two countri approach arm confront last month greec announc plan oil explor work aegean and turkei search for oil face avert turkei confin research territorri water latest crise creat histor opportun solv disput two countri foreign ministri statement turkei ambassador athen nazmi akiman due meet prime minist andrea papandr todai for greek repli messag last week turkish prime minist turgut ozal content messag not disclos reuter
acq	frontier insur frtr acquisit talk frontier insur group inc negoti acquir busi medic quadrangl inc largest medic malpractic insur produc and busi malpractic produc medic profession liabil agenc inc gave detail reuter
earn	frontier insur group inc frtr qtr net oper shr ct six ct oper net rev avg shr year oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln avg shr note net exclud invest gain ct shr loss six ct quarter and gain ct loss six ct year reuter
earn	southington save bank ssbb qtr net shr ct not net note compani public juli reuter
earn	caterpillar inc cat vote quarterli dividend qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai record april reuter
acq	correct datron datr agre buyout datron corp agre merg gghf inc florida base compani form top offic compani term propos transact each share datron common stock exclud share own offic will convert into six dlr share datron offic hold pct total datron common share outstand correct compani name gghf paragraph reuter
earn	walgreen wag qtr feb net shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mln mln rev billion billion six mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion note result includ charg ct shr for latest six mth credit ct shr for prior six mth invest tax credit dividend payabl june record reuter
earn	medtron mdt see pct earn growth medtron inc see pct growth sale and earn for year end april analyst meet compani that for year end april will earn mln dlr dlr share sale mln dlr year ago period compani earn mln dlr dlr share sale mln dlr winston wallin medtron chairman compani will improv market share fiscal cardiac pacemak and expand cardiovascular therapeut product line wallin caution analyst not quickli chang per share estim for compani medtron will heavi sale and market expens fiscal compani intend reinvest earn busi and not dividend sharehold grow busi reinvest dividend share repurchas wallin see medtron share total worldwid pacemak market increas pct fiscal pct fiscal worldwid market for cardiovascualr therapeut product includ pacemak valv cathet and laser will valu billion dlr and will doubl that wallin object hold product and start build market share beg borrow steal into market past medtron pacemak plagu number problem lead product recal regul critic industri cite qualiti problem and needless overprescript pacemak knowledg major problem pacemak lead wallin intend establish compani qualiti leader industri glen nelson execut vice presid for medtron compani intend diversifi intern and acquisit compani area medtron expertis such drug deliveri system wallin pct earn growth for fiscal not includ dilut acquisit hope safeti provis that won major dilut acquisit wallin compani will virtual exclus rate respons pacemak for fiscal compani market activitrax singl chamber pacemak that vari heartrat respons physic activ siemen west german compani develop rate respons pacemak reuter
acq	spie batignol increas comstock hold construct group spie batignol negoti increas hold engin and electr instal firm comstock spie batignol subsidiari schneider schn statement negoti invest mln dlr comstock form bond convert into share spie batignol held pct stake comstock sinc februari spokesman spie batignol convert bond open for french compani control comstock gave detail reuter
tin	talk continu tin agreement extens discuss extens sixth intern tin agreement ita began quarterli session intern tin council itc council wait for decis member state number produc govern not decid final posit whether ita extend for two year wound expir june deleg sourc earlier todai european commun member decid back extens except britain undertook commun decis partner deleg fridai member countri declar posit extens todai full council session start shortli gmt schedul start delai coordin meet council reconven gmt tomorrow deleg morn like minor technic matter and main issu will not discuss afternoon session reuter
cotton	pakistan cotton crop record mln bale pakistan like produc record mln bale lb each cotton current crop exceed target mln bale food and agricultur minist mohammad ibrahim baluch told pakistan central cotton committe meet present consecut poroduct record set year and momentum acceler futur offici app new agenc report baluch indic that pakistan attain record cotton product mln bale compar crop mln bale repres target earlier set author for thi year product reuter
earn	tranzon co tnz qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr year shr two dlr dlr net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	secur pacif expect brazil loan action cut net mln dlr
trade	white hous japanes tarriff like white hous high tariff japanes electron good like impos schedul april despit effort japan avoid presidenti spokesman marlin fitzwat made remark dai and japanes offici meet emerg provis juli semiconductor pact discuss trade and punit tariff fitzwat japan appli full court press put feet forward term explain posit ad that indic tariff will effect reuter
earn	showboat sbo charg see qtr loss showboat inc will charg mln dlr pretax result for quarter end march director and assist presid kell houssel iii told reuter charg result pre oper expens recent open atlant citi showboat hotel casino and bowl center and will loss for quarter and for fiscal houssel showboat earn for fiscal show sharp increas fiscal level due contribut atlant citi facil showboat earn dlr last year quarter for fiscal earn dlr houssel showboat sinc open atlant citi hotel casino showboat had start charg interest expens connect debt sold financ facil directli incom capit interest had previous showboat open hotel quarter and game began last thursdai regular basi test game complet earlier week reuter
earn	secur pacif spc loan put accrual secur pacif corp place medium and long term loan brazil and ecuador accrual basi march move that will reduc quarter earn mln dlr ct per share tax despit anticip reduct quarterli earn secur pacif expect report quarter earn higher mln dlr dlr per share report for quarter bank hold compani action affect mln dlr loan brazil and mln loan ecuador brazil suspend interest payment billion dlr medium and long term debt februari ecuador foreign debt roughli billion dlr not paid interest foreign bank sinc februari march ecuador suspend interest payment for rest year earthquak halt export oil account for pct countri export revenu announc secur pacif will record interest incom receiv cash compani believ that brazil will reach agreement bank and that interest payment will resum brazilian negoti resum fridai york central bank governor francisco gro expect bank for dai roll billion dlr term debt that matur april reuter
crude	iraqi troop report push back iranian iraq todai troop push iranian forc posit had initi occupi launch offens southern port basra earli yesterdai high command communiqu iraqi troop had won signific victori and continu advanc iraq had foil prong thrust six mile basra admit iranian had occupi ground held moham qassem unit divis attack communiqu iranian revolutionari guard assault warplan helicopt gunship heavi artilleri and tank forc continu advanc purg last foothold occupi iranian iran troop had kill wound iraqi and stabilis posit baghdad communiqu iraqi plane destroi oil instal iran southwestern ahvaz field raid todai deni iranian report that iraqi jet shot iraq report naval battl northern tip gulf iraqi naval unit and forc defend offshor termin sank six iranian iranian boat attempt attack offshor termin communiqu reuter
earn	golden enterpris inc gldc qtr feb net shr ct ct qtly div six ct six ct prior qtr net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note dividend payabl april holder record april reuter
money-fx	group meet end meet financ minist and central banker group end and half hour west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg and british chancellor exchequ nigel lawson declin comment meet emerg treasuri european monetari offici minist group countri gather local gmt treasuri reuter
livestock	usda propos foreign meat inspect rule agricultur depart prepar propos that requir foreign meat product inspect point arriv unit state usda offici donald houston administr usda food safeti and inspect servic fsi told hous agricultur subcommitte usda develop propos chang regul that put end current practic permit foreign meat product unload port and inspect anoth port houston requir phase year avoid disrupt and econom hardship reuter
acq	ual ual respond pilot todai ual inc respons thi afternoon pilot union propos bui unit airlin unit ual spokesman lot movement stock and clarif spokesman ad that chanc statement releas todai pilot earlier thi week offer bui airlin for billion dlr and assum billion dlr exist debt takeov specul driven ual stock for week ual last month york real estat develop donald trump held posit stock and that held discuss chairman develop talk that posit invest reveal plan todai rumor circul that coniston partner bui ual stock ual jump volum mln share unit thi propos pilot propos realist don exptect put interest option front ual manag timothi pette bear stearn and analyst analyst ual made vulner attack diversifi core airlin ad hertz rental car westin and hilton intern hotel strategi becom travel servic compani strategi left stock slump and pilot union concern that compani not focuss attent airlin ual stood firm strategi emphas focu chang name allegi takeov specul escal and wall street busi calcul break valu excess dlr per share trader todai describ bui ual widespread indic that big institut stock plai market sourc that trump attract attent stock pilot propos act catalyst kick round specul and perhap throw compani into hand anoth buyer domino you investor consider stake second domino union that type attitud precursor airlin deal past pette interest valu for reuter
earn	hartmarx hmx target earn growth hartmarx corp year restructur continu target record earn for fiscal chairman john meinert told annual meet meinert reiter earlier comment that earn for remaind year doubl level meet that goal fiscal end novemb hartmarx report earn mln dlr dlr share prior year mln dlr dlr share year apparel manufactur recent post quarter earn ct share ct year ago meinert told sharehold hartmarx plan sell divis ad financi capac advantag acquisit meinert compani will open and redesign kuppenheim direct consum store atlanta detroit loui washington and san francisco compani women apparel continu grow and hartmarx draw board briar concept store will featur ti shirt and tailor cloth reuter
money-supply	fed heller see return slower monei suppli growth
earn	gener electr qtr shr dlr dlr
crude	ghana bui crude oil iran ghana will import tonn crude oil annual iran agreement reach tehran todai iranian new agenc irna report agenc receiv london accord reach iranian oil minist gholamreza aqazadeh and visit ghanaian deleg head foreign minist ob asamoah irna that agreement iran will provid technic and scientif assist manpow train and oil exploit product and refin reuter
money-supply	fed heller monetari growth slower robert heller member feder reserv board expect modest level growth monei suppli thi year view thi not logic desir develop speech prepar for deliveri econom forum chapman colleg orang calif text releas washington effect lower inflat and financi deregul monetari aggreg larg finish monetari growth return modest level heller note growth monei suppli slow mid januari not surpris monetari aggreg grow slowli balanc year ad heller danger renew price inflat price behavior american produc respons price increas foreign competitor will crucial for econom futur widespread domest price rise respons rise import price gener inflationari forc eman foreign trade sector and not gain market share for produc return stagflat late result such behavior pattern heller warn feder reserv will disciplin conduct monetari polici heller govern exercis fiscal disciplin and cut deficit spend restraint tax imposit tax tend rekindl inflat and not make competit intern market heller economi expand pct aid higher export europ and canada free trade agreement negoti canada exceedingli help allow american produc compet effect that countri heller reuter
earn	gener electr qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion note prior year not includ result rca corp reuter
earn	energi develop edp had year loss energi develop partner had oper loss for year end decemb mln dlr ct per share mln dlr cash writeoff oil and ga properti quarter result net loss mln dlr dlr per share energi develop partner limit partnership began oper septemb full year revenu total mln dlr compani prove reserv decemb total mln barrel oil and mln cubic feet natur ga reuter
money-fx	industri nation reconven for talk financi minist and central banker lead industri nation reconven thi afternoon canadian financ minist michael wilson enter meet minist review pari agreement ask satisfi west german and japanes stimulu wilson repli french financ minist edouard balladur meanwhil confirm communiqu end meet financ minist and central banker britain franc canada and west germani reuter correspond return treasuri build japanes offici and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl not left build end earlier group talk broke local time gmt sign italian deleg posit thrown into question thi morn resign christian democrat wing itali socialist led govern european monetari offici that italian deleg insid build thi meant that full blown meet group progress reuter
acq	chrysler renault delai motor amo pact chrysler corp and regi natiional de usin renault agre extend two week period for reach definit agreement chrysler propos billion dlr takeov american motor corp letter intent sign chrysler and renault march set april target date for complet negoti letter allow room for extens that date april agreement not reach two compani plan complet work april chrysler and renault complex natur deal for addit time expect march letter intent two compani that chrysler renault extend agreement date event that prior april chrysler discov unforeseen problem due dilig investig compani refer american motor chrysler spokeswoman not whether problem had crop talk stuck compani statement that time need talk complex that definit delai previou agreement chrysler and renault letter intent termin april agreement reach letter amendend written agreement compani chrysler spokeswoman work definit agreement anoth chrysler offici not part talk told deal troubl glitch analyst downplai signific delai can visual wouldn want donaldson lufkin jenrett analyst richard henderson reuter
earn	rite aid corp rad set dividend qtly div ct ct pai april record april reuter
earn	airsensor inc arsn qtr jan loss shr loss ct loss six ct net loss loss sale mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale reuter
earn	gener electr qtr help rca gener electr corp quarter result significantli higher due strong result rca acquir last year gener electr attibut continu strong perform plastic major applianc and employ reinsur corp for strong quarter record net earn for quarter mln dlr dl per shr pct mln dlr dlr per share for quarter year ago gener electr chairman john welch reiter compani outlook for expect doubl digit earn growth for year quarter result line expect gener electr cite strong result network and station oper nation broadcast not part quarter reason for strong earn note that aircraft engin oper profit higher year ago caus increas shipment quarter impact strike aerospac revenu sharpli higher thi year quarter year ago inclus rca aerospac and defens busi compani addit consum product revenu last year includ sale rca video product gener electr restructur provis mln dlr tax implement strateg move charg oper quarter ad that time gain mln dlr tax inventori account chang and technic product revenu and oper profit ahead last year led strong increas medic system volum and inclus thi year rca commun and relat servic reuter
copper	teck talk copper ventur teck corp continu talk join joint copper ventur highland vallei british columbia held affili cominco clt and lornex mine corp not negoti complet teck vice presid administr john guminski repli queri that talk had ongo for long time declin specul outcom cominco pct own consortium led teck optimist that talk will conclud spokesman don townson told reuter partner hope that situat will resolv cominco townson optimist that will conclud shortli ad townson declin talk end cominco and teck pct own lornex agre januari form joint ventur merg highland vallei copper oper cominco and lornex share equal control and manag highland vallei oper cominco pct share product and lornex receiv pct for six month juli ventur offici start product highland vallei had total or mill mln short ton grade averag pct copper townson cominco share product short ton copper contain concentr short ton molybdenum concentr ounc silver and ounc gold consortium pct own teck and pct each mim canada inc and metallgesellschaft canada acquir cominco stake last year canadian pacif reuter
earn	banponc corp bdep qtr net shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	xebec xebc report qtr loss xebec corp expect report loss for second quarter end april due princip declin sale intern busi machin corp ibm compani largest custom xebec expect revenu total mln dlr compani report second quarter loss last year mln dlr ct per share mln revenu xebec ibm histor account for pct compani revenu that total fell pct quarter end ibm had us xebec hard disk drive control product ibm product ibm phase xebec intend continu streamlin oper light loss busi compani consolid two plant nevada and plan sell unus and surplu asset provid addit liquid reuter
earn	caterpillar cat reaffirm quarter outlook caterpillar inc remark deliv annual meet san francisco reiter expect loss quarter result hurt mln dlr time charg caterpillar mitsubishi pct own affili compani expect profit oper for full year improv remark prepar for deliveri sharehold presid peter doni caterpillar target pct cost reduct will difficult achiev weaker dollar limit opportun obtain lower materi cost reuter
acq	broker boost zondervan zond stake pct investor group head minneapoli minn broker jeffrei wendel rais stake zondervan corp share pct total outstand share pct file secur and exchang commiss wendel group bought zondervan common share march and april price rang dlr share wendel group act cooper anoth sharehold group head london investor christoph moran sought unsuccessfulli last year zondervan reuter
earn	kiena two for share split approv kiena gold mine sharehold approv previous report propos two for common stock split record date split will april kiena reuter
earn	hanov insur hin rais dividend hanov insur board declar quarterli dividend ct per share payabl holder record april dividend come two for stock split effect april approv sharehold todai compani paid dividend ct per share pre split basi reuter
acq	dai int dai sell unit dai intern corp enter into letter intent sell allen industri inc unit group includ unit current manag dai sale enabl dai acceler earn for current fiscal year end octob net earn for full year end octob ball park analyst estim mln dlr mln dlr richard jacob dai chairman and chief execut offic dai report earn mln dlr ct share fiscal dai agreement subject prepar and negoti definit agreement and abil group obtain financ reuter
earn	rite aid corp rad set quarterli dividend qtly div ct ct pai april record april reuter
earn	vulcan vul see quarter oper loss vulcan corp quarter oper result will show loss chairman lloyd miller told told annual meet compani report profit dlr ct share for quarter last year cent share come oper factor spokesman miller attribut expect loss complet purchas transfer and consolid oper asset sullivan rubber divis thi prove costli and take time origin anticip vulcan work resolv problem miller told sharehold ad appear will find solut reuter
acq	ual ual comment stock rise ual inc cite compani polici told york stock exchang not comment unusu rise stock ual parent unit airlin close volum mln share wall street trader ual stock soar respons propos billion dlr buyout offer unit air pilot union and gener rise air fare industri reuter
earn	strata corp stata year dec loss shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	strata stata earn report qualifi strata corp earn report contain qualifi opinion independ auditor strata ow mln dlr overdu interest lender end and entir mln dlr principl classifi liabil compani agreement merg lomak petroleum inc lost mln dlr loss mln dlr year earlier reuter
earn	dayton hudson corp vote quarterli payout qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai june record reuter
earn	vulcan corp vul regular dividend qtly div ct ct prior qtr payabl june record reuter
acq	nat distil agre sell spirit unit for mln dlr american brand
grain	usda seek comment grain discount schedul agricultur depart seek public comment question adjust commod credit corpor ccc discount and premium schedul improv qualiti grain accept loan collater price support program premium and discount schedul base qualiti factor such moistur content and kernel damag schedul stipul premium and discount us for valu grain ccc accept purchas year depart that produc encourag deliveri higher qualiti grain ccc adjust premium and discount comment due april and report congress requir law reuter
acq	cascad import unit acquir pari compani cascad import inc usa cascad intern europa gmbh west germani tent acquir worldwid right for product madam gre bernard tapi group pari agreement call for cascad right for manufactur and trade perfum skin care and treatment product and cosmet group cascad agreement includ exclus right trade duti free channel worldwid design gre accessori addit cascad grant option purchas asset includ plant and equip locat franc compani cosmet product line market alon repres mln dlr revenu reuter
earn	armel inc aml qtr loss oper shr loss ct loss dlr oper net loss loss rev mln mln year oper shr loss ct loss dlr oper net loss loss rev mln mln note exclud charg ct per share fourth quarter and gain ct per share year reuter
acq	nation distil sell spirit unit nation distil and chemic corp sign definit agreement sell spirit divis for mln dlr jame beam distil unit american brand inc amb sale spirit divis made compani previous announc plan sell spirit and wine busi wine busi sold last month for mln dlr heublein inc part grand metropolitan plc nation distil purchas price will paid cash nation distil spokeswoman sale permit nation focu core busi chemic and propan market proce sale will us repai debt and for corpor purpos compani separ statement american brand sale for mln dlr assumpt liabil sale subject complianc hart scott rodino antitrust improv act and regulatori approv compani nation distil spirit busi sale mln dlr american brand nation spirit brand includ gilbei gin and vodka dekuyp liqueur and windsor suprem canadian whiski reuter
earn	manag scienc msai loss top ct manag scienc america inc clarifi statement made earlier todai loss for quarter exce ct share recur expens associ acquisit compani includ comserv inc earlier todai compani told meet investor that quarter loss ct share reuter
interest	wojnilow see drop interest rate feder reserv will promot lower interest rate thi year sustain world econom growth boston corp manag director albert wojnilow fed tough line inflat cannot act slow growth credit subvert nation econom polici select occas dollar steadi and trade deficit not respond unit state decid push germani and japan harder meet commit econom growth feder reserv will part move rate wojnilow report justifi not anticip recess higher interest rate secur market particip fear wojnilow last week hiccup monei and currenc rate and bond and stock price caus japanes window dress for march end fiscal year account wojnilow enjoi averag econom growth quarter pick reflect unsustain pace inventori build and prospect for full year for real gross nation product growth pct reuter
acq	raytech rai bui west german compani raytech corp acquir raybesto industri produkt gmbh for mln dlr raybesto manufactur facil radevormwald west germani produc friction materi for us clutch and brake applic reuter
earn	intercar care post qtr loss intercar inc expect report substanti loss for fourth quarter end januari writeoff expens associ recent termin debt and equiti offer compani write includ expens associ acquisit medic enterpris inc and restructur partnership intercar increas reserv account receiv execut compani not immedi provid addit detail intercar implement workforc reduct close two medic center and addit close mean reduc work capit deficit reuter
earn	unit tech utx see earn impact unit technolog corp decis intern consortium not develop engin impact earn intern aero engin iae pct own unit technolog pratt and whitnei divis decid not launch superfan version engin told analyst that iae decis not launch full develop program iae superfan for certif will short term impact earn unit technolog spokesman told reuter short term refer and spokesman declin elabor iae owner roll royc plc japanes aero engin corp fiat spa and mtu west germani analyst estim unit technolog will earn dlr dlr share report earn ct share includ two larg writeoff reuter
earn	stewart and stevenson ssss qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln year shr nil loss dlr net profit loss mln rev mln mln note full name stewart and stevenson servic inc reuter
earn	westamerica bancorp wab qtr net shr ct ct net loan mln mln deposit billion mln asset billion billion reuter
earn	southeast bancorp stb act brazilian debt lead major bank southeast bank corp told secur and exchang commiss place mln dlr medium and long term brazilian debt accrual cash statu base current interest rate estim file that move will reduc net incom dlr quarter and mln dlr for compani not brazilian debt situat materi advers effect issu common share connect acquisit popular bancshar corp reuter
earn	william wmb see flat pipelin volum william co expect oil and fertil transport volum flat oper profit pipelin unit improv mln dlr earn last year mln dlr special charg incur william pipelin charg earn for remov mile pipelin servic and for casualti loss companywid william had net loss mln dlr total revenu billion dlr declin profit mln dlr sale billion annual report william northwest pipelin corp and william natur ga had natur ga cost that lowest nation averag dlr and dlr per mcf last year total natur ga reserv for unit declin billion cubic feet billion cubic feet previou year compani william natur ga unit pai exposur major pipelin show improv oper result tariff and feder tax rate compani ga market busi expect somewhat lower earn competit oper region annual report ga market unit earn mln dlr sale mln dlr last year william expect substanti declin debt equiti ratio thi year mln dlr receiv cash sale agrico chemic and proce sale and leaseback william telecommun telecommun busi mile fiber optic system for long distanc us will not profit late william reuter
earn	super valu store inc svu qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale billion billion avg shr year shr dlr dlr net sale billion billion avg shr note period end februari earn includ net loss unconsolid subsidiari dlr quarter and dlr for year reuter
earn	parker drill pkd qtr feb loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln six mth shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss loss rev mln mln reuter
coffee	coffe drop ct cardena intern coffe price drop and cent octob agreement reach support market jorg cardena manag colombia nation coffe grower feder speak forum for industrialist reason that market satur and that produc will excess product and stockpil mln bag todai futur york settl cent reuter
acq	hbo hboc urg sharehold andov hbo and letter strongli urg sharehold not sign proxi card andov group march andov group two man gener partnership own pct hbo stock file preliminari proxi materi secur and exchang commiss seek nomin altern slate director compani april annual meet andov had express interest acquir compani septemb hbo never receiv offer addit hbo financi condit improv rapidli result signific restructur implement expect compani report net incom ct per share and signific increas for year end decemb compani report loss mln dlr ct per share reuter
earn	cfcf inc six mth feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	uap make acquisit uap inc acquir slater auto electr two ontario store and unit diesel engin part dartmouth nova scotia for undisclos term transact togeth acquisit earlier thi year will increas annual sale mln dlr reuter
earn	hawkey hwkb annual report qualifi hawkey bancorp annual financi result qualifi auditor annual report condit that compani will unabl continu concern auditor deloitt haskin and sell hawkey annual report sharehold hawkey report loss almost mln dlr cite increas loan loss provis mln dlr and restructur cost mln dlr hawkey asset billion dlr year end expect suffici cash meet oblig for month period last juli bank hold compani reach debt restructur agreement identif bank subsidiari and bank oper for disposit restructur improv hawkey financi condit not assur that hawkey will surviv concern report hawkey surviv will depend abil compli provis debt restructur and regulatori agreement and abil return profit oper can assur that hawkey will meet requir compani believ will hawkey reuter
earn	washington bancorpor qtr net shr ct ct net mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion mln note year ago result restat reflect merger colson inc reuter
acq	dome dmp plan forc sale encor stake dome petroleum propos restructur debt billion canadian dlr includ provis that forc compani sell pct stake encor energi corp inc dome secur and exchang commiss file dome file that debt plan propos make payment year incom debentur lender debt secur dome encor share year circumst share encor requir dispos compani dome pledg mln encor share secur for part debt canadian imperi bank commerc estim last year mln dlr analyst commerc bank press dome sell stock pai debt dome encor share had market mln dlr march compani file previous report dome seek approv principl for debt restructur plan dome file propos lender sign letter understand earli april implement effect juli dome petroleum reiter sec file that exist concern depend continu interim debt plan due expir june and win agreement for propos restructur plan compani believ that negoti and implement propos debt restructur plan realist and achiev dome final outcom negoti cannot predict thi time reuter
trade	deficit cut unabl cure trade deficit financi analyst pleas congression move trim year feder budget deficit action will improv trade deficit buoi economi hous repres expect vote tomorrow approv trillion dollar budget blueprint for come fiscal year that reduc deficit billion dlr similarli senat budget committe approv plan that cut feder red ink billion dlr year term economi billion dlr infinitesim cut thi magnitud will impact economi and trade deficit stanlei colland touch ross feder budget polici analyst will small posit effect colland interview feder reserv board chairman paul volcker repeatedli told congress that cut feder red ink long reduc massiv trade deficit and eas downward pressur dollar govern attempt remedi trade imbal drive dollar volcker warn that fall dollar fraught danger such declin refuel inflat import good becom expens and chase foreign capit need financ feder budget deficit addit februari offici meet major industri nation pari agre that dollar had drop and that world exchang rate stabil current level part that agreement japan and west germani agre step stimul economi and unit state agre cut budget deficit altern drive dollar deal trade deficit volcker recent reduc consumpt feder spend you don deal budget deficit you counterproduct volcker recent testimoni senat bank committe volcker prefer tighten govern purs string fed tighten credit suppli action need fight inflationari pressur assur continu flow foreign capit into unit state analyst that fed tighten choke current modest econom expans and threaten recess kemper financi servic economist john silvia stress that deficit reduct size cut consider not give feder reserv board flexibl steer economi dollar plung world exchang market doubt that deficit reduct help your object stabil dollar and perserv fed flexibl conduct monetari polici answer not silvia told reuter trade deficit becom govern vex and persist problem deficit billion dlr and indic that thi year figur will lower administr offici predict will drop billion dlr year end past volcker joke that never lost sleep worri whether congress cut fat feder budget hand made clear not attach gradual declin deficit ceil set for period last year gramm rudman balanc budget law law set ceil billion dlr for year feder deficit hous and senat budget committe conced that budget plan fall short deficit reduct goal billion dlr for polit reason billion dlr you congress present time touch ross colland that extraordinari remark and difficult colland real danger for congress end short deficit reduct goal set budget panel extent thi becom minimum accept reduct level explain that will failur wall street budget plan debat hous floor lower estim billion dlr deficit for year begin octob billion dlr cut defens and domest program billion dlr anticip spend level for year senat budget committe call for deficit billion dlr billion dlr tax and amount spend cut reuter
earn	stewart and stevenson servic ssss qtr qtr end jan shr profit ct profit ct net profit rev mln mln year shr profit nil loss dlr net profit loss mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	westamerica bancorpor wsam qtr net shr ct ct net asset billion billion deposit billion mln loan mln mln return avg asset pct pct reuter
coffee	colombia coffe registr remain open colombia coffe export registr remain open and plan close sinc market polici mean unlimit amount can regist gilberto arango presid privat export associ philosophi polici not close registr close told reuter march colombia open registr for april and for unlimit amount give breakdown arango privat export had regist bag thi calendar year april roughli bag per month slightli lower averag recent year estim amount bag regist nation coffe grower feder mean total bag regist and sold per month colombia chang that happen volum told that such date registr for june shipment etc arango reuter
earn	gatewai bancorp inc gban qtr net shr ct ct net deposit mln mln note per share amount adjust reflect for stock split effect sept reuter
acq	american brand amb acquisit american brand inc mln dlr acquisit nation distil and chemic corp liquor busi expect seri acquisit tobacco compani analyst frustrat inabl chesebrough for acquisit doesn surpris that anoth allan kaplan merril lynch and american brand fail late last year billion dlr bid for chesebrough pond inc unilev agre bui compani sinc wall street specul that american brand find anoth candid reduc earn exposur tobacco thi typic georg thompson prudenti bach secur come american brand had make acquisit tobacco signific part earn posit favor philip morri and reynold cash flow low growth tobacco tobacco busi requir great amount capit expenditur can us fund make acquisit analyst nation distil spirit compani make gilbei gin and vodka grandad and crow whiskei not quit type acquisit envis distil spirit busi steadi gradual declin for tobacco busi thompson reuter
jobs	australian unemploy rise march australia season adjust unemploy rate rose pct estim workforc march pct februari and pct year earlier statist bureau number jobless rose februari and year earlier bureau unadjust number unemploi rose februari rate eas pct reflect slight increas estim workforc march person pct workforc work reuter
acq	csr retain delhi ga oil stake csr csra sale delhi petroleum pty will not affect oil and ga interest manag oper csr sold delhi hold averag pct santo sto led cooper eromanga basin onshor ga and liquid joint ventur exxon corp xon unit for mln dlr april statement clarifi posit csr will retain roma ga unit associ roma brisban ga pipelin and bula oilfield seram indonesia explor interest queensland and hainan island china reuter
alum	showa denko export aluminium cast equip showa denko export aluminium billet cast equip and technolog countri that recent begun aluminium smelt compani offici won mln yen order deliv set cast equip venezuela venalum end receiv order for set aluminium bahrain last year and expect order bahrain smelter showa denko withdrew smelt last year expect increas sale equip and technolog reuter
earn	rio tinto zinc corp plc pretax profit mln stg mln
earn	rio tinto zinc net attribut profit lower year decemb shr div make pretax profit mln stg mln net attribut profit mln stg mln turnov billion stg billion note account restat full name compani rio tinto zinc corp plc rtzl group oper profit mln stg mln oper cost billion stg billion share profit loss relat compani mln stg mln interest receiv incom mln stg mln interest payabl mln stg mln tax mln stg mln leav mln stg mln rtz invest australian associ cra equiti account for and figur restat basi reduct rtz interest pct octob reuter
earn	burmah oil pre tax profit mln stg mln
interest	german banker remark reviv talk rate cut remark two lead central banker spark renew specul financi market that cut west german pct discount rate discuss currenc dealer bundesbank board member clau koehler speech that monetari growth result specul capit inflow requir cut interest rate separ west berlin state central bank presid dieter hiss told journalist that discount rate fall below lowest point pct made clear that not make forecast interest rate currenc dealer and east dollar gain slight background support specul german dealer note that bundesbank pct rate unchang offer liquid monei market thi week dash expect that offer lower fix rate monei offer reduc minimum rate and strength bank demand set alloc rate alloc billion mark liquid billion leav market prior pact expir thi weaken sentiment bundesbank move accommod monetari stanc dealer koehler speech surrei england specul capit inflow monetari growth whether central bank interven exchang rate fell word monetari polici measur requir and sometim diametr oppos need monei stock increas result mount econom activ koehler liber gener monetarist bundesbank board comment mark time cut rate had concret suggest counterpoint overli strong monetari growth dealer reuter
trade	soviet trade deficit west soar soviet trade deficit west almost quadrupl last year reach billion roubl compar mln offici figur show statist publish monthli journal foreign trade show soviet trade turnov for fell billion roubl billion previou year drop pct moscow trade surplu east bloc countri continu grow western analyst attribut deficit rise west world oil price slump hit moscow main export and cut hard currenc earn need for purchas west reuter
earn	burmah oil profit climb mln stg year shr final div make pre tax profit mln stg mln net profit minor mln mln turnov net duti billion stg billion minor stg extraordinari debit mln mln note compani full name burmah oil plc burm reuter
earn	rtz see rise output aid result rio tinto zinc corp plc rtzl rtz predict rise industri product and europ boost perform consumpt base metal and dlr price show sign improv iron or market weaken oil price dlr averag and sustain improv energi earn compani comment statement result restat basi show net attribut profit lower mln stg mln previou year pretax profit dip mln stg mln rtz excel perform expand rang industri busi offset collaps oil price industri busi contribut mln stg net profit pct increas mln and pct total trade perform improv wholli own subsidiari rtz borax rtz cement rtz chemic and rtz pillar time contribut recent invest and acquisit special chemic and miner aid perform metal activ contribut mln stg net profit
earn	bridgeston corp brit year decemb group shr yen net billion billion current billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion note compani forecast for current year group shr yen net billion current billion and sale billion reuter
sugar	sugar tender mark chang polici maximum export rebat grant yesterdai sugar tender mark chang polici produc complaint that not obtain intervent price export sugar commun commiss sourc maximum rebat ecu per kilo for tonn sugar ecu previou week chang explain world market condit produc claim rebat short level need obtain price equival intervent price ecu per kilo and ecu short previou week sourc thi despit fact that commiss had accept tonn sugar into intervent oper protest that rebat low oper earli withdraw thi sugar not sign plan withdraw commiss review export polici reuter
earn	burmah oil prospect remain favour current year open trade prospect remain favour burmah oil plc burm statement result compani plan maintain steadi rate invest market oper and obtain improv profit margin liquifi natur ga lng project burmah financi capac continu make acquisit busi sector ad rationalis programm includ sale bahama oil termin and peripher activ complet pre tax profit for rose mln stg mln reuter
earn	gebrued sulzer profit almost pct year consolid net profit mln swiss franc mln dividend franc per regist share franc and franc per particip certif consolid turnov billion franc billion parent compani net profit mln franc mln parent compani turnov billion franc billion note compani full name gebrued sulzer sulz reuter
acq	pergamon hold reduc bpcc and holli stake pergamon hold and associ compani that had sold mln ordinari share british print and commun corp plc bpcl and mln holli plc togeth secur total price compani proce sale us fund pergamon expans programm and worldwid acquisit stategi compani that sale pergamon ordinari sharehold bpcc and holli remain pct had intent reduc hold compani reuter
earn	national nederlanden profit sale steadi year net profit mln guilder mln revenu billion guilder billion net profit per nomin guilder share guilder correct for capit increas uncorrect figur dividend guilder correct uncorrect note full name national nederlanden ntnn reuter
rubber	shanghai tyreb factori rais mln dlr chung hua rubber factori shanghai will rais mln dlr loan expand and modernis plant arrang ccic financ loan lead manag bank china expect matur year term not final monei will us import manufactur equip includ technolog transfer for product truck radial tyre part output will export expans program expect cost total mln dlr shortfal will financ domest reuter
interest	saudi rate rise bahrain bank caught short saudi riyal interest rate rose bahrain base bank scrambl cover short posit dealer bahrain bank had lend fix period and borrow short date todai found dai dai monei short suppli dealer stuck spot trader spot rose high six pct pct yesterdai and borrow interest spill into period month rise pct pct yesterdai month edg pct pct six month quot touch firmer bank pct commerci bank quot spot riyal dollar yesterdai reuter
gold	belgium issu gold warrant sourc belgium plan issu swiss franc warrant bui gold credit suiss lead manag market sourc confirm detail immedi reuter
earn	philippin telephon firm plan stock split philippin long distanc telephon pldt plan two for stock split and pct stock dividend thi year reduc excess market buoyanc vice presid sennen lazo told reuter lazo stock split reduc par compani common stock peso stock split appli holder mln common share stock record date septemb exercis make stock market lazo reach small investor pldt common stock surg low peso februari close trade yesterdai manila stock exchang lazo pct stock dividend payabl octob appli stockhold record septemb pldt report net incom billion peso pct mln peso oper revenu six billion peso billion peso end decemb compani had stockhold pldt spokesman compani profit like substanti sinc govern rais franchis tax pct two and impos pct corpor incom tax previous exempt govern not order implement tax decis pldt largest telephon compani philippin decemb compani had telephon oper repres pct instrument countri manila item philippin telephon firm plan stock split read page para compani profit like substanti cut insert drop word thi replac compani profit like substanti
sugar	cargil confirm white sugar sale india london base trader cargil confirm sold cargo white sugar india for shipment april yesterdai tender price detail not immedi trader suggest busi had dlr tonn cif india tender for two cargo white sugar specif requir ship period reuter
nat-gas	malaysia seek billion yen pipelin loan malaysia ask japan for billion yen year loan financ construct ga pipelin eastern trengganu southern johor oversea econom cooper fund oecf oecf chief repres takashi matsuya told report japanes govern apprais loan anoth oecf offici told reuter japan like approv loan technic and econom viabl approv loan carri coupon rate pct grace period year matsuya disburs year ad pipelin contruct second phase peninsular ga utilis project petrona malaysia nation oil compani phase suppli ga household and eastern oil town kertih reuter
earn	ccf report pct profit boost share split credit commerci franc ccfp report parent compani net profit pct mln franc mln franc week denationalis end thi month offici sourc bank franc sixth largest term deposit and seventh term asset plan share split increas number share offer ahead sale pct ordinari share capit public pct staff and pct abroad previous franc biggest privat bank nationalis socialist sourc earli give detail plan split share price cite april like date for flotat launch pct group capit mln share franc nomin offer for sale larg privat investor constitut solid core ten sharehold flotat privat tender offer close april mln franc advertis campaign for flotat begin sundai privatis will attract extra client ccf deputi director gener rene serr told reuter market sourc put total ccf privatis and billion franc serr bank like attract number investor sogen anoth recent privatis bank peopl bought share govern sweep privatis programm includ sale saint gobain sgep and cie financier pariba pari sale banqu batiment de travaux public and banqu industriel mobilier prive complet thi month largest french bank societ general sgen will privatis thi year reuter
acq	lex servic bui sear motor group lex servic plc lexl had acquir sear motor group retail motor distribut arm sear plc sehl and mln stg loan note payabl sear motor for mln stg purchas will mln stg cash and issu sear plc mln lex ordinari share compani statement that immedi acquisit motor group car and commerci vehicl contract hire fleet vehicl sold lex vehicl leas for mln stg cash sum equal net book vehicl transfer lex vehicl own equal lex servic and lombard north central plc lex share involv transact todai for sear plc institut share will not qualifi for final lex dividend april lex statement that acquisit sear motor group repres major develop for automot activ enlarg retail oper lex automot group turnov mln stg lex exist automot interest includ volvo concessionair sole import volvo car and part into lex turnov for sear motor group year decemb mln stg and that date acquisit group had mln stg extern borrow lex share fell announc trade close yesterdai reuter
rubber	major rubber produc meet singapor offici indonesia malaysia singapor and perhap thailand will meet tomorrow discuss increas region cooper rubber market and wai rais rubber price industri sourc offici will discuss link rubber market countri improv price transpar sourc thi time indonesia attend such meet repres thailand not attend tight schedul malaysia indonesia and thailand account for pct world rubber export and singapor major region rubber trade centr malaysian rubber futur market freight and contract for rubber issu expect discuss last month rubber import and export countri adopt intern natur rubber agreement geneva pact respons market trend predecessor sourc and earlier provis allow buffer stock borrow bank elimin reuter
acq	mepc extend offer for oldham mepc plc mepc that offer for oldham estat remain open notic februari mepc made agre bid for oldham base formula reflect asset septemb year earlier oldham net asset put mln stg april valuat us formula had agre oldham had give firm recommend sharehold offer reuter
earn	georg wimpei profit pct mln stg year decemb shr div make pretax profit mln stg mln tax mln stg mln net profit mln stg mln turnov billion stg billion note full name compani georg wimpei plc wmpy oper profit except item mln stg mln except debit mln stg mln oper profit mln stg mln share profit loss associ compani mln stg mln loss interest net payabl mln stg mln attribut minor profit debit mln stg mln extraordinari item debit mln stg mln credit net borrow mln stg mln reuter
trade	canada februari trade surplu billion dlr januari mln dlr surplu
earn	aegon net profit rise pct net profit mln guilder total revenu billion guilder billion net profit per guilder nomin share guilder correct for capit increas final dividend guilder and pct stock guilder and pct stock interim dividend paid guilder note full name compani aegon aegn reuter
trade	canada februari trade surplu billion dlr canada had trade surplu billion dlr februari compar upward revis mln dlr surplu januari statist canada januari surplu origin report mln dlr februari surplu last year mln dlr februari export season adjust billion dlr billion januari and billion februari februari import billion dlr billion januari and billion februari reuter
earn	natn forecast result line netherland largest insur national nederlanden nttn natn expect unchang result report net profit pct mln guilder mln revenu increas pct billion guilder billion previou year and dividend rais guilder per share guilder correct capit increas compani guilder revenu and profit pressur fall exchang rate and australian dollar and sterl currenc fluctuat net profit mln guilder higher and revenu billion higher natn intern share turnov pct compar pct compani life insur result fell mln guilder mln due currenc influenc tighter interest margin and increas invest claim payout fell mln guilder mln previou year compani total asset reach billion guilder billion year asset per share equal guilder currenc fluctuat net profit mln guilder higher and revenu billion higher natn intern share turnov pct compar pct compani life insur result fell mln guilder aft interrupt
reserves	bank franc return apr week end apr mln franc gold reserv unch convert currenc reserv ecu special oper advanc exchang stabilis fund nil nil special draw right unch note circul foreign liabil
sugar	thailand renew long term sugar contract trade thailand negoti tomorrow select trade hous for renew long term raw sugar sale contract cover year rate tonn annual trader report vagu talk algeria seek tonn raw tomorrow detail unclear reuter
trade	launch anti dump probe japanes chip european commun launch investig into alleg dump japanes semiconductor maker move diplomat mark intensif world trade strain tokyo face deadlin april washington for imposit mln dlr worth tariff chip import into execut commiss todai european electr compon manufactur associ complain that japanes firm sell high capac eprom type eras programm read memori chip unfairli low price japan last year pct mln dlr eprom market pct firm had forc offer product discount pct order compet japanes commiss believ associ had suffici element proof for dump warrant investig lead impos duti found complaint justifi commiss claim last year accord and japan microchip price firm privileg access japanes market reuter
money-fx	swiss launch seri monei market paper swiss feder govern will launch seri month monei market certif total mln swiss franc nation bank subscript close april and payment date april last seri month paper issu march rais mln franc issu price pct give averag annual yield pct reuter
money-fx	financ minist agre for stabil financ minist major industri nation agre stabil currenc current level action need reduc trade imbal and sustain econom growth communiqu issu hour meet treasuri that end last night minist dollar and currenc basic correct and welcom measur plan japanes boost economi west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg call good meet and remark exchang report minist pleas outcom shortli communiqu issu and foreign exchang trade open tokyo bank japan interven prevent yen rise quickli communiqu minist and governor reaffirm commit cooper approach agre recent pari meet agre that action will essenti resist rise protectionist pressur sustain global econom expans and reduc trade imbal welcom plan set thi week japan rule liber democrat parti stimul economi communiqu term extraordinari and urgent measur includ unpreced front end load public work expenditur meet call group brought togeth minist and central bank governor major industri democraci unit state japan west germani franc britain itali and canada communiqu minist reaffirm commit cooper reach meet februari pari had agre stabil foreign exchang rate current level week that dollar continu fall japanes yen despit massiv dollar purchas bank japan and central bank and trade postwar low japan come grow critic unit state and european countri for modest effort open market competit and reduc export communiqu japan affirm intent open domest market foreign good and servic not elabor offici reaffirm view that current level currenc rang broadli consist econom fundament and basic polici intent outlin louvr meet reuter
earn	aegon expect moder rise profit dutch insur aegon aegn report pct increas net profit mln guilder and expect moder increas profit for total revenu pct lower billion guilder billion guilder compani revenu due lower foreign exchang rate and chang account practic ad that revenu risen pct had not occur revenu dutch oper rose pct due life insur busi health insur revenu netherland rose despit notabl shift insur lower premium and higher person risk damag insur made loss due car damag insur aegon not loss unit state revenu guilder health and life insur lower aegon thi due chang account for annuiti aegon annuiti subject such strong person invest influenc that account differ tradit insur thi chang account practic and anoth chang account for profit made fix interest invest result incident rise net profit mln guilder aegon incident neg influenc net profit slightli higher lower dollar rate high initi cost for product and cost headquart hagu larg number insur product emerg netherland and aegon larg initi cost for product depress net profit somewhat monument corp insur merg aegon profit almost complet erod cost and made small contribut group profit aegon written mln guilder goodwil for monument corp aegon net equiti billion guilder decemb billion year reuter
money-fx	show market resolv miyazawa japanes financ minist kiichi miyazawa group countri reaffirm pari accord stabilis currenc convinc market resolv new confer todai meet miyazawa minist and central bank governor not total statement need specul sell not reflect econom fundament and sinc fundament had not chang reaffirm goal pari accord need note that thi test nation resolv had concentr yen currenc mark had remain stabl miyazawa chang econom condit sinc pari accord not worth call fundament time louvr agreement express current level vagu idea yen movement past week rang agre pari febrauri give vagu express pin point level advers impact market miyazawa ask japan commit fresh measur statement japan except yen appreci dollar major currenc larg stabl japan rule liber democrat parti just adop packag reflat economi nation not suppos produc measur short period sinc pari agreement miyazawa sanction japanes semiconductor product not discuss meet and not affect currenc talk nation discuss debt problem develop countri and wai proce line debt initi outlin treasuri secretari jame baker month ago reuter
earn	unifirst corp unf set quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
earn	trump plaza qtr net net profit loss rev mln mln year net profit mln profit rev mln mln note compani wholli own and oper donald trump acquir pct interest that had own oper holidai corp hia reuter
sugar	west german beet plant delai week unseason cold weather delai sugar beet plant west germani week agricultur ministri ministri spokesman central area rhineland farmer advantag warmer weather and start plant past two dai west german plant intent thi year put hectar last year ad that averag reuter
acq	step saver coda warrant exercis step saver data system inc bergen richard corp exercis warrant bui step saver share two dlr each warrant issu underwrit initi public offer exercis march for aggreg dlr reuter
acq	coast save csa talk bui bank coast save and loan associ talk feder save and loan insur corp acquisit central save and loan associ san diego central oper branch manag guidanc fslic sinc coast acquisit give entri into san joaquin vallei market strengthen presenc san diego lo angel and orang counti area reuter
acq	bramal acquir gelco for mln dlr bramal plc statement accompani annual result that propos acquir gelco for mln dlr part cost will met issu mln ordinari bramal share each acquisit will satisfi initi payment mln dlr cash payment dlr maximum mln dlr payment will made profit achiev gelco for year end juli reach level bramal share trade lower reuter
gold	belgium launch bond gold warrant kingdom belgium launch mln swiss franc year note warrant attach bui gold lead manang credit suiss note pct coupon and price par payment due april and final matur april each franc note carri warrant two warrant requir holder bui gramm gold price franc entir life bond latest gold price zurich franc per gramm reuter
earn	and bancshar inc cbtb qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr mln mln note result reflect pool acquisit commun bancshar inc march and includ camden bancorp januari purchas reuter
earn	xicor inc xico qtr march net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln note net includ dlr tax credit reuter
earn	georg wimpei benefit restructur georg wimpei plc wmpy outlook for look encourag compani realis continu benefit restructur financi posit show improv and reshap busi into defin and activ relat divis had successfulli achiev wimpei comment statement result show pretax profit pct mln stg group had good year north america compani statement reuter
acq	cmco make acquisit acquir princip asset nation tech industri inc and telkom corp engag sale and telemarket consum electron merchandis and busi hous import and industri compani paid total dlr includ assumpt liabil nation tech had sale mln dlr for reuter
gold	belgium launch bond gold warrant kingdom belgium launch mln swiss franc year note warrant attach bui gold lead manag credit suiss note pct coupon and price par payment due april and final matur april each franc note carri warrant two warrant requir holder bui gramm gold price franc entir life bond latest gold price zurich franc per gramm reuter
earn	datatrak inc dtrk qtr feb net shr profit nil profit nil net profit profit sale mth shr loss loss two ct net loss loss sale reuter
ship	todd shipyard tod struck west coast todd shipyard corp product worker repres multi union pacif coast metal trade district council san francisco divis struck april six negoti expect resum end thi month todd collect bargain divis effect galveston divis expir april and negoti galveston metal trade council continu compani result ballot collect bargain agreement propos seattl divis expect tabul close busi tomorrow pacif coast council recommend accept that propos membership todd reuter
jobs	time jobless claim fell week applic for unemploy insur benefit fell season adjust week end march prior week labor depart number peopl receiv benefit regular state program total week end march latest period for that figur that previou week reuter
acq	clevit industri industri offer dlr share bui compani
earn	suntrust bank inc sti qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln note share adjust for two for split juli result restat for pool acquisit nation corp decemb net chargeoff mln dlr mln dlr asset billion dlr pct year earlier deposit billion pct and loan billion dlr pct reuter
earn	intern thomson report fund intern thomson organis will report financi result fund sterl begin jan chang will not appli retroact prior financi period compani result recent invest asset locat unit state reuter
earn	philip crosbi associ inc pcro qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln year shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	coloni american bankshar corp cabk qtr shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net note share adjust for pct stock dividend novemb dividend pai record april reuter
acq	clevit clev get dlr shr offer clevit industri inc receiv written propos industri inc jpi seek bui outstand share for dlr share clevit stock trade nasdaq industri recent complet acquisit clevit engin part divis industri propos transact financ borrow bank line and bridg financ facil donaldson lufkin and jenrett secur corp agre arrang expedit transact industri will start cash tender for clevit share dai agre definit merger and confirm clevit financi result and condit reuter
livestock	argentin cattl market report head cattl auction linier cattl market wednesdai and last thursdai trade sourc maximun price austral per kilo dollar equival bracket includ todai wednesdai steer kilo steer kilo cow for can reuter
money-fx	monei market deficit revis downward bank england revis estim todai shortfal mln stg mln take account mln stg morn assist reuter
earn	physio technolog phyt see loss default physio technolog inc expect quarter end march loss dlr and default bank loan resign chairman and chief execut offic compani loss quarter modest profit year ago quarter earn dlr cent share for half fiscal report profit dlr two ct share compar year earlier loss dlr ct share presid michael hall will assum duti chief execut offic physio technolog resign chairman jame lane can constitut complianc seri convert subordin debentur due and default agreement merchant bank kansa citi explain declar complianc debentur creat default loan agreement requir payment mln dlr debentur and dlr outstand bank credit line compani debentur holder intend waiv complianc reserv withdraw waiver end dai period physio technolog chang field sale forc independ repres and dealer employe significantli reduc fix overhead statement not employe affect move compani lane will becom independ dealter for compani midwestern state will continu serv director ad reuter
earn	washington feder save wfsl qtr net qtr end march shr dlr ct net mln six mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln note full name bank washington feder save and loan associ reuter
earn	ponc feder bank pfb qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr note net for qtr reflect gain sale secur pct net and pct net reuter
money-fx	monei market deficit remov bank england satisfi revis estim todai shortfal monei market provid mln stg assist afternoon oper bank bought band mln stg bank bill pct and band two mln stg bank bill and mln stg treasuri bill pct thi bring total todai mln stg compar deficit estim mln stg reuter
money-fx	lebanes pound fall sharpli dollar lebanes pound fell sharpli dollar todai dealer attribut declin continu polit uncertainti pound close dollar compar yesterdai close polit deadlock reflect pound posit demand and offer market dealer told reuter pound dollar januari lost pct intern past month reuter
earn	brown boveri und cie lift dividend dividend busi mark per share mark compani subsidiari switzerland bbc brown boveri und cie bbcz reuter
earn	whirlpool corp qtr shr ct ct
coffee	brazilian coffe rainfal rainfal record area past hour parana state umuarama nil paranavai nil londrina nil maringa nil sao paulo state president prudent nil votuporanga nil franca nil catanduva nil sao carlo nil sao simao nil mina gerai state guaxup nil tre ponta nil reuter
acq	hutton lbo inc tender offer acquisitt for purol courier expir
bop	world bank support sri lanka deficit cut world bank will support sri lanka develop program provid countri reduc budget and current account deficit ministri financ bank presid barber conabl meet sri lanka financ minist ronni mel washington emphasis for structur adjust and reform economi batter year separatist disturb offici sri lanka budget deficit thi year expect surpass project billion rupe defenc spend two billion rupe target billion like grow ministri mel ask world bank give sri lanka billion rupe balanc payment support reuter
acq	hutton lbo inc unit termin merger agreement purol courier
acq	gemina comment ambrosiano report hold compani gemina spa had comment italian press report todai that acquir pct stake nuovo banco ambrosiano spa italian daili repubblica that gemina paid billion lire for sharehold italian bank gemina spokeswoman told reuter noth report spokeswoman for milan base ambrosiano inform thi time februari ambrosiano chairman giovanni bazoli foreign and domest firm express interest bui stake bank reuter
earn	volkswagen dividend unchang dividend busi unchang mark per ordinari share compani set dividend mark for prefer share issu last year note compani profit will match level despit provis mln mark connect alleg currenc fraud group net profit mln mark parent compani net mln mark compani full name volkswagen vowg reuter
earn	whirlpool corp whr qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
interest	bank franc leav intervent rate unchang bank franc left intervent rate unchang pct inject fund market categori paper todai monei market intervent tender monei market dealer had earlier express mix view possibl quarter point cut rate last adjust march cut pct pct rate set januari reuter
gnp	global econom slowdown rais debt fear global economi expect weaken thi year ad worri poverti outlook econom analyst for financ minist and central banker attend thi week semi annual meet intern monetari fund and world bank figur releas imf add addit concern fund estim world output grow pct thi year versu pct last year and pct industri countri gross nation product measur good and servic expect declin pct thi year compar pct imf for develop countri gross domest product anoth measur econom growth expect fall pct pct last year figur consid major disappoint poorest countri had hope that vital industri countri brought sharp declin oil price assist econom recoveri and cope grow mound debt imf offici discuss outlook believ industri countri economi move annual growth rate pct end decad econom analyst and imf for time that abil debt crisi turn into econom rout rest sustain econom growth sinc debtor countri wealthier state for market for product financi assist econom weak develop nation economi pose fundament worri debtor countri includ poorest state avenu open for earn foreign exchang includ kei export economi year expans serv mainstai for develop countri export feebl thi year grow pct imf for thi reason and high trade deficit unit state pressur japan and west germani ignit economi appar success imf studi examin dollar and curiou lack impact had trade deficit reagan administr offici that impact begin show slower expect imf observ world econom outlook that recogn that exchang rate adjust time work payment flow year reson complet effect report ad adjust even time thi occas reuter
earn	showboat sbo declar stock split showboat inc board declar two for stock split payabl sharehold record reuter
lead	lead price rise fine balanc physic lead price risen thi week background fine balanc physic sector trader gain ussr step bui labour problem develop north america ad london metal exchang lme price unusu buoyant time year season demand slacken and price tend drift lower thi buoyanc gener attribut trader low level lme stock and steadi unspectacular physic demand northern hemispher find suppli curtail suppli problem not begin felt market peak winter demand tail stock build fast and avail increas trader lower suppli level result number factor globe delai shipment peru mediterranean countri product and transport problem lack spanish export sinc closur last year cia cruz smelter linar and lower output morocco and greec meant addit demand direct merchant turn draw lme stock addit broken hill associ smelter port piri south australia smelter halt product for week for mainten compani meet commit thi will put pressur stock and compani doe run tonn per year boss montana smelter close thi cut produc stock and contribut closer suppli demand balanc market for year depress surplu product and regular supplier world market mexican suppli sometim swell lme stock normal find readi buyer trader demand side winter batteri manufactur held quit and bui lead sheet report soviet lead bui notabl absent europ two month year resum larg bui order fill merchant march merchant demand fuell rise lme lead price thi week and cash metal move stg and establish premium stg month deliveri specif demand direct metal gothenburg and triest warehous gothenburg materi target for merchant ship ussr trader stock popular lme continent warehous antwerp and rotterdam tonn lead each and thi believ strong hand total tonn lme stock lowest level sinc june half warehous not popular merchant put togeth shipment even stock drop tonn sinc start year trader thi partli due secondari smelter bui ingot supplement feed suppli affect environment control put restrict transport us batteri labour negoti north america will plai import part determin direct price contract expir end april cominco trail and kimberlei mine smelter and doe run herculaneum smelter noranda brunswick mine smelter contract expiri juli nervous view strike zinc and copper worker recent month trader lme month deliveri attract specul bui rise stg current firm nearbi tight widen cash premium month quot stg midsess reuter
earn	rexham corp rxh qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln note net includ pretax gain dlr chang pension account result includ product graphic corp and system technolog and weapon system test divis technolog inc acquir decemb reuter
earn	eastern corp febc qtr net shr ct ct net note share adjust for two for stock split januari reuter
interest	fhlbb short term discount note rate feder home loan bank board adjust rate short term discount note follow matur rate rate matur dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai reuter
acq	anchor financi afcx make acquisit anchor financi corp agre acquir waccamaw state bank surfsid beach exchang anchor share for each waccamaw share subject regulatori and sharehold approv waccamaw had asset mln dlr march reuter
dlr	stoltenberg not surpris dollar reaction west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg not surpris overnight declin dollar foreign exchang market speak briefli report enter meet intern monetari fund minor movement don affect dollar declin initi reaction statement group industri countri reaffirm pari agreement februari maintain currenc current level reuter
lead	asarco up lead price ct asarco inc increas base spot sale price for refin lead half cent cent fob deliv carload lot effect immedi reuter
acq	hutton efh unit purol offer expir hutton lbo inc tender offer wholli own unit acquisit inc for purol courier corp pcc expir edt yesterdai purchas purol common stock hutton ad that acquisit termin merger agreement purol hutton offer had condit tender purol share two third outstand share termin minimum number share not tender purol had enter into definit agreement acquisit part own hutton lbo inc unit hutton and offic purol courier divis offer purchas purol common stock share for dlr share that move acquisit plan merg subsidiari into purol convert outstand purol common not into aggreg mln dlr princip amount pct guarante debentur due and warrant purchas pct purol unit compris purol courier oper hutton edt yesterdai share purol common stock pct outstand share had validli tender and not withdrawn acquisit instruct depositori for offer return promptli purol stock deposit behalf tender sharehold hutton reuter
earn	abbott laboratori qtr net shr ct ct
cotton	certif cotton stock certif cotton stock deliver york cotton exchang cotton futur contract april report bale bale previou dai figur bale await review and bale await decertif reuter
earn	reichhold chemic rci set anti takeov plan reichhold chemic inc board adopt warrant dividend plan prefer stock purchas will distribut dividend each common share outstand compani warrant dividend plan design protect sharehold unsolict coerciv attempt aquir control make adequ offer for share reichhold adopt not respons specif takeov attempt reichhold each will entitl sharehold bui hundreth share newli creat seri prefer stock initi exercis price dlr dividend and vote right approxim equal share compani common stock right will exercis reichhold prior consent person group acquir pct vote power announc tender offer result pct ownership compani reichhold entitl redeem right ct apiec pct posit acquir exist pct sharehold bui addit two pct vote power compani connect transact afterward tax free distribut will becom effect and will expir year compani detail plan outlin letter mail stockhold reuter
earn	abbott laboratori inc abt qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion mln reuter
acq	hanson han bui int protein pro stock intern protein corp agre sell privat placement common share dlr share subsidiari hanson trust plc addit david clark presid anoth hanson trust subsidiari hanson industri will name chairman intern protein execut committe elect board annual meet intern protein recent acquir clark famili busi great south beach sale for restrict common share issu date intern protein agreement hanson trust subject stockhold approv annual meet expect held june compani hanson trust purchas stock for invest purpos ad agreement includ restrict purchas sale compani hanson for year intern protein will us proce expand domest oper compani mln share outstand reuter
bop	spain mln dlr current surplu februari spain had mln dlr current account surplu februari compar mln dlr surplu januari and mln dlr surplu februari last year bank spain figur show spain trade deficit narrow mln dlr compar mln dlr januari larg increas oil import contribut substanti increas mln dlr deficit regist februari export billion dlr pct compar februari last year import pct higher last februari total billion dlr oil import total billion dlr compar billion februari last year reflect larg ammount invest good enter countri recoveri spanish economi bank spain spain tourism earn continu grow and total mln dlr februari compar mln dlr januari and mln dlr februari last year reuter
acq	exxon xon south african unit acquir zenex zenex oil pty acquir interest esso south africa local subsidiari exxon corp xon and will us mln rand profit financ educ and social program profit scheme will begin zenex paid exxon undisclos purchas price for esso zenex chairman john truscott statement acquisit follow exxon withdraw south africa announc last decemb reuter
interest	salli mae adjust short term discount note rate student loan market associ rate short term discount note follow matur rate rate matur dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai pct dai pct dai pct dai pct dai reuter
interest	freddi mac adjust short term discount rate feder home loan mortgag corp adjust rate short term discount note follow matur rate rate matur dai pct pct dai reuter
grain	argentin grain belt weather report argentin grain belt temperatur centigrad and rain hour gmt max temp min temp rainfal bueno air bahia blanca tre arroyo tandil junin santa rosa cordoba santa reuter
earn	mln mark maximum for currenc loss loss for volkswagen vowg link alleg foreign currenc fraud will not exce mln mark provis made spokesman spokesman comment had confirm pai unchang mark dividend for ordinari share busi despit provis west german newspap todai quot foreign currenc dealer frankfurt specul that total loss currenc affair high billion mark spokesman describ mln mark upper limit statement todai supervisori board meet that had discuss foreign currenc scandal detail and set probe into foreign currenc activ carri unnam audit compani comput program eras and document fake alleg fraud believ transact intend protect foreign currenc loss not complet foreign currenc chief burkhard junger arrest mondai suspicion embezzl and evad justic earlier had that result match profit group net profit mln mark and parent compani net mln mark recommend unchang dividend supervisori board compani set dividend mark for prefer share issu last year analyst describ held dividend move reassur worri sharehold increas nomin capit mark last year billion mark result that total dividend payment will mln mark compar mln sinc capit prefer share share analyst will dig into reserv order maintain disclos profit level end had parent compani reserv slightli billion mark reuter
earn	feder depart store march sale pct
coffee	price gener lower nairobi coffe auction price lower thi week coffe auction for grade and qualiti qualiti grade held steadi coffe board kenya board offer bag and sold thi coffe year kenya sold bag market for pool averag price shill tonn ad board will offer bag auction april bag price per offer sold averag misc total averag for sale reuter
earn	alex brown absb set split offer share alex brown inc declar for two stock split payabl record compani file offer common share includ sold sharehold compani proce us for work capit and gener corpor purpos alex brown and son inc subsidiari lead underwrit offer expect made record date split compani reuter
earn	highland superstor inc high qtr net period end jan shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	lvi group lvi make acquisit lvi group inc agre principl purchas outstand share spectrum hold corp for propos mln dlr cash lvi addit mln dlr common stock and mln dlr note will becom payabl spectrum minimum futur earn lvi interior construct firm acquisit subject execut definit agreement and complet due dilig lvi and spectrum asbesto abat concern expect close deal june lvi reuter
earn	texa american tae omit prefer payout texa american energi corp board decid omit quarterli dividend dlr cumul convert exchang prefer stock dividend payabl compani last paid ct share issu august reuter
earn	vornado inc vno qtr jan net shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln year shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	brenda mine sell kerr addison share brenda mine sold kerr addison mine share group underwrit led wood gundi inc and brown baldwin nisker for redistribut financi term undisclos reuter
acq	phoenix financi phfc bui data access stake data access system inc chairman david cohen sold common share phoenix financi corp for undisclos term and resign chairman and chief execut offic compani phoenix financi pct interest data access and effect control data access phoenix chairman martin ackerman name chairman data access and two phoenix repres name data access board director cohen resign board reuter
earn	health and rehabilit hrp initi payout health and rehabilit properti trust declar intiti dividend ct per share for period end march dividend will pai sharehold record april compani compani organ late and close intiti public offer share dec initit dividend includ ct attribut period dec and and ct attribut qtr end march reuter
earn	row price trow see higher quarter row price associ quarter earn rose pct year ago dlr and revenu pct year ago mln dlr expect good earn and revenu growth thi year earn mln dlr revenu mln dlr reuter
acq	gener partner cut stake gencorp gener partner told secur and exchang commiss reduc stake gencorp inc pct pct sell share price equal dlr per share gener partner includ hold inc and gener acquisit inc yesterdai drop dlr share hostil takeov bid for gencorp gencorp move bui back share for dlr each reuter
earn	heritag financi servic qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr note compani had initi public offer share octob reuter
earn	nation comput nlc see earn growth nation comput system inc expect fiscal year earn improv pct compani told analyst april quarter show earn and virtual flat revenu chairman charl oswald nation comput step improv margin revenu expect increas modestli compani decis downsiz leas busi nonrecur revenueslast year time texa teacher assess project and impact discontinu product last year oswald nation comput quarter result will result major financi system sale last year higher effect tax rate and increas number share outstand compani consecut quarter demonstr excel earn growth reuter
interest	chancellor lawson cut interest rate countri
acq	rexham rxh repurchas stake nortek ntk rexham corp repurchas share pct nortek inc for dlr each and nortek withdrawn propos acquir rexham for dlr per share rexham nortek agre not bui rexham share action year standstil agreement rexham board had reject nortek bid inadequ compani board author repurchas open market privat time time addit pct share and establish employe stock ownership plan plan expect purchas rexham convert prefer stock pct rexham vote power proce pension plan overfund and borrow reuter
heat	exxon xon cut heat oil price trader oil trader york area exxon corp exxon unit reduc price charg contract barg custom for heat oil york harbor cent gallon effect todai reduct bring exxon contract barg price price decreas follow sharp declin heat oil price spot and futur market trader reuter
interest	fhlbb short term discount note rate feder home loan bank board adjust rate short term discount note follow matur rate rate matur dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai reuter
earn	strathfield oil and ga year net shr ct ct net rev reuter
acq	diamond crystal dslt sell salt unit diamond crystal salt sell salt divis compani retain boston corp assist sale divis assum fair price and reason term can obtain diamond crystal sale unit long term interest sharehold compani incorpor packet product divis april unit will indirect wholli own subsidiari call diamond crystal specialti food inc current manag divis will remain reuter
interest	lawson countri cut rate nigel lawson britain chancellor exchequ countri cut interest rate aim maintain exchang rate stabil speak journalist dai group countri reaffirm goal set pari six week ago central bank continu interven and countri concern that japan stimul domest demand and welcom measur outlin japanes financ minist kiichi miyazawa yesterdai lawson worri risk simultan recess unit state japan and west germani gave march budget speech british parliament bit concern risk ask unit state increas interest rate support dollar for rel interest rate doesn rise interest rate unit state lawson concern express yesterdai meet slow progress unit state had made reduc budget deficit will worthwhil progress reduc deficit thi year import thing that continu year year lawson februari louvr accord call for effort stabil currenc current exchang rate six week that japanes yen continu rise dollar despit massiv central bank intervent ask whether thi intervent sign weak louvr accord don had intervent you call that sign weak intervent inflat lawson world not inflationari mode vigil yesterdai statement affirm that current level exchang rate had carefulli word mean and mean thing lawson financi market that japanes measur outlin louvr accord sourc weak for that agreement countri welcom miyazawa present plan for supplement budget stimul domest demand welcom goal increas public work spend lawson packag involv second stage increas expenditur second half thi year reuter
potato	potato futur trade not suspend trade london potato futur market will not suspend richard harri chairman london potato futur associ lpfa statement floor member respons strong represent potato market board pmb complain gross distort price will result larg deliveri into physic market april futur posit expir pmb had sought suspens futur trade and ask lpfa action restor relationship futur and physic farmer and merchant alleg squeez and corner market harri point that recent investig associ futur broker and dealer afbd intern commod clear hous icch and parti found evid substanti thi main complaint section physic market unrealist futur premium pmb averag farm price april futur trade thi morn and stg per tonn compar pmb averag price stg bill englebright joint secretari lpfa two tier market for physic potato qualiti potato short suppli and prepack pai and stg per tonn for sampl lesser qualiti grade trade below stg merchant fear that larg tonnag will deliv april futur contract and end month and possibl disrupt physic market harri lpfa rule book manag committe step correct malpractic and assur committe monitor situat reuter
money-fx	group welcom latest agreement group develop nation issu communiqu welcom reaffirm pari accord currenc stabil group lead industri democraci yesterdai communiqu issu thi morn prospect member countri economi improv stabil exchang rate currenc includ group unit state canada britain japan itali west germani and franc belgium netherland sweden and switzerland sourc attend confer thi morn refer latest agreement ad communiqu currenc stabil will benefit member met briefli intern monetari fund interim committe meet schedul for todai reuter
iron-steel	canam manac win mln dlr contract canam manac group inc canam steel work unit receiv contract valu mln dlr suppli steel truss canron inc for car plant ingersol ontario canam manac will produc truss quebec and ontario plant and deliveri will complet august reuter
tin	spot tin easier european free market spot tin european free market easier rang stg per tonn for high grade metal warehous rotterdam stg yesterdai afternoon kerb close stabil sterl versu dollar continu appli pressur market come close test psycholog chart support base stg trader dealer major consum cover and june requir hold for even lower offer report high grade tin busi london confin end april metal stg small scale spot busi report west german oper and mark per kilo market undercut chines materi trade stage mark per kilo trader reuter
earn	consolid paper inc cper qtr net shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
acq	humana hum sell medic offic humana inc agre principl sell medfirst primari medic care facil primed corp for undisclos term transfer take place month retain medfirst offic chicago area transact not expect impact earn humana reuter
earn	met coil system corp met qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln qtly div ct ct prior pai april record april reuter
earn	ford rais qtly payout ct shr ct
money-fx	lawson see chang monetari polici british chancellor exchequ nigel lawson implic for british monetari polici aris group meet yesterdai exchang rate stabil interest told journalist ask meant for monetari polici not implic reuter
earn	ford motor rais qtly payout qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
iron-steel	talk point steel compani steel stock had healthi runup recent present short term invest opportun steel analyst upturn base strong order and firm price thi spring strictli season and will end recommend take profit that time year thi strictli season charl bradford merril lynch and order will strong for two month and sign that order rate start dive dean witter reynold inc analyst clarenc morrison see short term potenti group includ usx corp bethlehem steel corp armco inc and inland steel industri inc iad attract steel short intermedi term base improv order rate and rise price morrison recommend stock inland modern steelmak oper make effici despit bearish merril bradford continu recommend armco see major turnaround armco steelmak oper profit balanc sheet improv and oilfield equip busi slim and put joint ventur usx bradford note not high qualiti invest situat come long stock will moder market armco share trade todai and possibl high bradford see armco earn ct share special gain recoup invest tax credit loss last year armco earn significantli higher bradford recommend sale usx share had bui below get steel and energi concern will earn dlr share half that come asset sale and two dlr dlr bradford lot depend oil price ad pct usx sale come oil and natur ga analyst includ michel galant applebaum salomon brother inc recommend usx compani lot restructur market credit for see stock mid higher usx trade predict usx will earn ct share thi year and dlr year larg loss applebaum posit armco and inland recommend stock sinc last novemb peter marcu painewebb inc neutral group earn outlook improv quarter see potenti troubl steel price book basi will start drop summer applebaum salomon brother see season dropoff year posit neg cite reduc capac domest industri price and weaker dollar steel import drop slightli last year reuter
earn	dekalb corp dklbb qtr feb net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln six mth sdhr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	abbott abt see gain weaker dollar abbott laboratori inc quarter record result reflect continu product improv higher volum product mix and weaker dollar abbott report quarter earn rose record mln dlr ct share record sale billion dlr research and develop expens appli diagnost and pharmaceut product increas pct mln dlr sale pharmaceut and nutrit product mln dlr quarter pct year ago abbott hospit and laboratori product sale quarter rose pct mln dlr quarter sale domest market advanc pct mln dlr intern sale jump pct mln dlr abbott reuter
cotton	brazil cotton crop lower usda report brazil cotton crop estim reduc tonn lint basi agricultur depart offic sao paulo field report report date april reduct base expect smaller harvest center south region center south crop estim tonn tonn below previou estim hot dry weather part januari and excess rain area februari reduc yield prospect and affect qualiti report pct crop harvest parana and slightli sao paulo cotton enter gin fairli good qualiti trade sourc reuter
earn	rjr nabisco quarter net includ mln dlr gain mln dlr charg
cocoa	brazil cocoa export limit sale brazilian cocoa export not like follow exampl cocoa produc allianc cpa member limit sale product effort boost world price trade sourc similar procedur past brazil and that not work plan cocoa market complet free unlik coffe control export registr cocoa export brazil oper free will trade sourc trader respond question whether follow exampl cpa member meet yaound sourc banco brasil foreign trade depart cacex never interfer cocoa market reject sale that not meet price shipment criteria posit local produc negoti bui for ten and sell for eleven and good deal free ahead sourc ad reuter
earn	health rehabilit hrp set payout health and rehabilit properti trust board declar initi dividend ct includ ct for quarter end and ct initi oper period that began decemb dividend payabl record april reuter
money-fx	treasuri baker rate shift orderli treasuri secretari jame baker that exchang rate gener orderli and improv prospect for reduct extern imbal sustain level remark imf polici make interim committe baker reiter group statement last night that substanti exchang rate sinc plaza agreement month ago brought currenc rang broadli consist econom fundament baker exchang rate shift gener orderli and improv prospect for reduct extern imbal sustain level todai trade and current account imbal simpli not sustain baker told minist that reagan administr resist strong domest pressur for trade protect and work close congress craft trade bill cannot outcom can ensur that bill not protectionist baker urg intern monetari fund execut board review modif fund compensatori financ facil annual meet thi fall pai attent lack continu condition associ us cff and whether shortfal export earn temporari reuter
acq	time sell part unit time inc time life video inc subsidiari agre principl sell institut train busi time life video presid william ambros for undisclos term busi will oper ambros video publish reuter
trade	sprinkel tax hike not reduc deficit council econom advis chairman beryl sprinkel reagan administr remain strongli oppos tax increas includ billion dlr revenu budget plan congression democrat that signific increas tax not reduc deficit and advers effect growth sprinkel told hous rule committe administr want continu polici gradual reduc deficit restrain govern spend and promot econom growth sprinkel cut budget deficit lower trade deficit reuter
earn	royal busi group inc roi qtr march shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net rev not half shr ct shr dilut ct net rev not note current year net period includ gain dlr repurchas secur result exclud busi form divis sold reuter
earn	mse cabl system inc qtr net shr nil nil net vc rev avg shr year shr nil nil net rev avg shr note share adjust for for revers split reuter
earn	rule industri inc rule qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev half shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	jersei investor bui pct kinark kin jersei investor joseph falkenstein told secur and exchang commiss hold pct share kinark corp plan chang compani and that bought share believ stock undervalu and rise six month reuter
earn	nation distil see second qtr gain nation distil and chemic corp expect realiz second quarter tax gain dlr per share mln dlr sale spirit busi american brand inc amb nation distil stock rose open delai york stock exchang for imbal order sale price higher peopl expect john henri hutton group compani spokeswoman dlr per share gain will includ second quarter net compar ct per share last year includ spirit and wine busi net mln dlr for spirit and wine that will eas interest cost burden henri nation distil sold wine busi last month grand metropolitan plc heublein inc for mln dlr henri had anticip nation distil net mln dlr sale two liquor busi henri compani recov sale cost bui enron chemic fourth quarter last year nation distil paid mln dlr cash for enron and assum mln dlr debt nation distil time bought enron sell spirit and wine busi move into chemic area for two third incom chemic and propan nation distil earn exclud liquor busi dlr per share for incom discontinu oper includ liquor busi ct per share reuter
orange	weather hurt italian orang usda report unfavor weather condit second week march caus damag orang calabria region southern itali agricultur depart offic rome field report report date april region account for hectar italian orang crop pct total product orang product region for market year forecast tonn pct total italian orang crop report trade contact agre that pct orang output calabria damag frost reuter
earn	wast recoveri inc wrii qtr net shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr year shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	branch corp bnch qtr net shr primari cxt shr dilut ct ct net asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
acq	kurz kasch up stake compon tech ctec kurz kasch inc dayton thermoset mold maker told secur and exchang commiss had increas hold compon technolog corp two pct pct bought share stock dlr share for invest purpos reuter
earn	zayr corp rais quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
earn	rjr nabisco rjr offset gain charg rjr nabisco inc quarter result will includ tax gain mln dlr sale heublein inc and offset charg compani oper perform and line expect rjr nabisco charg reflect reserv establish cover expens rjr nabisco expens cover tax basi includ mln dlr for write redund equip and facil result modern tobacco oper mln dlr for continu restruct food subsidiari and mln dlr connect earli retir high coupon debt reuter
earn	baybank inc bbnk qtr net oper shr dlr ct oper shr dilut dlr ct oper net mln mln avg shr mln mln avg shr mln mln note net exclud gain dlr cumul effect chang calcul depreci expens reuter
money-fx	franc balladur target zone notion nearer french financ minist edouard balladur that financi commun closer arriv system target zone for currenc despit fact that speak report semiannu meet intern monetari fund balladur not notion target zone even don told report that idea progress ad that financ minist talk cooper econom polici and level currenc stabil reuter
earn	student loan market associ slm qtr shr ct ct net mln mln asset billion billion reuter
acq	industri jpi confirm propos industri inc confirm announc clevit industri inc clev that industri submit propos clevit for acquisit compani dlr per share cash john psarouthaki chairman and presid industri that compani hope promptli negoti agreement special committe clevit board februari industri purchas clevit engin part divis industri not awar reason for activ stock reuter
earn	meditrust mtru rais quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
earn	monsanto mtc unit see oper loss monsanto corp searl and unit will report oper loss for due expens for research and develop searl chairman sheldon gilgor searl oper loss will mln dlr oper loss searl quarter sale will pct mln dlr mln dlr year ago quarter searl sale mln dlr gilgor compani intend sale billion dlr mid compani anticip approv japan itali spain and for ulcer treatment drug cytotech that paper not publish drug shown prevent flare ulcer for longer period time tagamet made smithklin beckman corp skb drug searl pipelin includ tissu plasminogen activ tpa made process genentech gene tpa expect approv for market thi year reuter
earn	statu game corp stgm qtr feb net oper shr six ct oper net rev avg shr mth oper shr ct ct oper net rev avg shr note share adjust for pct stock dividend decemb prior year net exclud tax credit dlr quarter and dlr mth net exclud discontinu amus game oper gain dlr dlr quarter and loss dlr gain dlr mth reuter
earn	univers food corp ufc vote dividend qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai record april reuter
earn	betz laboratori inc betz set quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
earn	northwestern nation life nwnl up payout qtly div ct ct prior pai record april note northwestern nation life insur reuter
acq	foothil fgi sierrita standstil accord foothil group inc reach standstil agreement santa cruz resourc inc and parent sierrita resourc inc that bar compani acquir pct interest foothil busi combin approv foothil board compani santa cruz advis that own pct foothil outstand common stock addit santa cruz and sierrita agre vote share accord instruct foothil board connect busi combin and anti takeov matter foothil foothil arrang bar santa cruz and sierrita fron tender foothil secur own into tender offer unspecifi condit met reuter
earn	feder michigan ffom qtr net shr dlr dlr net avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	coloni bancgroup clbga make acquisit coloni bancgroup sign letter intent acquir commun bank and trust hartsel ala asset mln dlr for undisclos term subject approv regulatori author and commun bank sharehold complet expect year reuter
earn	fab industri inc fit qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	northern trust corp ntr qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
earn	home save bank hmsb qtr net shr ct not net note compani public novemb net includ loan loss provis dlr dlr and gain sale secur dlr dlr pretax net includ tax credit dlr net includ dlr gain tax credit result reduct goodwil reuter
earn	amoskeag bank share inc amkg qtr net shr ct ct net note net includ pretax secur sale gain dlr dlr reuter
earn	msr explor msr year loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev note canadian dollar prove oil reserv year end mln barrel pct year earlier and natur ga reserv billion cubic feet pct reuter
earn	southmark offer special dividend southmark corp will issu sharehold special dividend acquir share american realti trust arb for each share southmark each entitl holder bui share benefici interest american realti trust price dlr per share southmark southmark offer record date dividend date april ad that will issu right sharehold and offer will expir southmark receiv right april holder pct american realti trust outstand share holder fewer southmark share receiv right acquir fewer american realti share will paid cash lieu right distribut compani southmark will comput cash price paid base averag close market price right american stock exchang for ten dai right trade begin april order dividend for right southmark sharehold common stock dividend date april compani that southmark common stock will trade right basi reuter
acq	taft broadcast tfb complet station sale tvx broadcast group inc tvxg complet previous announc purchas taft televis station last week tvx sale schedul close had delai taft purchas price mln dlr previous announc price subject final adjust taft taft not size gain post sale station wtaf philadelphia wdca washington wcix miami ktxa dalla and ktxh houston reuter
retail	march retail sale cut late easter retail lacklust march sale due late easter analyst expect recoveri april sale soft easter shift underli busi number bear stearn analyst monro greenstein analyst gener averag sale result march and april account for variat easter occur thi year easter observ april week last year analyst edward johnson johnson redbook associ sale for march rose unadjust pct and season adjust pct six pct compar adjust pct last year obviou question whether number that consum activ slow not liquid and employ rise analyst jeff edelman analyst drexel lambert and burnham analyst half sale come expect sale for expect rise pct six pct bit rise march sale housewar furnitur and big ticket item stronger apparel sale signal analyst that apparel sale will strong april holidai near sale gain home applianc and home fashion reflect continu strength hous market edward brennan chairman sear roebuck and report sale gain pct brennan sale women sportswear excel sear total apparel sale modestli even modest improv apparel good accomplish due fact that peopl will bui apparel april lawrenc analyst harri mortner pennei inc jcp and dayton hudson corp weaker perform compar store sale declin pct and pct pennei store and catalog sale declin pct and dayton hudson sale rose pct pennei chairman william howel sale continu strong for catalog oper and geograph rang activ east weak econom depress southwest pennei shift leisur time activ wear apparel line yield higher profit margin hurt sale greenstein bear stearn hudson chairman kenneth mack cite late easter for declin edelman drexel that hudson had tougher comparison had exception good analyst agre that promot slightli lower last year retail not plan for inventori lean markdown lower last year sale come analyst harri mortner mortner expect profit quarter had origin expect begin year retail report quarter middl march retail sale for major retail store pct sear bil bil mart bil bil pennei bil bil wal mart bil mln feder mln mln mln mln dayton mln mln woolworth mln mln zayr mln mln reuter
earn	interst expect brazil ecuador loan action cut net mln dlr
earn	midlant corp midl qtr net shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note result restat for merger midlant bank inc and continent bancorp inc januari reuter
earn	commun bank system inc cbsi qtr net shr ct ct net note share adjust for two for stock split reuter
earn	fitchburg ga fge rais quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai record reuter
earn	northern trust ntr net hurt brazil loan northern trust corp quarter earn reduc dlr place mln dlr loan brazil and six mln dlr loan ecuador cash basi loan remain nonperform basi for rest net incom for year will cut mln dlr bank earlier post net incom for period mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct share total nonperform asset mln dlr march mln dlr decemb and mln dlr march bank provis for loan loss for quarter mln dlr compar mln year ago net loan charg off six mln dlr mln dlr year ago reserv for loan loss mln dlr two pct outstand loan higher mln dlr pct loan outstand march reuter
lead	doe run rais lead price ct doe run compani increas price corrod grade lead half cent cent effect immedi price quot fob herculaneum and fob boss freight allow for carload quantiti reuter
reserves	spain foreign reserv rise februari spain foreign reserv rose mln dlr februari total billion dlr compar billion dlr februari bank spain figur show account system introduc thi month spain foreign reserv exclud foreign currenc held financi institut previou system spain foreign reserv risen mln dlr februari take into account fall mln dlr financi institut foreign currenc posit januari thi year central bank foreign reserv rose mln dlr financi institut foreign currenc posit fell mln dlr reuter
earn	sulpetro qtr jan loss shr not net loss loss rev mln mln note previou loss restat reuter
earn	western feder save bank wfpr qtr net shr ct ct net note share adjust for pct stock dividend juli compani base mayaguez puerto rico reuter
earn	final test inc fnlt qtr loss shr loss six ct loss ct net loss loss rev year shr profit six ct loss dlr net profit loss rev reuter
acq	protect life prot acquisit protect life corp sign letter intent assum liberti life insur group insur juli subject regulatori approv term not disclos reuter
earn	smith corp smc set quarterli qtly div class and ct ct pai record april reuter
earn	central bancorp inc cban qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln note net includ gain dlr termin pension plan result restat for pool acquisit and share adjust for stock dividend reuter
acq	emcor complet sale stock investor emcor complet sale mln dlr stock citicorp ventur capit concord ventur dillon read and and privat investor reuter
earn	vlsi technolog inc vlsi qtr net shr ct six ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
bop	belgian current account surplu widen belgium current account surplu measur cash basi widen sharpli billion franc last year billion financ ministri increas due almost sharp rise good trade surplu billion franc billion servic trade surplus increas billion franc billion deficit transfer rose slightli billion billion privat sector capit oper show steepli higher deficit billion franc billion reuter
earn	silicon system inc slcn qtr march shr profit ct profit two ct net profit profit rev mln mln six mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	shawmut corp sha qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion pct note result restat for pool acquisit shawmut home bank and fidel trust and includ gibraltar mortgag corp decemb purchas loan loss provis dlr dlr reuter
earn	minntech mntx see quarter loss minntech corp expect report loss for fiscal quarter end june due start cost relat membran oxygen and water filtrat product revenu and earn consist increas remaind year presid loui cosentino told analyst reuter
gold	gordex miner locat gold deposit gordex miner geologist locat mln ton gold bear deposit ounc per ton cape spencer compani plan invest mln canadian dlr expand site treatment facil process ton gold bear deposit thi year and ton prior complet recent explor program gordex estim cape spencer deposit had ton gordex expans cape spencer facil intent enabl oper hour dai year reuter
sugar	congressman introduc reagan sugar bill rep john porter ill introduc hous repres legisl propos reagan administr slash sugar price support spokesman for porter spokesman bill introduc administr propos congress last month that plan call for cut sugar loan rate cent per pound cent sugar grower compens for price cut target direct payment gradual phase payment grower cost estim billion dlr repres sugar grower reject propos ruin domest sugar industri reuter
interest	canada dai bill averag pct make bank rate pct
earn	republ save and loan rsla qtr net shr ct not net mth net note compani convert stock ownership effect august period end march and reuter
earn	southmark issu american realti right southmark corp sharehold will issu special dividend right acquir share american realti trust arb for each share southmark own record date for southmark sharehold receiv right will dividend date april southmark receiv right april six holder pct american realti trust outstand share reuter
acq	wall street stock ual inc ual takeov specul continu fuel heavi trade ual inc trader ual rose volum two mln share trade upward movement earlier session trader rumor began yesterdai ad specul that compani target takeov believ coniston partner and pritzker famili chicago bui stock coniston declin comment and pritzker had comment trader specul bidder and that real estat develop donald trump hold stake ual particip takeov bid ual pilot will pai billion dlr includ debt for compani unit airlin unit reuter
gold	gordex miner locat canada gold deposit gordex miner geologist locat mln short ton gold bear deposit ounc per ton cape spencer compani plan invest mln canadian dlr expand site treatment facil process ton gold bear deposit thi year and ton prior complet recent explor program gordex estim cape spencer deposit had ton gordex expans cape spencer facil intend enabl oper hour dai year reuter
interest	canadian bank rate rise week canada kei bank rate rose pct pct week bank canada bank rate set percentag point averag yield weekli issu dai treasuri bill thi week yield pct compar previou week pct tender accept for billion dlr dai bill averag price dlr dlr last week billion dlr dai bill price averag dlr dlr last week yield averag pct versu pct last week mln dlr dai bill price averag dlr dlr last week yield averag pct versu pct last week tender will receiv week for billion dlr dai bill billion dlr dai bill and mln dlr dai bill reuter
tin	consensu tin pact extens quarterli session intern tin council itc continu formal agreement extens sixth intern tin agreement ita deleg appar gener consensu agreement prolong deleg await formal instruct capit inform favour extens deleg thi afternoon session us deleg seek clarif issu involv and discuss intern matter sourc optimist resolut extens pass tomorrow suggest special session conven adopt resolut associ tin produc countri meet april full council session resum tomorrow gmt european commun coordin meet reuter
earn	slater electr inc slat qtr feb net shr ct ct net sale mln reuter
earn	south jersei industri inc sji qtr net oper shr dlr dlr oper net rev not mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln note net incom includ discontinu oper and period dlr gain chang account for result restat dlr dlr quarter and mln dlr mln dlr reuter
earn	citi nation corp ctyn qtr net shr ct ct net loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion reuter
earn	alli bankshar inc abga qtr net shr ct ct net note qtr includ tax gain dlr ct per share reuter
heat	royal dutch unit cut heat oil price royal dutch shell scallop petroleum subsidiari will reduc price charg contract barg custom york harbor for heat oil ct gallon effect tomorrow compani price cut will bring contract barg price for heat oil ct gallon reuter
copper	magma rais copper price ct magma copper subsidiari newmont mine corp rais copper cathod price cent cent effect immedi reuter
earn	bank system inc fb qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion reuter
earn	centerr bancorp ctbc qtr net shr ct dlr net loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion reuter
earn	sea gallei store inc seag qtr net oper shr ct oper net rev mln mln note current qtr figur exclud oper loss carryforward gain dlr two ct per share gain dlr per share reuter
strategic-metal	hous panel pentagon manag stockpil hous arm servic committe vote for transfer manag stockpil materi for nation defens defens secretari committe vote for legal bind quantiti and qualiti requir materi metal measur part defens author bill will vote hous month purpos measur pass committe yesterdai improv stockpil manag and discourag sell off materi that jeopard strateg staff member committe told reuter stockpil stand gain manag properli staffer manag stockpil last year atroci respons for stockpil manag belong white hous agenc feder emerg manag agenc staffer measur pass committe secretari defens influenc decis sell strateg stockpil materi administr propos goal million dlr worth strateg materi held stockpil stockpil contain billion dlr materi agenc help fema manag stockpil and decid sell deficit agenc includ offic manag and budget and depart interior and commerc committe believ share involv stockpil manag counter product reuter
trade	canada trade rise start recoveri canada trade pictur brighten consider underscor economist predict sector post long await recoveri thi year feder govern report todai that monthli surplu soar billion canadian dlr februari doubl januari mln dlr surplu and sharpli higher februari mln dlr talli hopefulli begin trend richardson greenshield canada economist susan clark toronto economist gener don expect such larg gain month for upward trend year thought trade balanc improv year and thi morn figur indic that comment economist jame donegan toronto secur firm midland doherti statist canada report surplu driven pct gain automobil product export record billion dl month recoveri automot sector help push export pct februari agenc monthli report total export expand billion dlr billion dlr februari import slip billion dlr billion dlr economist predict trade surplu end billion dlr higher last year dismal billion dlr total surplu billion dlr monei market analyst posit trade new touch modest ralli canadian dollar rose ct north american market earli thi morn close ct wednesdai currenc hover ct earli afternoon trade economist bank improv trade perform thi year stimul sluggish canadian economi monei market analyst posit trade new touch modest ralli canadian dollar rose ct north american market earli thi morn close ct wednesdai currenc hover ct earli afternoon trade economist bank improv trade perform thi year stimul sluggish canadian economi countri consum spend torrid pace recent year will sharpli curtail outlai thi year and thi curtail flow import into countri meanwhil demand for canadian export unit state countri largest market expect strong result project rise american consum spend and rel low canadian currenc maintain drive canada export perform incom growth midland donegan bank nova scotia deputi chief economist warren jestin optimist outlook and mistak read into februari trade upturn jestin fact economi show sign weaken car sale that part strength canada trade figur transitori reuter
earn	bank fb see loss brazilian loan bank system inc report higher quarter net that interest not paid mln dlr brazilian loan and mln dlr ecuadorian loan for rest profit for entir year will cut mln dlr bank firm perform statu loan cut quarter net mln dlr earlier report quarter profit mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct share year ago period nonaccru loan restructur loan and real estat mln dlr pct total asset compar mln dlr pct asset end and mln pct asset march provis for loan loss quarter mln dlr compar mln quarter special addit reserv mln dlr net charg off mln compar mln dlr year earlier reuter
grain	usda estim ussr grain import mln tonn march year ago
grain	usda estim soviet grain crop mln tonn march year ago
orange	usda orang crop box florida crop box
orange	usda estim orang juic yield gal per box florida crop
earn	vornado inc vno qtr jan net oper shr dlr ct oper net rev mln mln avg shr year oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr note oper net exclud gain noth dlr ct share quarter and dlr ct share dlr dlr share year tax loss carryforward reuter
earn	union corp qtr shr ct ct
orange	citru crop estim usda agricultur depart estim citru product follow box total orang crop exclud florida templ box box last month and box crop florida orang exclud templ box last month and box florida templ box last month and box depart estim base april crop condit reuter
orange	usda orang juic yield estim agricultur depart project averag yield gallon frozen concentr orang juic per box degre brix equival florida crop that compar gallon per box previous and gallon per box crop crop report board estim for season base matur and yield test april reuter
potato	usda spring potato estim agricultur depart estim spring potato product base april condit cwt lb cwt last year depart estim spring potato area for harvest acr acr estim last month and acr harvest last year spring potato yield per harvest acr forecast cwt per acr cwt per acr year ago usda reuter
potato	usda revis summer potato agricultur depart made revis for crop summer potato product cwt lb cwt estim previous acreag for harvest acr acr estim previous yield per harvest acr cwt per acr cwt per acr previous estim depart reuter
acq	clevit clev amend right plan clevit industri inc earlier receiv mln dlr takeov offer industri inc jpi amend sharehold right plan that provis plan cannot occur board determin that interest compani and stockhold plan adopt decemb permit clevit issu share half price exist stockhold and stockhold bui share unfriendli bidder half price clevit amend board effect mean that call flip and flip provis right plan can trigger affirm board approv compani act inview propos acquisit and debt restrict block abil redeem right reuter
earn	stop and shop co for split hike dividend
strategic-metal	hous panel pentagon manag stockpil hous arm servic committe vote for transfer manag stockpil materi for nation defens defens secretari committe vote for legal bind quantiti and qualiti requir materi metal measur part defens author bill will vote hous month purpos measur pass committe yesterdai improv stockpil manag and discourag sell off materi that jeopard strateg staff member committe told reuter stockpil stand gain manag properli staffer manag stockpil last year atroci respons for stockpil manag belong white hous agenc feder emerg manag agenc staffer that measur pass committe secretari defens influenc decis sell strateg stockpil materi administr propos goal million dlr worth strateg materi held stockpil stockpil contain billion dlr materi agenc help fema manag stockpil and decid sell deficit agenc includ offic manag and budget and depart interior and commerc committe believ share involv stockpil manag counter product reuter
cotton	usda estim ussr cotton crop agricultur depart forecast soviet cotton crop mln bale lb net mln bale forecast last month depart estim soviet cotton crop mln bale mln bale last month reuter
earn	stop and shop co shp two for split stop and shop co inc board vote two for stock split payabl juli stockhold record rais quarterli cash dividend pct ct per share ct per share prior result split number outstand share will increas mln mln compani dividend payabl juli sharehold record reuter
acq	nation beverag acquir faygo beverag nation beverag corp agre acquir faygo beverag inc for undisclos amount cash faygo revenu excess mln dlr nation beverag reuter
earn	audio video affili ava qtr jan net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note full name compani audio video affili inc reuter
acq	fluorocarbon fcbn bui eaton etn divis fluorocarbon sign definit agreement acquir eaton corp industri polym divis for undisclos price polym divis base aurora ohio had sale mln dlr fluorocarbon reuter
earn	union corp func qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln note current qtr includ gain ct shr sale secur year ago restat reuter
earn	financi new network inc fnni qtr net qtr end februari shr six ct ct net rev mln mln avg share six month shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg share reuter
earn	coloni bankshar corp fcola qtr shr ct ct net avg shr reuter
acq	hawaiian electr bui hawaiian insur hawaiian electr industri enter letter intent bui hawaiian insur compani transact subject definit agreement and govern and board approv hawaiian insur compani asset end mln dlr and earn premium mln dlr hawaiian electr plan oper comapni employe current manag reuter
acq	disnei famili make bid for holli sugar hly roi disnei famili disclos file secur and exchang commiss that made bid acquir holli sugar corp for packag cash and secur shamrock hold california inc disnei famili compani submit bid april salomon brother inc holli sugar invest banker offer for dlr cash secur face dlr and conting payment certif that pai dlr year period for each share holli sugar outstand disnei famili hold holli sugar share pct total outstand purchas share march april shamrock told sec shamrock had ask for inform holli sugar financi condit had turn offer subject discuss onc had opportun complet due dilig evalu compani includ inspect facil and meet kei manag personnel prepar negoti aspect propos includ price april letter reuter
earn	univers health realti uht qtr net shr ct nil net nil rev mln nil note compani full name univers health realti incom trust quarter compani full quarter earn reuter
earn	frost and sullivan inc frsl increas payout semi annual div ct six ct prior pai june record reuter
acq	cmco make acquisit acquir for mln dlr princip asset nation tech industri inc and telkon corp compani engag servic sale and telemarket consum electron merchandis reuter
earn	rai research corp rac qtr feb shr ct ct net rev mln mln month shr ct ct net rev mln mln note net includ loss month discontinu and gain dlr qtr reuter
acq	centel cnt complet acquisit centel corp complet acquisit welbac cabl televis corp serv cabl televis subscrib east central michigan term not disclos addit welbac custom centel cabl televis michigan serv custom centel custom state reuter
earn	jame river corp set regular payout qtrly div ct ct prior pai april record april reuter
earn	depart inc tdd set payout class qtly div ct ct prior class qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
earn	adam express adx march asset shr dlr dlr asset mln mln shr mln mln note lastest asset capit gain distribut ct share februari and dlr share decemb reuter
earn	petroleum and resourc corp peo march shr dlr dlr asset mln mln shr note latest asset capit gain distribut ct share februari and ct share decemb and state dlr convert prefer stock outstand reuter
acq	intern american home acquir co intern american home inc enter into condit contract acquir maion hirschberg co inc and affili entitl for mln dlr intern american stock halt nasdaq earlier purchas price payabl mln dlr cash and balanc common share sell sharehold earn addit amount maximum mln dlr payabl cash base futur perform compani acquir year end march intern acquisit subject condit such satisfactori result due dilig investig compani reuter
earn	soni chairman forecast lower profit thi year soni corp sne chairman akio morita soni profit sharpli result dollar declin soni corp post net consolid incom billion yen million dollar pct billion yen million dollar morita ad that japan benefit strong yen save energi import bill and expect profit recov onward speak report soni factori open reuter
grain	coars grain suppli demand countri usda agricultur depart detail world suppli demand data for major import and export coars grain countri follow mln tonn ussr coars grain start stck product import dome us export nil nil nil nil end stock not coars grain mln tonn start stck product import dom us export end stock eastern europ coars grain mln tonn start stck product import dom us export end stock japan coars grain mln tonn start stck product import dom us export nil nil nil nil end stock argentina coars grain mln tonn start stck product import nil nil nil dome us export end stock canada coars grain mln tonn start stck product import dom us export end stock thailand coars grain mln tonn start stck product import nil nil nil nil dome us export end stock reuter
acq	winn enterpris wnn unit sell dairi winn enterpris knudsen food inc enter agreement sell hawaiian dairi oper foremost food inc for mln dlr cash compani purchas price subject adjust and entir transact subject approv bankruptci court for central district california reuter
acq	nation beverag acquir faygo nation beverag corp agre acquir privat held faygo beverag inc for undisclos amount cash compani detroit base faygo soft drink maker annual revenu mln dlr nation beverag privat held own and bottl shasta beverag spree natur beverag and privat label brand bottl facil unit state reuter
fuel	royal dutch unit rais heavi fuel price scallop petroleum corp subsidiari royal dutch shell group will rais contract price for heavi fuel ct dlr barrel effect tomorrow increas bring price for pct sulphur fuel dlr ct pct sulphur dlr ct pct sulphur dlr ct pct sulphur dlr ct two pct sulphur dlr dlr pct sulphur dlr dlr pct sulphur dlr dlr compani price for pct sulphur unchang dlr reuter
cotton	cotton suppli demand countri usda agricultur depart detail world suppli demand data for major import and export cotton countri follow mln bale china cotton start stck product import dome us export end stock bale pakistan cotton mln bale start stock product import domest us export end stock bale ussr cotton mln lb bale start stock product import domest us export end stock japan cotton mln lb bale start stock product nil nil nil nil import domest us export nil nil nil nil end stock reuter
orange	usda florida orang report consid bearish agricultur depart latest estim florida orang product and orang juic yield bearish for frozen concentr orang juic futur market yield increas greater expect fcoj trader and analyst usda project averag yield gallon fcoj per box versu last month estim gallon govern estim florida orang product exclud templ mln box versu mln last month templ unchang mln box trader and analyst unexpectedli larg yield increas outweigh anticip drop box count reuter
earn	jame river corp set regular dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai april record april reuter
copper	noranda begin salvag oper murdochvil noranda inc began salvag oper murdochvil quebec mine fire last week kill miner and caus mln dlr damag anoth miner trap underground for long hour brought safeti noranda and full extent damag unknown that fire destroi feet conveyor belt noranda work crew begun secur ramp lead into zone fire locat compani extrem heat fire caus sever rock degrad ramp and drift mine noranda estim that secur oper for zone will not complet end april noranda quebec health and safeti commiss quebec provinci polic and noranda each conduct investig into fire product mine suspend investig complet copper mine and smelter produc ton copper anod and emploi peopl smelter continu oper concentr stockpil suppli noranda reuter reuter
earn	newhal invest properti nip payout shr ct ct prior qtr pai june record april reuter
earn	newhal resourc qtly distribut shr ct ct prior qtr pai june record april reuter
earn	westinghous electr corp qtr shr dlr ct
crude	oil depend rise record level unit state depend foreign oil sourc reach record level mid john lichtblau presid petroleum industri research associ lichtblau speak altern energi confer depend foreign supplier for pct oil surpasss previou high level pct long term growth depend foreign oil inevit lichtblau pct oil import come opec nation lichtblau depend foreign supplier for pct oil and predict that increas pct rate thi growth can affect posit neg govern action inact lichtblau that govern neg action mainten windfal profit tax act disincent develop exist field and reduc cash flow for oil explor lichtblau call for adopt intern floor price for crude oil stabil world oil price intern floor price adopt industri countri effect measur and distort for impos alon lichtblau develop altern energi sourc such synthet fuel increas develop alaska lessen depend foreign oil lichtblau potenti for altern suppli limit willing opec nation rais oil price lichtblau call for feder govern offer tax abat for oil drill fill strateg petroleum reserv faster rate and develop pilot plan for altern energi reuter
earn	westinghous electr corp qtr net shr primari dlr ct shr dilult dlr ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
livestock	ccc guarante iraq switch usda commod credit corpor ccc transfer mln dlr credit guarante previous earmark for sale hatch egg and mln dlr guarante for breeder livestock increas coverag sale protein concentr iraq agricultur depart action request iraq state trade organ for grain and foodstuff and reduc line for hatch egg and line for breeder livestock mln dlr mln dlr depart guarante line for sale protein concentr increas mln dlr mln dlr reuter
money-supply	york busi loan fall billion dlr commerci and industri loan book major york bank exclud accept fell billion dlr billion week end april feder reserv bank york includ accept loan drop billion dlr billion commerci paper outstand nation fell billion dlr billion nation busi loan data schedul releas fridai reuter
money-supply	bank discount borrow mln dlr major york citi bank had daili averag borrow mln dlr feder reserv week end april fed spokesman fed spokesman that borrow made yesterdai fewer half bank second half two week bank statement period that end wednesdai averag borrow bank mln dlr week period reuter
acq	fundament broker bui part mki broker fundament broker institut associ lead inter dealer broker govern secur agre acquir asset mki govern broker inc for undisclos term acquisit document sign and held escrow pend receipt consent conjunct sale asset mki ceas broker treasuri bill note and bond fundament industri sourc told reuter yesterdai that fundament close acquir govern secur brokerag divis mki major broker corpor bond fundament intend us facil us mki provid block broker servic activ treasuri issu separ execut wholesal trade heavi volum smaller lot larg scale transact will facilit compani system expect substanti enhanc liquid and effienc market fundament wholesal broker servic will begin april reuter
earn	newhal invest nip set special payout newhal invest properti declar special distribut ct per share payabl june unithold record april reuter
orange	fcoj movement gallon last week florida citru processor associ frozen concentr orang juic movement into trade channel week end april total gallon versu gallon week end march and gallon year ago period gallon foreign import last week versu gallon week domest import last week retail movement versu year ago bulk movement year earlier current season cumul movement gallon versu last year cumul net pack for season versu year ago inventori versu year ago reuter
acq	nation heritag nher bui manag firm nation heritag inc acquir asset chartham manag corp salem or term not disclos asset acquir will us form division offic serv northwest nurs home oper newli acquir salem oper manag respons for bed nurs home state southmark corp own pct nation heritag recent agre acquir facil nation manag nurs home properti own southmark reuter
acq	ohio mattress omt bui seali michigan ohio mattress that ohio seali mattress manufactur unit complet previous announc acquisit seali mattress michigan inc addit compani seali inc own pct redeem outstand seali stock held michigan seali increas compani stake seali pct reuter
crude	land llx pont explor tract louisiana land and explor pont conoco inc subsidiari and oranj nassau energi offer explor block offshor netherland louisiana land block and offer group conoco pct interest louisiana land pct and orang nassau pct thi group consortium head pennzoil pzl offer block offer result applic submit ministri econom affair for netherland sixth offshor licens round louisiana land conoco group intend provid formal accept block plan start explor thi year compani two block immedi offset offshor block hydrocarbon found commerci quantiti reuter
earn	patient pti debt restructur patient technolog inc retain invest bank firm altern restructur long term debt includ exchang offer for mln dlr outstand convert debentur april began consolid sale market and manufactur oper consolid expect complet june and compani focus restructur balanc sheet compani quarter will advers affect consolid effort for year ago quarter compani report profit dlr mln dlr compani that second quarter will transit period and that earn growth will resum second half for year end decemb patient report net loss mln dlr sale mln dlr due write off discontinu oper and temporari backlog order reuter
acq	napco npco manag cannot rais fund napco intern inc suspend plan sell intern busi group that busi top manag group fail obtain satisfactori financ compani intend pursu corpor direct and explor acquisit altern reuter
earn	bank mid america inc boma qtr net shr loss ct loss ct net profit loss asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note shr data payment prefer dividend reuter
acq	mcdonnel dougla bui comput firm mcdonnel dougla corp acquir frampton comput servic british softwar compani that isi term acquisit not disclos base bristol england isi emploi worker and annual revenu mln dlr mcdonnel dougla compani ad that isi will oper part mcdonnel dougla inform system intern reuter
cotton	world market price for upland cotton usda agricultur depart announc prevail world market price adjust qualiti and locat for strict low middl inch upland cotton ct per effect midnight april adjust world price averag produc locat lubbock texa and will adjust for qualiti and locat price will us determin handler cotton certif payment rate depart sinc adjust world price loan repay rate ct per for base qualiti handler cotton certif will issu period base data for week end april adjust world price for upland cotton determin follow ct per northern european price adjust averag spot mkt locat slm inch cotton averag locat sum adjust adjust world price reuter
money-supply	monei suppli fall two billion dlr march week fed
money-supply	fed discount window borrow mln dlr april week
money-supply	bank net free reserv mln dlr two week april
earn	westinghous electr optimist for year westinghous electr corp chairman dougla danforth encourag quarter result for fiscal and compani posit capit economi modest growth for rest year encourag continu improv earn danworth quarter met expect westinghous record net incom for quarter mln dlr dlr per share revenu billion dlr danworth attribut result increas oper profit energi and advanc technolog industri and commer segment reuter
earn	bsd bancorp bsd qtr net shr ct ct net loan mln mln deposit mln mln asset mln mln reuter
earn	gatewai commun inc gwai qtr net shr ct six ct net rev reuter
earn	baker commun inc bakr year loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
earn	eastov corp east qtr net shr ct ct net rev year shr dlr dlr net rev note net includ state tax credit for qtr and year net includ gain sale real estat for qtr and for year reuter
money-supply	bank discount borrow mln dlr bank discount window borrow extend credit averag mln dlr dai week wednesdai april feder reserv total daili borrow week fell mln dlr mln dlr extend credit mln dlr mln dlr week second half two week statement period that end wednesdai net borrow averag mln dlr week period comment two week statement period that end april fed bank had averag net free reserv mln dlr fed spokesman told press confer that larg dai net miss fed estim reserv week end wednesdai week borrow monei center bank account for pct and small bank for almost pct wednesdai net borrow billion dlr and fed fund averag high pct monei center bank account for pct borrow borrow latest two week averag mln dlr dai highest sinc statement period end januari float rang mln dlr thursdai and billion dlr mondai and tuesdai spokesman mondai float includ mln dlr holdov float fed branch due mechan problem mln dlr tuesdai float reflect weather relat transport float eastern reserv bank adjust rang minu mln dlr mondai cash letter error two eastern reserv bank correct mln dlr thursdai correct made unpost fund singl bank half statement period end wednesdai bank held excess reserv dai week ran deficit wednesdai second week ran deficit thursdai fridai and mondai held excess reserv final two dai reuter
copper	noranda begin murdochvil mine salvag noranda inc began salvag oper murdochvil quebec mine fire last week kill miner and caus mln dlr damag noranda and full extent damag unknown fire destroi feet conveyor belt compani extrem heat fire caus sever rock degrad ramp and drift mine product mine suspend investig complet copper mine and smelter produc ton copper anod smelter continu oper concentr stockpil suppli noranda reuter
money-supply	monei suppli fall two billion dlr monei suppli fell two billion dlr season adjust billion dlr march week feder reserv previou week level revis billion dlr billion week move averag rose billion dlr billion economist poll reuter that anywher two billion dlr billion reuter
acq	bevi bevi receiv takeov inquiri bevi industri inc seek acquir recent receiv inquiri purchas compani compani not identifi parti that made inquiri had refer invest banker tucker anthoni and dai inc for studi march compani engag tucker anthoni seek purchas oper unit greenvil tube corp and pneumat inc reuter
acq	jacor jcor bui two denver radio station jacor commun inc agre bui two denver radio station belo corp blc for mln dlr cash and note jacor two station koa and koaq acquisit approv feder commun commiss jacor ad reuter
money-supply	asset monei fund rose week asset monei market mutual fund increas billion dlr week end yesterdai billion dlr invest compani institut asset institut fund mln dlr billion dlr broker dealer fund rose mln dlr billion dlr and gener purpos fund gain mln dlr billion dlr reuter
acq	polycast ptcc reduc spartech sptn stake polycast technolog corp told secur and exchang commiss sold spartech corp common share reduc stake spartech share pct total outstand polycast made sale april counter market gave reason for sale reuter
acq	hospit corp receiv dlr share offer investor group
earn	beverli enterpris bev set regular dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
money-fx	treasuri baker float exchang rate system greater stabil
crude	crude oil netback sharpli europ crude oil netback valu complex refineri rose sharpli europ and firm last fridai previou week fell sharpli singapor calcul reuter pipelin firmer tone refin margin europ and relect higher price for petroleum product gasolin and support crude oil price netback valu for crude oil refin northern europ rose substanti strong gain gasolin price brent valu dlr ct barrel pct previou week gulf sweet crude rose ct dlr for west texa intermedi pct sour grade gulf show increas ct barrel for alaska north slope pct netback for crude oil refin singapor fell sharpli ct ct barrel ampl distil suppli weigh petroleum product price attaka singapor valu dlr declin ct barrel pct previou week for refineri mediterranean netback valu lower declin ct kuwait crude fell ct dlr iranian light fell ct dlr west coast netback valu for an cif jump sharpli ct barrel pct dlr higher gasolin price reuter
money-fx	treasuri baker system stabil treasuri secretari jame baker float exchang rate system not effect had hope promot stabil and prevent imbal emerg global economi remark afternoon session intern monetari fund interim committe baker not suggest that system abandon suggest that give stabil and head direct wind shift that indic can serv kind compass ad that structur indic can focu attent polici baker imf move macroeconom indic and find structur indic that can focu attent polici specif relev imbal face todai treasuri secretari that indic promin role annual econom review articl consult that fund perform baker told polici make group that time for imf adopt earlier recommend make imf surveil relev nation policymak and public urg increas public for imf apprais develop articl consult us follow report countri action implement imf recommend and greater us special consult procedur baker emphas that indic devic for move rhetor action provid structur system and induc disciplin and peer pressur into process polici coordin fund procedur for surveil review and updat reflect us indic thi matter prioriti for execut board baker urg fund develop altern medium term econom scenario for countri that can focu even import imbal identifi option for address and analyz implic option that work find path that lead medium term object effect remedi action signific deviat intend definit wai indentifi for kei variabl reuter
earn	trustcorp inc ttco qtr net shr ct ct net asset billion billion note shr and net data account chang announc ad ct share year ago qtr result reuter
earn	napa vallei bancorp nvbc qtr net shr ct ct net reuter
earn	intern power machin pwr qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev year shr loss ct loss dlr net loss loss rev mln mln note net includ adjust inventori valuat and cost reduct expens full name intern power machin corp reuter
acq	great american mgmt gami atcor atco stake great american manag and invest inc told secur and exchang commiss acquir pct stake atcor inc great american bought stake for invest ad that consid not decid bui addit atcor share open market privat transact tender offer great american paid mln dlr for atcor share recent purchas includ share bought march april reuter
earn	rai research corp rac qtr feb net oper shr ct oper net rev mth oper shr ct ct oper net rev note oper exclud gain discontinu oper for year ago qtr and loss discontinu oper for year ago mth reuter
earn	moor mcl see substanti profit gain moor corp expect profit continu oper will exce result and recov level compani earn mln dlr dlr share presid keith goodrich substanti increas earn continu oper told report annual meet expect profit recov last year lost ground and reach result profit continu oper slump mln dlr dlr share total exclud loss mln dlr discontinu oper goodrich moor activ for acquisit relat core area busi form manufactur handl larg acquisit ask compani rais billion dlr for thi purpos chairman judson sinclair answer sharehold question told annual meet that special resolut pass sharehold creat class prefer share moor move quickli decid pursu acquisit make major acquisit mean can move expedi sinclair ask resolut design give moor protect hostil takeov sinclair threat corpor thi time reuter
acq	firm pct decis capit fund dcf gabelli group inc and two subsidiari held total decis capit fund inc share pct total outstand share held behalf invest client and had intent seek control fund gabelli recent purchas decis capit fund stock includ share bought april philadelphia stock exchang gabelli invest firm headquart york citi gabelli and subsidiari brokerag firm reuter
acq	partnership bui ipco ih stake pct york invest partnership told secur and exchang commiss bought pct stake ipco corp common stock partnership acquir ipco share pai mln dlr believ secur attract invest opportun plan regularli review invest and futur recommend busi strategi extraordinari corpor transact such merger reorgan liquid asset sale partnership control marcu schloss and inc york brokerag firm and prime medic product inc greenwood medic suppli firm reuter
earn	delm inc dmd year loss oper shr loss ct loss dlr oper net loss loss mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note oper exclud loss provis for discontinu oper mln and loss convers debt gain oper exclud loss pension plan liquid and loss discontinu oper reuter
acq	cadillac fairview receiv acquisit propos
acq	cadillac fairview receiv takeov bid cadillac fairview corp receiv propos acquir compani announc last august that had retain invest dealer solicit offer for outstand common share cadillac fairview offer subject clarif and negoti and offer detail reuter
acq	winterhalt wntlc holder takeov winterhalt inc sharehold approv dlr acquisit winterhalt interfac system inc intf acquisit for ct per winterhalt share reuter
earn	american eagl petroleum year loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln reuter
trade	chilean trade surplu narrow slightli februari chile trade surplu narrow mln dlr februari mln dlr month last year mln dlr surplu record januari central bank export februari total mln dlr pct januari figur import fell pct previou month mln dlr figur for month last year mln and mln dlr accumul trade surplu two month stand mln dlr mln dlr previou year reuter
earn	valex petroleum inc valp year dec shr loss six ct loss ct net loss loss mln rev mln mln note net includ mln dlr writedown and tax benefit reuter
money-supply	trade bank deposit growth eas slightli zealand trade bank season adjust deposit growth rose pct februari compar pct rise januari reserv bank year year total deposit rose pct compar pct rise januari and pct rise februari year ago period bank weekli statist releas total deposit rose billion dlr februari compar billion januari and billion februari reuter
interest	averag yen rate fall latest week averag interest rate yen certif deposit fell pct week end april pct previou week bank japan rate previou bracket averag rate bank pct monei market certif mmc ceil rate for week start april pct averag rate citi trust and long term bank dai pct dai pct averag rate citi trust and long term bank dai pct dai pct dai unquot dai pct dai pct unqtd averag yen banker accept rate citi trust and long term bank dai pct dai pct dai unquot unqtd reuter
interest	japan plan cut discount rate bank japan sourc bank plan cut discount rate told report that pressur japan group meet yesterdai lower discount rate ad that not feel for cut chancellor exchequ nigel lawson told report earlier todai that countri strong currenc cut interest rate bank japan sourc that call pact failur central bank sourc comment dollar renew tumbl york and tokyo spark remark treasuri secretari jame baker that dollar fall had orderli market misinterpret baker comment refer dollar fall sinc plaza agreement septemb long time span not currenc recent movement ad that foreign exchang markest seiz us excus drive dollar bank japan sourc put weight dollar yen rate term judg market stabil currenc meet japan point danger that aris dollar fall reduc flow japanes capit hurt and world economi februari and march thi year japanes investor reduc purchas treasuri bond sourc each countri britain canada franc itali japan and west germani view currenc stabil bank japan sourc thi foreign exchang market triangl dollar yen european currenc yen and dollar european currenc time louvr agreement european countri not want yen weaken currenc not object yen strengthen reuter
ship	australian union and nsw govern reach deal union and south wale govern offici reach compromis disput worker compens avert increas industri action state union sourc union includ build and mine worker dissatisfi deal and continu strike for dai state offici govern had agre revis propos cut compens and slightli higher cash benefit for injur worker origin propos spark strike and industri action state april worker compens cut full detail compromis packag not labour council affili australian council trade union actu had threaten paralys south wale govern modifi pend legisl issu state offici sector affect past dai govern build project railwai freight movement and cargo handl sydnei port reuter
crude	ecuador crude oil output resum month ecuador due resum limit crude oil output pipelin neighbour colombia finish energi ministri spokesman oil output halt march earthquak damag main pipelin link jungl oilfield lago agrio ecuadorean port balao pacif link capabl carri barrel per dai bpd built ecuador pump bpd earthquak link will connect lago agrio puerto colon colombia start point columbia pipelin pacif ocean port temuco govern estim will month repair lago agrio balao pipelin and return output normal level spokesman reuter
earn	mobil australia report mln dlr loss wholli own mobil corp mob unit mobil oil australia report mln dlr net loss turnaround mln profit loss reflect combin strike schedul and unschedul refineri shutdown for mainten and inventori loss caus govern control crude and product price mobil statement equiti account associ profit reduc loss mln dlr mln profit mobil confid return profit built compani restructur reuter
trade	japan warn retali trade disput japan warn unit state retaliatori measur unit state impos plan trade sanction april senior govern offici shinji fukukawa vice minist intern trade and industri ministri statement japan measur gener agreement tariff and trade and action unit state impos pct tariff japanes export plan week fukukawa japan readi continu trade talk unit state despit failur convinc america call threaten tariff two dai emerg talk end washington yesterdai last month presid reagan announc sanction retali for call japan failur honour juli agreement stop dump comput microchip market unit state and open home market american good fukukawa unit state had regrett not listen japan explan effort live pact and washington had not detail explan plan impos tariff reuter
acq	kuwait increas stake sime darbi kuwait invest offic kio increas stake sime darbi bhd mln share repres pct sime darbi paid capit mln share malayan bank bhd mbkm sinc last novemb kio aggress open market bui share sime darbi major corpor interest insur properti develop plantat and manufactur share will regist name malayan bank subsidiari mayban nomine sdn bhd kio benefici owner reuter
sugar	smuggl blame for closur haitian sugar firm sugar mill thi nation second largest employ close door yesterdai had run busi sugar smuggl miami and neighbour dominican republ closur haitian american sugar compani hasco will idl employe and affect small sugar cane planter region capit compani unpreced and grow smuggl hasco regret cannot continu accept deliveri sugar cane april mill warn planter earlier thi week sinc presid jean claud duvali fled haiti fourteen month ago widescal smuggl basic good such cook oil flour rice sugar and can milk lower consum price bankrupt local manufactur throw hundr thousand haitian work hasco compound grim face worker line receiv last pai spokesman georg rigaud show warehous stock estim unsold pound bag sugar close huge stock unsold sugar monei left continu oper rigaud compani ow mln dlr and had borrow addit mln dlr order pai worker rigaud blame mill problem order duvali two year ago forbid hasco refin sugar govern began import refin sugar world market price and resel huge profit and provision militari civilian govern that replac duvali last year continu polici smuggl even state can compet smuggl dominican refin sugar rigaud hasco worker earn dlr daili consider usual minimum wage dlr gener estim that emploi haitian support six peopl rigaud hasco close minimum affect peopl laid worker bitter closur dead and govern that caus die declar lucien felix depend reuter
trade	taiwan announc round import tariff cut taiwan announc plan for anoth round import tariff cut foreign good shortli trade talk washington offici describ move balanc trade unit state wang der hwa deputi director financ ministri custom administr depart told report list product includ item ask washington move part govern effort encourag import trade partner unit state ministri propos todai cabinet that tariff such product cosmet bicycl appl radio garment soybean and televis set cut and pct cabinet expect give approv thursdai and tariff cut implement possibl start april ad taiwan introduc sweep tariff cut foreign product last januari aim help reduc grow trade surplu unit state island largest trade partner washington not satisfi cut and press for reduct cut huge trade deficit taipei washington deficit taipei rose record billion dlr last year billion widen billion quarter billion year earlier taiwan offici figur show todai announc departur todai member taiwan deleg for washington for seri trade talk offici deleg leader vincent siew told report last night leav heavi heart mean that face tough talk washington rise protectionist sentiment congress taiwan trade surplu washington largest japan and canada siew talk start april cover call for taiwan open market american product purchas major machineri and power plant equip import tariff cut and protect intellectu properti afraid thi time give talk elabor reuter
trade	british minist warn tokyo sanction british minist had japanes govern clear warn sanction japanes compani tokyo not access intern market and understood corpor affair minist michael howard return visit japan thought japanes begin fair and open access market airport new confer howard deni opposit charg that trip had failur had return empti hand set deliv clear messag japanes govern and deliv and understood howard that financi servic act goven had consider flexibl take sanction japanes compani and financ hous oper britain not simpli question withdraw refus oper licenc can ban firm countri carri kind busi allow carri kind hope don us power made clear japan that timet isn met us unfortun britain and japan involv tit for tat exchang ad that japan gain open trade relationship begin that thi relationship continu import for fair and open access market question british firm cabl and wireless plc cawl win signific share telecommun contract japan howard had told japanes thi wide regard test case sign movement case cabl and wireless due part talk japan tuesdai earlier thi week british prime minist margaret thatcher britain not alon sanction japan coordin action european commun partner commun sourc meet trade offici yesterdai that group impos steep tariff rang japanes good prevent divers unit state market washington impos trade sanction tokyo threaten reuter
interest	yield rise dai sama deposit yield dai banker secur deposit account issu thi week saudi arabian monetari agenc sama rose point pct week ago banker sama decreas offer price mln riyal issu last saturdai date interbank deposit quot todai pct point higher last saturdai sama offer total billion riyal and dai paper bank kingdom each week reuter
coffee	uganda pull coffe market trade sourc uganda coffe market board cmb stop offer coffe intern market unhappi current price coffe trade sourc board suspend offer last week urgent for cash not immedi clear long sustain sourc ad hundr ugandan coffe farmer and processor wait month for payment cmb had troubl find railwai wagon move coffe kenyan port mombasa foreign bank contribut cash crisi hold remitt uganda hard currenc earn coffe export govern newspap vision bank hold mln dlr coffe monei and presid yoweri museveni think impos penalti for such delai ad bank sourc factor crisi that commerci bank lent board billion shill equival mln dlr for crop financ current coffe year govern had ask for billion cmb bag coffe pct annual product stockpil kampala await shipment crop account for pct uganda export earn and recent slide price year low like offset expect increas product cmb offici forecast that govern restor law and order import grow area uganda will produc mln bag coffe year end septemb pct reuter
cocoa	german cocoa grind pct quarter west german cocoa grind rose pct tonn quarter tonn quarter bonn base confectioneri industri associ statement reuter taw
jobs	spanish unemploy fall slightli march spain regist unemploy fell peopl mln pct workforc march labour ministri figur show regist unemploy februari mln peopl pct workforc figur nonetheless higher for march mln peopl and pct workforc reuter
cpi	hungari rais price effort curb deficit hungari announc sharp price increas for rang food and consum product part effort curb soar budget deficit offici mti new agenc govern decid consum price subsidi had cut reduc state spend todai price meat will rise averag pct and that beer and spirit pct mti mti consum good will becom expens price refriger rise pct announc number measur eas hardship includ higher pension and famili allow statist budget deficit tripl billion forint central banker jano feket financ ministri cut shortfal and billion plan billion major tax reform includ introduct western style valu ad tax plan for januari effort cure problem state spend diplomat latest announc show author forc act quickli thi year deficit control measur aim cool overh economi and dampen hungarian appetit for import western good consum increasingli expens hard currenc diplomat diplomat that not expect kind social unrest that sharp price rise east bloc state notabl poland reuter
cotton	china bui tonn pakistani cotton china negoti pakistan bui tonn cotton thi year import amount last year barter agreement chines consul sourc chines ambassador tian ding told meet pakistani industrialist thursdai that china intend increas import pakistan reduc trade imbal pakistani offici estim countri cotton output current crop record mln bale pound each last year output total mln bale and domest consumpt below mln bale reuter
copper	electrolyt refin lower copper price electrolyt refin and smelt australia pty lower work port kembla refineri copper price dlr dlr tonn effect todai reuter
earn	texaco see busi hit bankruptci move texaco inc decis file for protect chapter bankruptci code will not affect major busi subsidiari account for pct billion dlr revenu and pct net properti plant and equip free action parent hold compani texaco inc and oper subsidiari texaco capit inc and texaco capit affect compani like suspend cent per share quarterli common stock dividend and halt repay debt billion dlr texaco file for chaper supplier demand cash payment and bank withhold loan result legal disput pennzoil pzl texaco fight texa law requir post bond billion dlr can appeal judgment that rule illeg interf pennzoil acquisit getti petroleum corp gty bond almost match damag award texaco texaco fail place bond pennzoil begin attach asset secur judgment last mondai suprem court overturn decis cut texaco bond billion dlr and issu back texa court analyst bankruptci file effect froze texaco oblig continu appeal merit pennzoil lawsuit attempt last week win compromis bond issu and larger disput fail jame kinnear texaco presid and chief execut offic told report kinnear pennzoil disclosur court paper fridai that want extend bond issu hear end april push texaco chapter pennzoil had ask texaco post billion dlr cash bond and reduc dividend not pct earn pennzoil want assur that texaco not sell asset kinnear texaco offer put billion dlr letter credit and agre not asset fall billion dlr ad joseph jamail houston attornei for pennzoil compani had made latest settlement offer texaco saturdai and surpris texaco file for bankruptci declin reveal amount propos cite confidenti agreement two compani texaco told back chose bankruptci court jamail attornei for pennzoil believ compani prevail court appeal ad that texaco asset ampl ultim pai pennzoil judgment full reuter
coffee	paton report green coffe roast higher roast green coffe week end april kilo bag includ that us for solubl product compar bag week last year and bag week end march georg gordon paton and inc report cumul roast for calendar total bag compar bag thi time last year reuter
acq	western mine sell acm stake western mine corp hold wmng wmc sold entir hold mln share gold mine compani australian consolid miner acm wmc gave detail stockbrok sale made dlr share fridai number european and australian investor wmc usual broker compani purchas pct parcel earli march amax inc amx dlr share ahead for bonu issu amax sold entir pct stake acm number local compani reuter
earn	anz bank set for two bonu issu australia and zealand bank group anza will make for two bonu issu asset revalu reserv sharehold regist june propos bonu and increas authoris capit billion dlr par share mln will put sharehold for approv extraordinari gener meet anz statement issu will absorb mln dlr mln stand asset revalu reserv bank that lower dividend rate expect maintain dividend payout enlarg capit level last full year end septemb group paid cent share and mln dlr for that year sharehold will ask approv bank articl associ offer share lieu interim dividend discount pct market price group latest announc tax free bonu issu ahead dividend imput effect juli reuter
interest	uae central bank yield rise yield certif deposit offer unit arab emir central bank higher last mondai offer bank month rose point pct two and six month matur rose point each and pct reuter
iron-steel	china sulphur iron mine start product china largest sulphur iron mine start trial product yunfu southern provinc guangdong china daili mine annual output capac mln tonn sulphur iron or can us process high qualiti reuter
copper	china chile build copper tube plant china china state own beij ferrou metal industri corp and wrought copper chile sign contract jointli build copper tube plant outskirt peke china daili beij santiago copper tube involv invest mln dlr and will complet product capac tonn copper tube year chile will suppli copper preferenti rate ventur equip come wednesburi tube agreement call for joint sino chilean manag ventur for year paper ventur econom cooper project china and chile gave detail china major copper import custom figur show import tonn copper and alloi calendar tonn reuter
trade	singapor extern trade gain pct quarter singapor extern trade grew pct quarter pct declin period last year and two pct growth previou quarter trade develop board export period rose pct billion dlr and import pct billion for trade deficit billion billion deficit period and billion deficit previous growth attribut strength oil trade comput and comput part electron compon and garment reuter
trade	malaysia manufactur export rise pct malaysia manufactur export rose pct billion ringgit chairman export promot council ahmad sarji abdul hamind improv export perform led electr and electron product textil footwear cloth process food timber chemic and rubber product told new confer total gross export for year declin pct billion ringgit billion due fall major commod export and weak price reuter
acq	offer for dome short circuit debt talk billion dlr offer for dome petroleum dmp transcanada pipelin trp short circuit dome restructur plan and open door for takeov bid oil analyst dome approv for plan refin debt billion dlr juli interim debt plan that allow canadian oil and ga firm defer substanti payment creditor will expir analyst transcanada bid signal dome debthold that altern exist dome debt plan dome announc plan major creditor public notehold march month delic negoti transcanada propos amount quasi debt restructur oil analyst doug gowland brown baldwin nisker toronto calgari base dome restructur plan creditor convert debt common share formula negoti payment remain debt link cash flow gener asset pledg debt weak debt refinanc propos that even approv creditor assur that dome will fact repai debt oblig wilf gobert oil analyst for peter and calgari transcanada announc surpris sinc dome wait for respons creditor propos refinanc packag gobert transcanada propos open bid for dome sinc potenti buyer wait for lender agre restructur ad that debthold want entertain and offer for dome gobert dome spokesman david anneslei york that transcanada announc attempt fix bid price for dome and effort preclud buyer make offer draw attent discuss mean that reluct come forward dome not transcanada propos formal offer pipelin util announc breach confidenti agreement two compani dome respond statement suspend discuss transcanada order pursu talk unidentifi parti dome manag and financi advis evalu propos includ transcanada gowland transcanada offer fair price for compani mln acr oil and ga land hold not financi detail dome debt restructur compar transcanada propos offer reuter
money-fx	monei market deficit forecast mln stg bank england forecast shortag mln stg monei market todai main factor affect liquid bill matur offici hand and treasuri bill will drain billion stg partli offset outflow fall note circul will add mln stg exchequ transact mln and banker balanc target mln reuter
cpi	bangladesh cost live index fall januari bangladesh cost live index fell pct januari pct declin decemb base bureau statist cost live index fell pct januari year januari inflat ran pct pct rate month earlier and pct year earlier reuter
acq	rothman deni share sale specul rothman hold tobacco sttement foundat press specul that sell stake rothman intern plc rot philip morri inc that bui morri stake report rothman intern rht control rupert foundat own mln ordinari and mln ordinari share pct and pct morri own mln ordinari share pct rothman share firm specul close fridai eas gmt reuter
trade	trade issu strain patienc japan member state european commun start run patienc japan repeatedli promis major initi open market import made minor move diplomat sourc recent action countri bear wit disillusion willing abil japanes govern reduc massiv trade surplu trade war state suffer almost japan senior diplomat gave gener favour reaction execut commiss propos rais tariff rang japanes product carri threat make similar move april tariff involv renounc oblig enter into world trade bodi gatt design stop divers export market that diplomat meet tokyo announc that trade deficit japan reach record billion dlr march billion februari japanes export total billion dlr pct export japan fell pct billion dlr pari trade minist michel noir franc decid give japan tast medicin burgeon import microwav oven and frozen coquil jacqu will restrict strict applic french qualiti standard state happen export enter japan britain threaten withdraw licenc japanes bank and insur compani oper citi london british cabl and wireless compani lost competit for japanes telecommuc contract british offici london that govern impli that drastic action contract reopen contrast west germani success economi never threaten tokyo sanction prefer reli firm diplomaci and encourag industri surmount obstacl export japan commiss switch tactic recent year substitut gener call for action japan open market specif demand for move kei area present for instanc pressur japan end allegedli discriminatori taxat import wine and spirit ensur compani chanc win contract for build intern airport and simplifi certif and safeti check import car offici tactic yield benefit japanes announc modif tariff barrier open door import token amount stress that action stop beggar neighbour action problem britain face withdraw licenc for japanes bank that banker welcom open arm frankfurt amsterdam point reuter
earn	morgan crucibl prospect encourag morgan crucibl plc mgcr prospect for encourag order and sale significantli last year divis good opportun for growth exist and recent acquir busi for growth acquisit relat area earlier announc mln stg rise pre tax profit mln stg for year decemb turnov rose mln mln compani perform despit slowdown and australian economi half currenc fluctuat reduc pretax profit mln stg note morgan profit electron sector improv mln stg stg previous result nonetheless disappoint sale lower expect due delai defenc order and cancel had remedi action obtain busi and proceed deliveri major delai order morgan share firm two penc gmt fridai close reuter
earn	morgan crucibl pretax profit rise mln stg year decemb shr div make turnov mln stg mln pretax profit mln mln tax mln mln oper profit mln mln invest incom mln mln net financ charg mln mln compani full name morgan crucibl plc mgcr minor and provis for prefer dividend mln mln extraordinari debit mln mln credit oper profit includ carbon mln mln technic ceram mln mln thermal ceram mln mln special chemic mln mln electron mln mln reuter
ipi	swedish industri product rise sharpli swedish industri product rose pct februari pct fall januari show pct rise februari and reach highest level central bureau statist rise reflect recoveri almost sector exception cold spell januari bureau ad that highest rise forest chemic and metal industri reuter
money-fx	kenya devalu shill pct sdr kenya devalu shill pct special draw sdr respons declin dollar last last week banker central bank kenya set shill sdr compar rate forc sinc last devalu march kenyan shill lost pct sdr thi year seri devalu design dollar shill reuter
acq	william detail accept norcro offer william hold plc that had receiv accept for offer for norcro plc ncro holder norcro ordinari share pct and prefer share pct mln stg contest bid launch last month william held ordinari share pct and sinc had acquir option bui mln pct offer extend april norcro share eas announc william fell reuter
meal-feed	dutch feed compound start case levi major anim feed produc cehav veghel chv begun legal proceed applic european commun grain respons levi full back dutch anim grain and feed trade associ het comit associ chief execut peter pex told reuter oral proceed held hagu fridai and court give verdict six week that normal word and expect hagu court refer question interpret and applic levi european court justic luxembourg pex ad het comit claim levi appli not account currenc cross rate exchang and can mean compound countri ask pai higher levi nation currenc receiv chain origin produc grain busi administr court hagu luxembourg court justic not whether dutch grain commod board levi collect agenc interpret levi regul correctli whether regul contraven european law pex great regret that thi rout had polit and option even year pex ad het comit ask chv act test case grain levi bill compani receiv commod board includ grain wide varieti origin and consid gener basi for legal challeng levi pex note het comit action will run tandem question levi pose luxembourg court case brought associ european anim feed manufactur fefac reuter
cocoa	west german cocoa grind expect west german quarter cocoa grind rose pct quarter expect trade sourc describ result announc saturdai normal and unspectacular that grind fourth quarter high and carri into quarter grind rose tonn quarter spokesman for confectioneri industri associ that west german grind expect stai rel high comparison west european countri reuter
gold	gobain unit issu ecu bond gold warrant gobain netherland guarante cie gobain issu mln ecu bond gold warrant attach due carri pct coupon and price par lead manag salomon brother intern fee compris pct sell concess pct for manag and underwrit combin list luxembourg each ecu bond carri gold warrant exercis entitl holder purchas ounc exercis price dlr reuter
interest	commonwealth bank cut australia prime pct commonwealth bank australia will lower prime lend rate pct effect april bank rate will lowest australia current prime rate rang pct recent seri reduct sinc late march easier trend short term monei market rate two major trade bank prime rate pct and commonwealth move revers increas pct earli februari reuter
acq	hepworth sell unit globe machin hepworth ceram hold plc hepc had agre sell western plastic corp unit globe machin manufactur for mln dlr cash western make polystyren foam and contain product net asset mln dlr and report pre tax profit mln proce sale us reduc borrow and develop activ hepworth share eas announc reuter
acq	bond corp acquir pct merlin pete bond corp hold bona agre acquir pct stake merlin intern petroleum corp crowlei maritim corp for mln dlr thi total mln dlr due exchang contract april and mln juli subject regulatori approv obtain bond statement balanc mln dlr will paid requir merlin for explor and product commit bond merlin pct work interest pct reversionari interest papua guinea permit ppl site iagifu oil discoveri merlin pct stake adjac papuan basin permit ppl contain juha ga and condens discoveri addit papua guinea merlin petroleum explor and product interest bond ad reuter
acq	blue arrow bui richard compani blue arrow plc had agre term acquir group compani collect richard compani specialis execut recruit and manag consult personnel matter total consider will mln dlr pct will payabl cash and pct issu mln ordinari share blue arrow richard compani made pre tax profit mln dlr year end turnov mln dlr net tangibl asset end mln dlr blue arrow share trade lower thi morn reuter
acq	borg warner agre buyout merril lynch firm borg warner bor corp face unwant offer gaf corp gaf agre billion dlr buyout offer compani form merril lynch capit partner inc borg warner and merril yesterdai enter definit merger agreement subsidiari compani hold corp will begin dlr per share cash tender offer todai for mln share pct borg warner common stock offer will merger each remain share will convert into dlr cash and dlr princip amount hold junior subordin discount debentur result merger borg warner will becom wholli own subsidiari hold borg warner spokeswoman member manag not plan particip transact will retain posit compani spokesman for gaf unavail for comment gaf hold pct borg warner share gaf had offer dlr per share borg warner spokeswoman compani plan sell financi servic unit includ well fargo secur guard and chilton corp credit rate servic borg warner focu takeov specul for year corpor raider irwin jacob last year propos takeov firm and recent held pct stock gaf offer analyst had calcul breakup valu for compani low dlr per share rang and specul offer sweeten statement borg warner board endors merril offer and recommend that sharehold tender share board receiv opinion offer advisor boston corp and goldman sach and jame burk presid merril lynch capit partner pleas enter into thi transact borg warner forward work employe borg warner and borg warner maintain strong presenc chicago commun merril lynch will dealer manag for offer expir midnight edt gmt subject condit includ complet financ arrang offer subject minimum mln share pct outstand share tender merril lynch and affili commit provid mln dlr hold equiti and mln subordin financ and forward underwrit commit merril lynch that discuss commerci bank confid can obtain rest financ requir complet transact junior subordin discount debentur issu merger will carri pct coupon and will begin pai cash interest year debentur will redeem compani option for six year pct seventh year pct and that pct princip amount junior subordin discount debentur matur year and entitl sink fund commenc year design retir pct issu matur borg warner will redeem outstand dlr cumul prefer stock seri for dlr per share holder particip offer convert prefer stock into borg warner common stock board borg warner step redeem poison pill share purchas right for cent per effect immedi reuter
wpi	march produc price rise pct price index for sale manufactur good rose provision unadjust pct march ident rise februari depart trade and industri figur show index for materi and fuel purchas manufactur industri fell provision and unadjust pct pct fall februari depart year year rise produc price march provision pct compar provision pct increas year end februari index for output price season adjust put provision march februari index for input price not season adjust set march februari pct fall input price februari and march due season fall industri electr cost and lower schedul price for petroleum product depart depart fall partli offset rise price home produc food manufactur materi season adjust index for input price show pct rise februari and march year year input price index pct march pct drop februari reuter
nat-gas	statoil seek share thai ga field norwai state oil compani den norsk stat oljeselskap statoil stat told thai author interest take pct share big offshor thailand ga field statoil field southern sector gulf thailand oper oil compani texa pacif oil inc unit canada seagram thailand state oil compani petroleum author thailand ptt hold major stake field ptt develop field and ask statoil develop field licenc renew ptt statoil negoti texa pacif bui back dalla base oil compani hold field ptt sort problem texa pacif thi interest take pct share field statoil spokesman willi olsen told reuter statoil hire ptt carri independ apprais field reserv and propos develop plan estim field commerci develop cost mln crown industri sourc texa pacif submit lower reserv estim for field statoil and shown interest develop statoil refus disclos upgrad reserv estim for field field reserv sold domest thailand ga distribut network convert ga electr sourc sourc not field statoil reuter
earn	credit commerci franc split share french commerci bank credit commerci franc split each share into increas number share offer privatis end thi month compani offici told reuter gener assembl had pass propos split mln share franc nomin into mln share franc nomin market sourc put total ccf selloff and billion franc bank share sale price like announc april launch public flotat offer april reuter
gnp	west german institut call for earli tax cut lead west german econom research institut govern stimul econom growth and call for earli introduct tax cut plan for joint spring report institut divid growth forecast predict two pct expans and two pct growth gross nation product grew pct last year report institut believ that produc dynam growth that addit job can creat institut step improv basic econom condit quickli thi point view tax reform plan for brought forward govern plan gross tax reduct billion mark part major tax reform net tax relief tax reform will amount billion mark institut criticis govern not for time reform question financ had left open govern not remain billion mark tax reduct packag will paid for cut state subsidi institut thi lack clariti bonn had caus uncertainti compani and household exactli receiv tax reform and urg quick decis govern govern reduc tax prefer simplifi fiscal system urg restrict state spend and call for increas ad tax institut criticis bonn for increas subsidi time reduct had pledg refer specif doubl special writedown for small and medium size compani announc packag tax adjust plan for and describ thi increas subsidi institut total subsidi includ tax prefer had reach billion mark and risen sinc scope subsidi despit major polit difficulti financ tax reform cut state handout institut that govern rais ad tax indirect tax larg portion posit effect result lower tax lost report note that govern progress slowli plan privatis state compani and deregul need govern had aim for competit reuter
earn	glaxo pre tax profit mln stg mln six month end decemb
acq	hillsdown bui bed compani for mln dlr hillsdown hold plc hldn christi tyler unit bui european bed make interest simmon own gulf and western industri inc usa for mln dlr acquisit includ sleepeez compagni continental simmon franc and compagnia italiana simmon spa itali busi made pre tax profit mln stg sale mln stg net asset acquir come mln stg hillsdown share unchang reuter
earn	glaxo profit sharpli dividend rais six month end decemb shr div pre tax profit mln stg mln turnov mln mln tax mln mln note compani full name glaxo hold plc glxo trade profit mln mln share profit associ mln mln invest incom interest payabl mln mln profit tax mln mln minor interest two mln mln extraordianri credit mln nil turnov includ continu activ mln mln discontinu activ mln mln mln mln europ mln mln north america mln mln central and south america mln mln africa and middl east mln mln south east asia and east mln mln australasia mln mln anti peptic ulcer mln mln system antibiot mln mln respiratori system mln mln reuter
acq	takeov battl for dome petroleum begin takeov battl began todai for debt burden dome petroleum dmp transcanada pipelin trp announc billion dlr offer and dome continu talk buyer compani mention market specul potenti buyer for dome includ imperi oil imo pct own exxon corp xon pancanadian petroleum pct own conglomer canadian pacif and british petroleum plc transcanada offer dome had anoth propos substanti compani and discuss compani lead offer dome statement statement confirm dome receiv transcanada bid not identifi compani involv talk transcanada canada largest natur ga pipelin oper offer dome packag cash common and prefer share and share subsidiari and oper dome asset transcanada offer dome manag not sharehold dome massiv oil and ga landhold canada total mln acr mln develop tax credit worth billion dlr dome statement transcanada announc violat term and spirit confidenti agreement enter into prospect purchas and appar time prevent dome propos transcanada bid requir favour and substanti taxat concess feder and provinci govern dome ad that manag and financi advis will evalu propos transcanada chief financi offic neil nichol surpris vehem dome statement and deni that transcanada usurp bid find dome statement bothersom onc board made decis authoris propos had legal oblig announc nichol not ident bidder term offer dome common share close dlr fridai toronto stock exchang prefer class stock close dlr common stock trade high dlr reuter
money-fx	bank japan sell billion yen bill bank japan will sell billion yen deficit financ bill todai dai repurchas agreement matur june absorb project monei market surplu monei trader oper will rais outstand suppli bill record billion yen yield bill for sale bank and secur hous monei hous will pct compar two month commerci bill discount rate todai pct and two month certif deposit rate pct trader estim surplu todai billion yen due billion yen govern tax alloc local govern and public entiti and excess bank system cash hold due continu larg central bank dollar purchas reuter
alum	lme clarifi aluminium contract detail london metal exchang lme issu note clarifi detail high grade aluminium contract respons question member announc contract due start june deliver shape aluminium high grade primari aluminium contract minimum pct puriti will deliver standard primari aluminium contract min pct lme sow will not constitut good deliveri standard contract septemb and pct puriti sow not good deliveri and cannot lme warrant dollar quotat for high grade contract will multipl dollar carri made cent for even tonnag singapor port warehous europ us lme deliveri point will us for high grade metal and rent impos owner steinweg will dlr tonn per week lme lme board respons represent trade agre annul lme contract minimum weight requir kilo for bar and kilo for sow effect for high grade june and for standard juli reuter
sugar	north yemen bought white sugar tender trade north yemen weekend tender bought white sugar french oper act behalf swiss hous dlr tonn and trader amount bought not immedi countri had sought tonn june arriv white reuter
money-fx	monei market mln stg assist bank england had provid monei market mln stg morn session thi compar bank estim that system face shortag mln stg todai central bank bought bank bill outright compris two mln stg band two pct mln stg band pct and mln stg band pct reuter
zinc	metal bulletin zinc produc price london base trade journal metal bulletin averag produc price good ordinari brand zinc for week end april dlr per tonn reuter
wpi	produc price move technic produc price data for march roughli expect take into account technic factor affect year year outcom econom analyst figur show pct provision season adjust rise output price march unchang februari and close averag for last six month year year rise put pct pct februari chri tinker economist brokerag hous phillip and drew drop year year rate reflect rise excis duti affect index march last year caution that danger read into monthli figur ad that rise pct april year year rise back pct analyst note that drop manufactur input price almost due anticip season factor such fall industri electr cost duncan squir lloyd merchant bank figur slightli disappoint that strengthen sterl had not reduc input price expect and tinker thi factor input cost month tinker ad that last year fall oil price drop year year comparison and like lead return rise index fall reuter
gnp	bangemann reject call for earli tax cut west german econom minist martin bangemann indirectli reject call countri lead econom research institut for earli introduct major tax reform involv gross tax cut billion mark statement react institut joint spring report bangemann that call for bring forward tax reform concern govern point that posit effect for growth polici consolid cut budget deficit not allow endang bangemann recal that scope tax cut plan for had increas institut predict two pct econom growth export fall pct two pct growth and export fall pct bangemann govern agre major see reason for extraordinarili pessimist estim for export express minor reason that export demand start rise year partli increas world trade reuter
gnp	italian gdp rose pct fourth quarter itali gross domest product calcul price rose pct fourth quarter compar period nation statist institut istat istat statement that gdp growth fourth quarter compar preced quarter itali budget ministri last month that gdp rose pct real term import fourth quarter total billion lire pct fourth quarter and pct quarter istat istat export total billion lire fourth quarter pct compar quarter and pct quarter fix invest billion lire fourth quarter pct preced quarter and pct compar quarter reuter
dlr	worri market ignor coordin top offici lead industri nation deepli worri that financi market effort coordin polici strengthen talk last week monetari sourc offici exasper that market drove dollar rapidli lower and sever disrupt bond and stock market not heed polici commit group unit state japan west germani franc britain itali and canada treasuri secretari jame baker reassur market commit stabl dollar statement and french financ minist edouard balladur underscor that don that american want weaker dollar west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg dollar latest rapid descent involv risk tangibl threat strong surg inflat lead renew rise interest rate sign that policymak fear market uproar accept econom pictur chang and currenc settl into stabl pattern result enthusiasm last week semi annual meet imf and world bank for higher interest rate curb dollar rapid descent that distast stem part fear recess outgo deputi treasuri secretari richard darman told televis interview not polici drive dollar solv trade deficit slow growth germani and japan advers affect trade balanc and ultim drive interest rate throw not into recess into slower growth ask higher interest rate stabil dollar balladur currenc maintain artifici high artifici high interest rate not healthi and resort higher interest rate lead recess acknowledg dollar latest slide fact life balladur adjust currenc thi not fix rate system feder reserv board chairman paul volcker rein credit dollar slide deepen monetari sourc washington want understood market commit genuin unit state and six major industri countri fulli commit implement undertak agreement baker told meet darman baker had misinterpret market wrongli believ earlier remark suggest want declin dollar baker darman commit stabil currenc current level last week statement reaffirm februari agreement pari reagan administr agre reach budget deficit compromis congress and fight protection west germani and japan meanwhil agre stimul domest demand and lead global upturn minist believ pari pact bolster japan promis billion dlr supplementari budget sourc believ baker major action accept commit stabl currenc appli todai exchang rate and not time pari agreement dollar stood higher pari accord currenc rang broadli consist underli econom fundament polici commit summar thi statement accept dollar lower level yen hard realiti that nonetheless consist agreement minist and governor reaffirm view that current level currenc rang broadli consist fundament last week statement read monetari sourc policymak understood market focus instabl creat gap trade deficit and surplus west germani and japan prospect polici european monetari sourc bonn unconvinc that washington meant busi commit cut budget deficit reuter
gnp	institut west german recess lead west german econom research institut revis forecast for growth not predict recess west germani spokesman han juergen schmahl institut divid spring report forecast for predict two pct growth and two pct expans growth pct schmahl present report new confer institut reckon recess begin recess ad that export remain weak point economi schmahl west germani expect encroach foreign good market arthur krumper munich ifo institut diw west berlin had present pessimist view economi brake effect economi produc extern factor will remain consider for year reuter
earn	deposit guaranti corp dep qtr net shr dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net reuter
acq	comput associ start bpi bpii bid comput associ intern inc start previous announc dlr per share tender offer for share bpi system inc newspap advertis compani offer approv bpi board and merger price condit receipt share offer and withdraw right expir extend addit share sought tender sharehold bpi own share pct agre sell share comput associ for tender price reuter
earn	king world product inc kwp qtr feb shr ct ct net rev mln mln half shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	blue circl profit dividend rise year end decemb shr div make pretax profit mln stg mln turnov billion mln tax mln mln note compani full name blue circl industri plc bcil compani propos for capitalis issu gross profit mln mln distribut cost mln mln administr expens mln mln oper incom mln mln share profit relat compani mln mln oper profit mln mln net interest payabl mln mln except item mln debit mln debit minor mln mln extraordinari item tax mln mln pretax profit includ mln mln mln mln mexico mln mln australasia mln mln africa mln mln reuter
acq	crazi eddi crzy make acquisit crazi eddi inc negoti for acquisit benel distributor oper crazi eddi record and tape asylum crazi eddi store acquisit includ affili disc mat inc oper number record and tape store york metropolitan area detail not disclos reuter
acq	crazi eddi crzy set defens right crazi eddi inc board adopt defens sharehold right plan and receiv friendli inquiri acquisit plan shareholdr record april will receiv purchas circumst price dlr prefer share for each common share held right will expir april compani right exercis busi dai parti acquir pct crazi eddi common stock announc tender exchang offer that result ownership pct crazi eddi parti own pct stock merg into parti acquir pct crazi eddi stock holder acquir parti entitl acquir common share secur asset market equal twice right exercis price parti acquir pct stock crazi eddi acquir pct earn power asset sold righthold acquir entitl bui share acquir common stock worth twice right exercis price compani crazi eddi parti acquir pct common stock and fail acquir crazi eddi dai thereaft righthold entitl exchang crazi eddi common stock for subordin note crazi eddi matur year dollar limt year issuanc crazi eddi adopt plan not respons effort acquir control compani becom awar accumul stock receiv friendli inquiri reuter
gold	six kill south african mine six worker kill and injur undeground rock fall south africa second largest gold mine todai mine owner major mine accid countri week thirti worker di methan ga explos coal mine last thursdai reuter
money-fx	zambia kwacha fall weekli auction zambian kwacha fell thi week foreign exchang auction kwacha dollar last week bank zambia rate lowest sinc auction resum two week ago two tier exchang rate system work world bank and intern monetari fund bank zambia receiv bid rang kwacha for six mln dlr offer hundr and thirti bid success british high commiss spokesman britain put mln stg into auction rate mln week zambia reach full agreement imf monei spent good produc and suppli british firm exclud luxuri and defenc equip spokesman ad reuter
interest	senat leader call for interest rate cut senat financ committe chairman lloyd bentsen tex call major industri countri make pledg come econom summit venic cut interest rate summit meet venic major industri nation that involv bring interest rate pct bentsen told nbc televis meet press bentsen coordin rate cut billion debt servic latin countri and eas protectionist pressur industri countri bentsen south korea and taiwan pressur revalu currenc relat dollar you taiwanes enorm capit surplu enorm trade surplu and had cooper depart deputi treasuri secretari richard darman told televis network agre that dollar had not fallen currenc countri that negoti countri involv call nic newli industri countri darman such negoti newli industri countri underwai privat bentsen predict congress and white hous agre fiscal budget that rais and billion dlr revenu texa senat seri excis tax consid congress includ extens telephon tax and levi liquor and cigarett bentsen support oil import fee that not happen presid reagan support darman call for top level negoti white hous and congress budget compromis that includ asset sale excis tax cut middl class entitl program reason steadi rate growth defens and reform budget process reuter
acq	offer for dome short circuit debt talk billion dlr offer for dome petroleum dmp transcanada pipelin trp short circuit dome restructur plan and open door for takeov bid oil analyst dome approv for plan refin debt billion dlr juli interim debt plan that allow canadian oil and ga firm defer substanti payment creditor will expir analyst transcanada bid signal dome debthold that altern exist dome debt plan dome announc plan major creditor public notehold march month delic negoti transcanada propos amount quasi debt restructur oil analyst doug gowland brown baldwin nisker toronto calgari base dome restructur plan creditor convert debt common share formula negoti payment remain debt link cash flow gener asset pledg debt weak debt refinanc propos that even approv creditor assur that dome will fact repai debt oblig wilf gobert oil analyst for peter and calgari transcanada announc surpris sinc dome wait for respons creditor propos refinanc packag gobert transcanada propos open bid for dome sinc potenti buyer wait for lender agre restructur ad that debthold want entertain and offer for dome gobert dome spokesman david anneslei york that transcanada announc attempt fix bid price for dome and effort preclud buyer make offer draw attent discuss mean that reluct come forward dome not transcanada propos formal offer pipelin util announc breach confidenti agreement two compani dome respond statement suspend discuss transcanada order pursu talk unidentifi parti dome manag and financi advis evalu propos includ transcanada gowland transcanada offer fair price for compani mln acr oil and ga land hold not financi detail dome debt restructur compar transcanada propos offer reuter
acq	sosnoff rais bid for caesar world caw investor martin sosnoff rais offer for caesar world inc share dlr each dlr and reduc number share seek mln not own newspap advertis sosnoff bid mt acquisit corp withdraw right and prorat period will expir june extend offer had schedul expir late march sosnoff had receiv neglig number share respons offer had reject caesar inadequ sosnoff own mln caesar mln common share outstand pct interest primari basi last week caesar board approv recapit plan altern sosnoff offer sharehold receiv special dividend dlr per share subject approv sharehold special meet held june compani plan borrow mln dlr and sell mln dlr debt financ payout sosnoff newspap advertis that amend offer condit receipt share give major interest fulli dilut basi and arrang financ approv jersei and nevada game author tender step acquir caesar share and success merger transact sosnoff statement that mln share seek togeth share own give pct interest fulli dilut basi receiv neglig number share respons tender letter caesar chairman henri gluck includ statement sosnoff gluck had refus april meet even had will increas price offer sosnoff financ for offer almost fulli place sosnoff painewebb group inc pwj deliv commit purchas mln dlr increas dividend cumul exchang prefer stock mt hold corp indirect parent corpor mt acquisit marin midland bank inc lead syndic that provid commit for mln dlr margin facil believ will arrang for commit margin facil advanc addit mln dlr that need permit purchas share offer sosnoff merger that follow tender each caesar share not cover offer pct fulli dilut basi convert into seri prefer stock valu dlr per sharebi independ invest bake firm extent that fewer sdhare purchas offer stockhold receiv combin cash and seri prefer stock dlr per share caesar sosnoff believ term offer superior caesar recapit sosnoff will meet thi week game offici nevada effort expedit investigatori process requir for regulatori approv process that underwai jersei offer extend base like durat regulatori process intend extend offer approv process not complet expir date reuter
earn	compact video inc cvsi year loss shr loss ct loss two ct net loss loss rev mln mln note result for month end dec and month end dec acquisit brook drug septemb and compani chang fiscal year prior year result not compar compact video explain reuter
earn	neworld bank for save nwor qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net note net exclud dlr tax credit reuter
acq	usair bui pct mln piedmont share tender
tea	pakistan confirm kenya tea import investig pakistan corpor law author cla begun enquiri into import tea kenya and trade imbal two countri cla chairman irtiza husain confirm told reuter telephon that import lipton and brook bond had ask suppli data author and hear held cla report back commerc ministri had request enquiri husain date had set for hear and declin give detail matter industri sourc told reuter report that compani tea import licenc had suspend incorrect reuter
earn	merril lynch qtr shr dlr ct
earn	merril lynch and mer qtr net shr primari dlr ct shr dilut ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
acq	corona icr favor royex rgm offer intern corona resourc board director believ that term royex gold mine corp previous announc offer fair and reason decid will make recommend offer sharehold royex march offer bui mln corona share for each corona share offer dlr cash seri share royex seri share royex and share purchas warrant bid for corona warrant expir aug reuter
acq	atlant soaf independ inho merg south atlant financi corp agre principl merg independ hold into compani call safco intern each south atlant share exchang for safco share and each independ share for safco share independ own pct south atlant mln primari common share south atlant chairman and chief execut offic sheldon gordon post safco and independ presid ronald strackbein presid safco compani transact subject execut definit agreement receipt fair opinion invest bank and approv board and sharehold compani proxi materi expect maiol thi quarter south atlant and independ insur compani reuter
earn	home feder upper east tennesse hfet qtr shr ct not net note compani public fourth quarter home feder save and loan associ upper east tennesse reuter
nat-gas	columbia ga seek contract cost recoveri columbia ga transmiss corp made abbrevi streamlin file feder energi regulatori commiss recov portion cost renegoti high cost ga purchas contract recent columbia ga system inc pipelin subsidiari ferc deni procedur ground and prejudic propos includ cost compani recent purchas ga adjust pga file note ask for rehear denial rule columbia ga withdraw altern file commiss grant request for rehear includ contract renegoti cost pga consolid thi issu pipelin gener rate file and permit recoveri subject refund effect april compani altern file seek recov mln dlr year pipelin ga sale commod rate thi annual amort amount base recoveri mln drl year period begin april columbia ga file increas pipelin commod rate ct per mln btu dlr per mln compani orgini sought includ cost pga sinc payment product result almost billion dlr prospect price relief and not relat pai buyout cost explain thi interpret base ferc april statement polici that pai buyout cost recov gener rate file natur ga act result renegoti contract for high cost ga columbia ga reduc averag price paid for ga purchas southwest produc dlr per mln btu decemb dlr per mln april pipelin southwestern produc account for pct total ga suppli thi year reuter
cpi	hungari rais price effort curb deficit hungari announc sharp price increas for rang food and consum product part effort curb soar budget deficit offici mti new agenc govern decid consum price subsidi had cut reduc state spend todai price meat will rise averag pct and that beer and spirit pct mti measur aim cool overh economi and dampen hungarian appetit for import western good consum increasingli expens hard currenc diplomat diplomat that not expect kind social unrest that sharp price rise east bloc state notabl poland mti consum good will becom expens price refriger rise pct announc number measur eas hardship includ higher pension and famili allow reuter
acq	glatfelt will bui ecusta corp for mln dlr cash
earn	famili health system inc fhsy qtr feb shr profit nil net profit profit rev avg shr mln mln six mth shr loss nil loss net loss loss rev reuter
earn	intern busi machin corp ibm net qtr shr dlr dlr net mln billion gross incom billion billion avg shr mln mln note pretax net billion billion sale billion billion mainten gross incom billion billion program product gross incom billion billion and rental and servic mln billion reuter
acq	usair report final prorat factor usair group inc announc final prorat factor for tender offer for piedmont aviat inc pie that mln share pct share validli tender usair purchas and will pai for mln share repres pct tender reuter
money-fx	monei market mln stg bank england provid market mln stg assist thi afternoon bring total assist dai mln stg shortli bank had revis estim shortag mln stg earlier forecast mln afternoon bank bought mln stg band two bank bill pct and two mln stg local author bill mln stg bank bill band pct rate case unchang previou intervent level reuter
earn	goodyear predict quarter net goodyear tire and rubber expect report earn continu oper dlr per share mln averag share outstand last year quarter compani lost mln dlr ct per share mln share outstand mln dlr writedown oil reserv celeron corp unit goodyear will report quarter result april goodyear chairman robert mercer told annual meet that major downturn economi expect work debt normal level year restructur and cash flow improv margin compani set restructur program fend hostil takeov attempt sir jame goldsmith part restructur goodyear execut major stock buyback program that result increas debt reuter
trade	trade issu strain patienc japan member state european commun start run patienc japan repeatedli promis major initi open market import made minor move diplomat sourc recent action countri bear wit disillusion willing abil japanes govern reduc massiv trade surplu trade war state suffer almost japan senior diplomat gave gener favour reaction execut commiss propos rais tariff rang japanes product carri threat make similar move april tariff involv renounc oblig enter into world trade bodi gatt design stop divers export market that diplomat meet tokyo announc that trade deficit japan reach record billion dlr march billion februari reuter
trade	decid japan trade move late european commun effect japan six week move open market import decid tough retaliatori trade measur diplomat foreign minist will meet and review state trade relat two side execut commiss ask repres member state fridai propos renunci pledg world trade bodi gatt adequ and earli measur open japanes market such renunci step impos stiff increas duti quantit limit japanes export diplomat that issu discuss detail meet foreign minist april and luxembourg time need prepar propos for retaliatori action commiss power limit action get ministeri approv prevent japanes export electr photograph and good divert europ tariff move minist like discuss prevent japan get extra trade advantag result spain and portug join bloc oblig gradual reduc tariff industri good japan trade surplu commun grown steadili regist record billion dlr march reuter
acq	glatfelt glt acquir ecusta glatfelt reach agreement acquir capit stock ecusta corp for dlr cash glatfelt print and write paper maker ecusta oper uncod sheet and light weight specialti paper mill pisgah forest mill produc and convert paper product us doemstic and foreign tobacco industri glatfelt expect close deal reuter
earn	ncr corp qtr shr ct ct
earn	marathon fm plan stock split marathon inc plan two for stock split effect sharehold approv june annual meet financi servic compani complet previous report mln dlr privat placement mln vote prefer share convert for into vote class share reuter
earn	bancorp usbc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	ibm ibm higher shipment cost qtr intern busi machin corp shipment and revenu higher quarter net earn fell pct part due higher expens ibm net incom fell mln dlr dlr share billion dlr dlr pct fewer share outstand total sale and incom rose pct billion dlr billion dlr cost and expens rose pct billion dlr billion quarter comput maker compani continu action make competit includ cost and expens reduct measur worldwid econom situat remain unsettl encourag sign busi ibm statement addit increas quarter shipment announc offer larg processor and person comput product line fulli benefit recent product announc retir incent and resourc balanc measur and expect action will signific impact progress compani ad expect employe advantag retir incent announc last year pretax earn fell pct billion dlr billion ibm pretax margin slip pct pct reuter
earn	lindberg corp lind qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note net includ gain dlr two ct share proce sale properti reuter
earn	ncr corp ncr qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion mln avg shr mln mln reuter
wpi	german produc price fall pct march west german produc price fell pct march compar februari stand pct lower march last year feder statist offic februari produc price fell pct januari and drop pct level year earlier statist offic produc price for natur ga had fallen pct march februari heavi heat oil price pct liquefi ga price fell pct and coffe pct cheaper reuter
interest	fhlbb short term discount note rate feder home loan bank board adjust rate short term discount note follow matur rate rate matur dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai dai pct pct dai reuter
earn	galileo electro optic corp gaeo qtr shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln six month shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note quarter end march six month includ charg dlr due revers invest tax credit reuter
acq	boston bfc neworld nwor merg boston cent save bank and neworld bank for save agre merg form hold compani boston bancorp boston propos call for holder receiv share compani stock for each share held and for neworld bank holder reciev share for each share held tax free exchang boston plan merger newworld bank for save will creat largest save bank massachusett and largest england combin asset billion dlr boston chairman robert spiller natur fit bank thi merger equal spiller will becom chairman boston bancorp and neworld presid jame oat will presid and chief execut offic boston presid peter blampi will becom vice chairman and chief oper offic hold compani board hold compani will equal number director each institut unlik recent combin thi merger acquisit premium associ blampi boston assetsof billion dlr and offic neworld asset billion dlr and offic massachusett loan center hampshir reuter
earn	coopervis ey form recapit plan coopervis inc prepar recapit plan includ common stock repurchas program and exchang debt secur for common stock plan propos chang name cooper co inc will submit for sharehold approv compani annual meet june meet had postpon origin date order manag review recapit option addit coopervis oper incom current fiscal quarter end april expect show improv prior fiscal quarter mln dlr and year ago quarter incom continu oper not immedi availalb for prior year second quarter report net loss mln dlr drexel burnham lambert investor confer coopervis chairman parker montgomeri previous announc will listen bid that make sens for sharehold coopervis stock fell due second quarter loss rumor liquid dlr and dlr share and ivan boeski subsequ sale posit stock drop six dlr dai boeski sold posit and never recov montgomeri compani stock trade montgomeri told confer don investor stock basi short term recoveri oper net incom and concentr maintain increas market share core busi thi year and impact bottom line reuter
coffee	colombia june coffe registr open colombia open coffe registr for june shipment limit set for privat export april and nation coffe grower feder offici colombia sold averag bag per month sinc begin calendar year reuter
lei	canada lead indic pct januari pct decemb rise offici
money-supply	spanish monei suppli grow doubl target pace spain princip measur monei suppli broad base liquid asset public hand alp grew annualis rate pct march pct februari and pct march last year provision bank spain figur show bank target rang for thi year pct and bank spain governor mariano rubio thi month aim for lower end that rang alp grew pct reuter
earn	reebok intern limit rbk qtr shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note quarter amount not includ sale avia group intern inc acquir end quarter quarter revenu includ rockport revenu mln dlr quarter amount not includ rockport reebok acuqir that compani octob reuter
earn	blount inc blt qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln year oper shr ct ct oper net rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note prior year net exclud gain dlr quarter and dlr year termin overfund pension plan backlog billion dlr mln dlr reuter
money-fx	monei market late mln stg bank england gave market late assist mln stg bring total dai mln stg thi compar bank estim liquid shortag mln stg rais earli forecast mln stg reuter
gold	giant bai gbylf idaho gold ventur giant bai resourc sign agreement principl hecla mine for oper joint ventur hecla stibnit idaho gold deposit giant bai bioleach technolog us for or process will acquir work interest properti spend mln dlr exclud capit cost bring mine into product drill substanti sulphid reserv gold grade ounc ton and earli test show gold or respond bioleach reuter
acq	blue arrow acquir richard consult blue arrow plc sign agreement acquir richard consult for mln dlr cash and secur richard privat own york base execut recruit firm part agreement blue arrow princip sharehold manag richard will enter into long term servic contract agreement subject approv blue arrow sharehold reuter
earn	merri round mgre set stock split merri round enterpris inc board declar for two stock split payabl holder record april reuter
lead	asarco up lead price ct asarco inc increas base spot sale price for refin lead half cent cent fob deliv carload lot effect immedi reuter
earn	irv bank corp qtr shr dlr dlr
earn	irv bank corp qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
earn	sullivan corp osl qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln note earn per share adjust for for stock distribut paid reuter
interest	french week bill averag rate rise pct pct offici
earn	park commun inc parc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	nvhome nvh set split payment date nvhome april will distribut date for unit result previous announc two for split unithold record april reuter
earn	berkei inc bky qtr net greenwich conn april oper shr profit cent loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln mln mth oper shr loss dlr loss ct oper net loss mln loss rev mln mln note qtr exclud profit dlr ct per share discontinu oper and exclud loss dlr ct per share for net oper loss carryforward mth exclud discontinu oper loss dlr ct per share mth exclud discontinu oper gain dlr dlr per share and exclud gain dlr ct per share for net oper loss carryforward reuter
acq	dillard depart store agre bui two alli store unit for mln dlr cash
earn	chemic york corp qtr shr dlr dlr
interest	banker trust rais broker loan rate banker trust rais broker loan rate pct pct effect immedi trust bank public broker rate post pct reuter
acq	pentland reduc reebok rbk hold pentland industri plc report substanti capit gain sale part hold reebok intern limit will cut stake reebok pct pct reebok file registr statement secur and exchang commiss for offer six mln share reebok common reebok will sell mln share and pentland will sell share reduc stake reebok mln mln share offer reebok will mln share share outstand pentland amount capit gain sale depend offer price for reebok share negoti reebok and sell stockhold will offer mln share reebok common and underwrit pentland proce offer will us reebok retir bank debt incur acquisit avia group for mln dlr that reebok will bank credit line for gener corpor purpos includ acquisit reebok stock sell that price mln reebok share pentland will sell worth mln dlr and mln share reebok will sell worth mln dlr pentland will us proce fund growth and acquisit pentland share rebbok will offer syndic led kidder peabodi and inc and share will offer intern syndic led kidder underwrit grant option bui sell stockhold addit share cover overallot pentland not chosen particip thi allot pentland that date and price offer determin will releas detail expect offer close reuter
lei	canada januari lead indic pct canada lead composit indic rose pct januari major compon post gain widespread monthli advanc past year statist canada index gain pct preceed month unfilt index fell pct januari rise pct decemb gain led residenti construct index manufactur group continu improv and stock market index turn feder agenc report reuter
earn	nation westminst bank plc qtr net net mln mln note nation westminst bank plc subsidiari loan loss provis mln mln invest securitiesd gaon dlr dlr figur dollar reuter
earn	irv bank cite loan earn declin irv bank corp declin quarter earn mln dlr mln dlr year ago period due placement accrual basi mln dlr and mln dlr medium and long term loan borrow brazil and equador exclud impact accrual loan irv quarter net incom rose pct mln and per share amount risen pct dlr quarter bank report earn per share dlr compar dlr period last year reuter
fuel	global lower heavi fuel price global petroleum corp todai lower post cargo price for number six fuel york harbor ct barrel effect todai decreas bring price for pct sulphur dlr ct two pct sulphur dlr ct pct sulphur dlr ct and pct sulphur dlr ct price for pct and pct sulphur remain unchang and dlr reuter
earn	chemic york corp chl qtr net shr dlr dlr net avg shr asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion return asset pct pct return common equiti pct pct note qtr net reduc mln dlr billion dlr brazil loan accrual reuter
livestock	ccc accept bonu cattl canari island commod credit corpor ccc accept bid for export bonu cover sale head dairi cattl canari island agricultur depart cattl for deliveri octob bonu dlr per head and made holstein friesian inc and will paid form commod ccc inventori addit head dairi cattl for canari island export enhanc program initi announc juli reuter
earn	afg industri inc afg qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr primari reuter
alum	work greek alumina plant start end preparatori work for construct mln dlr alumina plant villag aghia efthymia greek provinc fokida will begin end month and plant will oper industri undersecretari georg petso greec yesterdai sign contract soviet union for joint ventur project biggest invest countri for year petso soviet union had initi agre bui tonn purchas plant entir output tonn year reuter
earn	milford save bank qtr net shr ct ct net note includ shr charg loan loss provis reuter
earn	ahmanson and ahm qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion note prior qtr per shr figur adjust for for stock split reuter
sugar	pakistan reportedli bought white sugar tender pakistan report bought tonn white sugar weekend tender north korean oper trader purchas believ price dlr tonn cost and freight for fine medium grain due ship for arriv tonn june and juli tonn reuter
money-fx	fed expect set dai repurchas pact feder reserv expect enter govern secur market add temporari reserv directli arrang dai system repurchas agreement economist fed add reserv indirectli larg round two billion dlr custom repurchas agreement feder fund averag high pct fridai open pct and trade and pct reuter
acq	alli store al sell dillard dd two unit dillard depart store inc base rock ark and alli store corp jointli enter definit purchas agreement for sale dillard josk and cain sloan divis alli for mln dlr cash subject close adjust sale exclud real estat asset josk and cain sloan alli estim aggreg mln dlr base current market condit josk store texa and arizona cain sloan store nashvil josk largest unit alli slate for sale restructur alli store corp subsidiari campeau corp acquir acquir canadian develop last year robert campeau chairman alli thi terrif start disposit program proceed ahead schedul thi sale will fulfil requir bank agreement sell asset june and give addit flexibl dispos remain divis sold alli store requir pai mln dlr bank debt june had doubt wall street that compani meet payment campeau sourc thi cash sale put strong negoti posit maxim proce alli can receiv divis alli put posit will meet june payment schedul sourc bilion dlr alli asset had target for sale dec pai for aquisit alli campeau alli will take bid for divis target for sale bonwit teller garfinckel dei donaldson herpolsheim heer miller miller and rhoad pomeroi catherin plymouth shop and jerri leonard divis provid pct alli net sale and pct store profit fiscal reuter
earn	ncr ncr continu expect earn growth ncr corp earlier report higher quarter profit continu expect that will report record earn and revenu for optim base incom order rate and strength product line compani ncr corp plan addit product announc thi year elabor ncr earlier quarter profit increas mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct share prior year ncr full year earn rose mln dlr mln dlr prior year ncr increas quarter profit result strong revenu growth strong europ and pacif market group growth revenu improv compani quarter revenu increas billion dlr mln dlr prior year ncr dollar quarter worldwid incom order post substanti gain prior year quarter ncr give specif figur order growth broad base across ncr product line greatest growth come reuter
earn	genet institut inc geni qtr loss period end februari shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	entr comput etr close oversea unit entr comput center inc discontinu european and australian oper compani todai report loss for second quarter end februari dlr dlr pretax provis for shutdown oversea unit and dlr tax credit year earlier earn dlr oversea oper lost dlr second quarter and not strong provid for futur growth reuter
earn	entr comput center inc etr qtr loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln half shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln note current year net period includ dlr pretax provis for close oversea oper and tax credit dlr quarter and dlr half reuter
earn	merril lynch mer invest revenu merril lynch and invest bank revenu strong quarter rise mln dlr mln quarter made steadi progress period market activ mark unpreced activ william schreyer chairman and cheif execut offic and daniel tulli presid and chief oper offic earlier compani report quarter net incom mln dlr dlr per share mln dlr ct per share quarter merril lynch insur revenu made biggest gain quarter rise mln dlr thi quarter mln dlr last year quarter reuter
earn	standard microsystem corp smsc qtr net feb end shr profit ct loss nil net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln year shr profit ct profit nil net profit profit rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net includ tax credit dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr year reuter
earn	pennsylvania real estat invest trust pei oper shr ct ct oper net rev avg shr half oper shr ct ct oper net rev avg shr note current year net exclud gain sale real estat dlr quarter and dlr half period end februari reuter
earn	allwast inc alw qtr feb shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln six month shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	scott and stringfellow scot qtr mar shr ct ct net rev mln mln month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note full name scott and stringfellow financi corp reuter
earn	foster fwc unit audit reveal discrep foster wheeler corp fwc audit stearn airport equiment inc unit reveal substanti discrep stearn account that requir materi adjust previous announc consolid result compani and subsidiari foster stearn offic and senior manag made stearn oper profit improperli record job cost stearn presid and control had resign foster spokesman not name presid and control and not immedi comment releas foster amount involv discrep mln dlr tax mln dlr net tax due improp record job cost period year and continu part quarter stearn unit foster conerg corp subsidiari compani impact result for not like signific amount charg prior period had not determin foster report tax earn mln dlr mln dlr and mln dlr for and stearn base crowlei texa make airport baggag conveyor equip and passeng load bridg foster diversifi intern concern subsidiari oper worldwid base livingston jersei report revenu for period end decemb billion dlr compani detail audit and investig continu compani spokesman declin comment investig reuter
trade	taiwan announc round import tariff cut taiwan announc plan for anoth round import tariff cut foreign good shortli trade talk washington offici describ move balanc trade unit state wang der hwa deputi director financ ministri custom administr depart told report list product includ item ask washington move part govern effort encourag import trade partner unit state ministri propos todai cabinet that tariff such product cosmet bicycl appl radio garment soybean and televis set cut and pct cabinet expect give approv thursdai and tariff cut implement possibl start april ad taiwan introduc sweep tariff cut foreign product last januari aim help reduc grow trade surplu unit state island largest trade partner washington not satisfi cut and press for reduct cut huge trade deficit taipei washington deficit taipei rose record billion dlr last year billion widen billion quarter billion year earlier taiwan offici figur show todai announc departur todai member taiwan deleg for washington for seri trade talk offici deleg leader vincent siew told report last night leav heavi heart mean that face tough talk washington rise protectionist sentiment congress taiwan trade surplu washington largest japan and canada siew talk start april cover call for taiwan open market american product purchas major machineri and power plant equip import tariff cut and protect intellectu properti afraid thi time give talk elabor reuter
grain	bulgaria romania grain crop favor current prospect for thi year grain crop bulgaria and romania favor agricultur depart offic belgrad field report report assess base travel two countri march april crop condit earlier expect extrem dry condit last fall and prolong winter temperatur thi spring gener plant develop week normal thi spring and condit vari greatli region report field seed optimum period last fall and receiv supplement irrig water pct field observ appear good condit evid winterkil vari consider report field lack adequ moistur last fall show weak and uneven stand spotti germin and winterkil field averag pct reuter
earn	elcor corp elk qtr march shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln month shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln note share adjust for for stock split payabl holder record qtr and month includ tax loss carryforward gain dlr and mln dlr qtr month includ tax loss carryforward gain dlr and mln dlr reuter
earn	abington save bank abbk qtr net shr ct not net loan mln mln deposit mln mln asset mln mln note prior share not due june convers stock ownserhip reuter
earn	bank center tbcx qtr net shr ct not net note compani public august figur restat net includ loan loss provis dlr dlr gain sale secur dlr dlr and gain sale loan dlr dlr reuter
earn	chemic chl net hurt brazil expens chemic york corp quarter profit fell pct larg billion dlr loan brazil accrual chemic report quarter net incom mln dlr mln year earlier declar brazilian loan perform cost chemic mln dlr lost interest incom mln dlr tax pct jump interest expens mln dlr mln hit bottom line rise due staff cost associ continu growth consum capit market and invest bank activ exclud effect place brazil accrual chemic net incom mln dlr pct below earn brazil suspend interest payment billion dlr medium and long term debt februari not resum year end chemic tax net for will reduc mln dlr chemic mln dlr loan ecuador accrual quito govern suspend interest payment foreign debt thi reduc interest incom mln dlr chemic net interest incom fell mln dlr mln and net spread narrow pct pct thi reflect reclassif brazilian loan reduc feder incom tax rate affect calcul taxabal equival adjust tax exempt asset and narrow spread prime rate and chemic cost fund foreign exchang trade profit rose mln dlr mln bond trade profit drop mln dlr mln fee trust and bank servic rose mln dlr mln year earlier chemic provis for loan loss mln dlr compar mln net loan charg off mln mln leav allow for loan loss mln dlr quarter end pct loan outstand compar mln pct year earlier accru loan end march billion dlr billion exclud brazil compar billion end and billion end march reuter
earn	genet geni see higher loss genet institut inc earlier report increas quarter net loss expect incur loss fiscal that somewhat higher report fiscal had loss dlr for fiscal end novemb compar fiscal loss dlr compani loss result strateg decis invest prudent level equiti develop product compani can manufactur and bring market genet earlier quarter end februari loss rose dlr year ago loss dlr reuter
acq	investor boost tran lux tlx stake investor albert kahn statement that group head increas stake tran lux corp pct pct fulli dilut basi kahn file secur and exchang commiss that group bought addit tran lux common share and dlr pct convert subordin debentur due convert into addit share kahn seek represent tran lux board and start proxi contest connect upcom annual meet kahn seek examin tran lux sharehold list and corpor book and record delawar law tran lux connecticut concern that leas teleprint and displai unit brokerag offic airport and public place kahn miami insur execut and investor reuter
earn	solitron devic inc sod qtr net period end februari shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr year shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note year dlr tax provis and dlr tax credit year dlr credit for anticip incom tax settlement for and dlr tax provis reuter
earn	trust corp qtr shr ct ct
earn	peopl heritag bank phbk qtr net shr ct not net note net includ secur gain dlr dlr compani public decemb reuter
earn	stuart hall inc stuh qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	clayton home inc cmh qtr march net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln backlog mln six mln note share adjust for for stock split june reuter
earn	trust corp ustc qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net avg asset billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
earn	desptp omc dso qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	park commun inc parc qtr mar shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	feder guarante corp fdgc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	angel care master acr rais quarterli shr ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
earn	franklin michigan insur set lower payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april record april note franklin michigan insur tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin high yield set higher payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april record april note franklin high yield tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin pennsylvania tax free initi payout franklin pennsylvania tax free incom fund board declar initi monthli dividend six ct per share payabl april holder record april reuter
acq	gener partner sell gencorp stake gener partner texa partnership that recent end bid gencorp inc told secur and exchang commiss sold remain pct stake compani gener partner sold share gencorp april dlr share open market transact york stock exchang sale leav gencorp common share partnership includ wagner and brown midland texa and irvin calif base afg industri inc last week drop dlr share hostil tender offer reuter
earn	franklin pennsylvania set initi payout franklin pennsylvania investor govern secur fund fund board declar initi monthli dividend ct per share payabl april holder record april reuter
acq	gaf gaf studi borg warner bor plan gaf corp studi agreement merril lynch capit partner will borg warner corp privat billion dlr transact gaf spokesman spokesman had comment analyst specul gaf make offer for chicago base plastic and automobil part compani borg warner stock rose merril lynch dlr per share tender offer price merril lynch capit partner unit merril lynch and tender for pct borg warner and offer packag cash and secur for balanc share gaf had offer dlr per share previous hold pct borg warner stock reuter
earn	nation westminst bank usa qtr net rise nation westminst bank usa higher loan and core deposit volum substanti increas net interest incom contribut pct rise quarter earn mln dlr mln report year earlier earn gain despit mln dlr reduct incom result place brazilian loan accrual net interest incom total mln dlr compar mln dlr period loan middl market busi increas mln dlr gain offset low level interest rate provis for loan loss rose mln dlr mln year earlier march allow for loan loss mln dlr versu mln end march accrual loan rose mln dlr mln end quarter larg mln dlr loan brazil put accrual statu bank that loan remain accrual for remaind year net incom for reduc mln dlr nation westminst bank usa wholli own subsidiari nation westminst bank plc reuter
earn	laser photon inc lazr qtr dec shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln year shr loss ct loss ct net loss mln loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	eastern util associ eua up payout qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai record reuter
acq	mcgraw hill mhp divest south african unit mcgraw hill inc sold mcgraw hill book south africa pty subsidiari local manag group for undisclos amount cash and halt sale product and servic south africa compani divestitur follow resolut board februari that cite increas polit and social unrest south africa and refus south african govern abolish apartheid system reuter
acq	oak ondustri oak bui electron firm oak industri inc agre bui stock electron technolog inc york for undisclos amount cash electron technolog manufactur quartz crystal compon oak acquisit part ongo stategi restructur core busi cost reduct program and purchas compat compani reuter
earn	peopl heritag bank phbk qtr net shr ct not net note includ net secur gain dlr mln dlr compani convert stock ownership decemb reuter
acq	revlon group agre merg macandrew and forb group for dlr shr cash
interest	trust ustc rais broker loan rate trust rais broker loan rate pct pct effect immedi banker trust quot broker loan rate publicli rais rate pct earlier todai reuter
acq	correct crazi eddi crzy set right crazi eddi inc board adopt defens sharehold right plan and reaciv inquiri friendli merger plan sharehold record april will receiv purchas circumst price dlr prefer share for each common share held right expir april compani right exercis busi dai parti acquir pct crazi eddi common stock announc bid for pct add drop year right expir reuter
earn	biotech electron inc ion qtr net shr ct half net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note period end februari reuter reuter
cpi	portugues consum price pct march portug consum price rose pct march pct increas februari and pct rise march nation statist institut consum price index base for rose februari and compar march thi gave year year march inflat rate pct pct februari and pct march measur annual averag rate inflat march pct compar pct februari govern forecast annual inflat pct thi year reuter
earn	myer industri inc mye qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln note per share figur adjust for ten pct stock dividend paid august reuter
earn	gte corp qtr shr ct ct
acq	resdel rsdl merg san bar sbar resdel industri and san bar corp agre merg san bar into resdel arrang call for san bar spin asset break free divis sharehold exchang share for resdel stock ratio resdel share for each san bar share held resdel reuter
acq	midlant midl acquir counti bancorp midlant corp agre acquir counti bancorp for mln dlr agreement call for counti trust counti bancorp subsidiari merg into midlant nation bank north midlant will pai dlr share cash time counti bancorp march book for each counti share outstand receiv option princip sharehold for pct counti outstand acquisit expect quarter and subject regulatori and sharehold approv reuter
earn	peopl save bank brockton pbkb net asset mln mln note quarter end march compani complet convers mutual stock form octob rais mln dlr net proce sale mln share common stock reuter
earn	micro gener corp mgen qtr loss period end decemb shr nil loss six ct net loss loss rev avg shr year shr nil loss ct net profit loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	gte corp gte qtr mar shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	gte post pre tax loss mln dlr qtr for pct share sprint
acq	group rais scandinavia fund scf stake sharehold group consist foreign invest firm and investor rais stake scandinavia fund inc share pct total outstand share pct file secur and exchang commiss group inform offer made scandinavia fund presid bjorn carlson march grant represent compani board group includ vbi corp turk and caico island invest firm and ingemar rydin industritillbehor swedish invest firm and erik martin vik norwegian investor and vik son alexand group vbi and elder vik bought combin scandinavia fund common share sinc march price rang dlr share reuter
earn	squar corp sqd qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
crude	triton oil pari basin reserv pct triton energi corp proven reserv villespedu oil field franc pari basin estim total mln barrel march pct mln barrel triton pct own triton europ plc subsidiari pct interest field locat mile east pari pct held total explor field oper reuter
earn	talk point ibm ibm intern busi machin corp start year aggress industri analyst compani face tough round fight stop two year earn slump impress happen ibm long time painewebb analyst stephen smith not wood ad dlr share ibm quarter net incom easili top estim wall street had rang even dollar dlr analyst pleasantli surpris ibm perform that ibm chanc for full recoveri hing kei factor impact will not felt year includ success ibm person comput line introduc two week ago and minicomput will begin volum shipment juli addit ibm full benefit earli retir program and cost cut move will emerg year progress analyst note that ibm chairman john aker rel upbeat assess compani outlook for year worldwid econom situat remain unsettl encourag sign busi aker point thing higher quarter shipment remain optimist prospect for industri and ibm aker encourag painewebb smith weak dollar lower tax rate and strong mainfram comput sale contribut expect quarter result analyst shipment mainfram strong march weak januari and februari ulric weil washington base weil and associ sale top line mainfram commonli call sierra bail quarter weil ad thi continu auger for rest year reuter
earn	micro mask inc nm qtr mar oper loss oper shr loss ct loss ct oper net loss loss sale six mth oper shr loss ct loss dlr oper net loss loss sale mln note oper data not includ loss discontinu oper dlr ct per shr qtr and dlr ct per shr six mth reuter
earn	irv bank qtr net hurt brazil irv bank corp six pct drop quarter net incom year earlier larg result place medium and long term loan borrow brazil and ecuador accrual statu incom month fell mln dlr mln period earn per share drop dlr irv put mln dlr brazilian and mln dlr ecuadorean loan accrual reduc quarter net incom total mln dlr tax irv estim full year net reduc mln dlr tax cash interest payment receiv loan remaind advers affect earn loss trade secur and higher interest expens partli offset increas trust incom profit foreign exchang trade and invest secur gain bank allow for loan loss mln dlr mln year earlier provis for loan loss mln versu mln quarter reuter
earn	allegheni western energi algh up payout qtly div ct six ct prior pai june record note full name allegheni and western energi corp reuter
earn	unit telecommun inc qtr shr ct ct
earn	coast inc qtr net shr profit loss ct net profit loss sale mln mln avg shr reuter
trade	februari trade report basi februari monthli merchandis trade figur report tuesdai commerc depart will basi reflect recent data avoid futur revis monthli figur commerc offici januari deficit billion dlr will revis februari figur will final offici previous initi monthli figur had revis subsequ month time lag report and compil final estim import and export report februari trade data delai week permit gather latest figur import and export give clearer pictur monthli trade balanc reuter
acq	revlon rev and macandrew and forb merg macandrew and forb group and revlon group inc rev that enter into definit mergewr agreement macandrew will acquir revlon dlr per common share cash macandrew increas offer purchas revlon common share dlr share april offer dlr share consumm offer unit macandrew will merg into revlon and each remain share will convert into receiv dlr per share cash compani revlon board director unanim approv merger agreement macandrew and revlon reach settlement plaintiff pend litig challeng acquisit share macanrew compani tender offer and withdraw right will expireon tuesdai april extend macandrew will promptli file revis tender offer materi secur and exchang commiss drexel burnham lambert inc act dealer manag for offer compani revlon mln share outstand current offer price mln dlr compani spokesman previou offer mln dlr april macandrew and forb own ronald perelman offer dlr share for pct revlon share not sinc offer made dozen sharehold lawsuit brought revlon alleg origin offer low compani lawsuit settl amend offer reuter
acq	real estat firm cut intermagnet inma stake roland intern corp coconut grove fla real estat develop compani cut stake intermagnet gener corp share pct total outstand share pct file secur and exchang commiss roland sold share feb dlr each long roland stake intermagnet gener below pct not requir report deal compani stock reuter
earn	commerc corp fcom qtr net shr ct ct net reuter
acq	dataproduct dpc bui imag solut dataproduct corp sign letter intent acquir imag solut inc unit relianc electr undisclos term thi acquisit will give right proprietari solid and liquid ink technolog had develop joint ventur oper and exxon corp xon dataproduct imag solut name exxon print system inc had relianc electr subsidiari relianc recent independ compani result leverag buyout owner exxon reuter
acq	jannock acquir half stake printer jannock jannock imag unit acquir pct stake arthur jone lithograph toronto for undisclos term acquisit lift jannock imag revenu mln dlr thi year not arthur jone revenu reuter
earn	mark industri inc qtr feb net shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr dlr ct net mln rev mln mln avg shr note current period includ gain dlr qtr and mln dlr year pension account year ago shr figur restat for for split paid june and januari reuter
acq	electrohom sell unit electrohom agre sell asset comput servic sector aabex servic divis canadian gener electr cge term not disclos close date expect reuter
earn	salick health care inc shci qtr net period end februari shr ct ct net rev six mth shr ct ct net rev mln reuter
acq	laser photon inc lazr close sale laser photon inc complet previous announc sale share pct common stock group investor for mln dlr dlr loan made investor repaid proce restructur board includ member design investor includ pierr schoenheim roger kirk and leonard lichter reuter
acq	amsouth bancorp aso set exchang ratio amsouth bancorp will issu share stock acquir tuskaloosa corp previous announc merger agreement amsouth offer dlr share amsouth stock for tuskaloosa compani tuskaloosa sharehold will receiv share amsouth stock for each tuskaloosa share held merger effect april tuskaloosa asset mln dlr amsouth asset six billion dlr reuter
earn	voplex corp vot qtr mar shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	hadson corp had complet acquisit hadson corp complet acquisit pct seax energi corp seax common stock for share hadson stock seax engag intern oil and ga explor and develop primarili pari basin franc reuter
acq	arrai arai complet merger arrai inc complet merger haba system inc term merger call for each share arrai exchang for share haba transact valu mln dlr compani compani produc and market microcomput softwar reuter
earn	franklin massachusett set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin massachusett insur tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin minnesota set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin minnesota insur tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin insur set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin insur tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin ohio set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin ohio insur tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin puerto rico set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin puerto rico tax free incom fund reuter
earn	franklin california set monthli payout mthly div ct ct prior pai april reord april note franklin california insur tax free incom fund reuter
acq	canada stock dome petroleum dmp dome petroleum share move higher and canada transcanada pipelin trp made billion canadian dlr bid for dome and dome talk two unidentifi compani market specul that two potenti bidder not canadian compani and dupont conoco and atlant richfield arc mention possibl wilf gobert peter and dome rose american stock exchang transcanada pipelin york stock exchang dome activ stock toronto exchang dlr per share ct gobert character market action dome optimist investor hope for compet offer sharehold transcanada pipelin offer dome manag not sharehold propos issu equiti subsidiari that oper dome asset current dome sharehold pct subsidiari reuter
earn	unit telecommun inc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note per share result reflect payment prefer dividend requir reuter
earn	pennsylvania corp fpa qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr mln mln note includ gain mln dlr ct mln dlr ct tax loss carryforward reuter
acq	clark copi intern bui german stake clark copi intern corp acquir major interest datagraph gmbh lich west germani acquisit made clark copi major own subsidiari interact comput aid norwai price disclos for acquisit clark copi worldwid sale for datagraph make color graphic workstat mln dlr for year end dec reuter
earn	entr comput center inc etr qtr loss end feb shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln six mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln reuter
earn	gte gte cite loss sprint gte corp declin quarter net incom reflect mln dlr loss pct share ownership sprint oper thi loss increas mln dlr loss report oper gte own year ago quarter and prior enter joint ventur unit telecommun juli joint ventur each compani own pct sprint earlier compani report net incom declin mln dlr mln dlr quarter year ago theodor brophi chairman gte expect sprint loss diminish thi year custom traffic migrat fiber optic network for long distanc telecommun reason for higher loss reflect lower price higher oper cost relat part fraudal us network oper incom telephon oper account for pct total rose pct mln dlr revenu telephon oper rose pct billion dlr reuter
earn	england save bank nesb qtr net shr ct not net note convert stock ownership aug reuter
earn	american nation corp fnb qtr net net mln mln loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion note american nation corp wholli own subsidiari chicago corp reuter
earn	astra share split widen foreign ownership astra ast propos two for share split and issu june seri foreign target share lower vote right part strategi internationalis compani deal requir swedish govern approv will rais percentag foreign vote right allow medic group pct pct astra extraordinari meet astra board propos creation free share open foreign buyer tenth vote per share present astra stock consist seri restrict share and free share reuter
earn	correct nation westminst bank usa qtr net mln mln note nation westminst bank plc subsidiari loan loss provis mln mln invest secur gain dlr dlr figur dollar correct name subsidiari parent reuter
earn	bancorp tone qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr note includ gain mln dlr dlr benefit tax loss carryforward includ oper bank hartford acquir feb year ago shr figur reflect for split april reuter
acq	quest nqrlf make bid for northair nrm quest resourc inc will make takeov offer acquir share northair mine basi quest share dlr for two share northair quest plan bring northair willa mine nelson area british columbia into product quest recent acquir ton per dai mill locat area reuter
earn	aristech ar qtr shr estim aristech chemic corp chairman and chief execut offic thoma marshal analyst estim fiscal year earn dlr dlr per share address gather analyst and institut investor marshal that analyst estim qtr earn ct ct per share ballpark marshal full year estim repres pct increas fiscal year net dlr per share quarter estim pct higher quarter net ct per share marshal attributibut quarter earn growth factor includ sustain demand aristech major domest market and continu growth export aristech plan spend approxim mln dlr capit invest year marshal ad reuter
earn	unit telecom report sprint loss unit telecommun inc lower quarter earn includ loss dlr equiti sprint sprint form juli partnership combin unit telecommun long distanc voic and data oper gte corp gte earlier unit telecommun report quarter earn mln dlr ct share compar mln dlr ct share year ago revenu declin mln dlr mln dlr unit telecommun transit sprint nationwid fiberopt network proceed ahead schedul transit fiber network interim network not reduc oper cost second half assist control unauthor network us reuter
nat-gas	canada approv ga export proga proga issu export licenc sell billion cubic meter natur ga ocean state power burrillvil rhode island feder energi depart sale cover year period begin previous recommend nation energi board contract term not releas reuter
earn	brand compani bran see quarter loss brand compani inc expect report quarter loss ct share revenu mln dlr quarter brand report earn ct revenu mln dlr reason for expect loss final quarterli result will report end month begin compani spokesman reuter
trade	februari trade report basi februari monthli merchandis trade figur report tuesdai commerc depart will basi reflect recent data avoid futur revis monthli figur commerc offici januari deficit billion dlr will revis februari figur will final offici previous initi monthli figur had revis subsequ month time lag report and compil final estim import and export report februari trade data delai week permit gather latest figur import and export give clearer pictur monthli trade balanc reuter
acq	booth bcmp make acquisit booth financi corp diversifi hold compani acquir robert half and accountemp franchis england includ offic boston and eastern massachusett and offic provid booth previous announc purchas robert half intern inc franchisor robert half and accountemp offic compani aggreg purchas price paid for robert half intern and franchis mln dlr reuter
acq	atlant financi atlf acquir and atlant financi sign definit agreement acquir centurion save and loan associ atlant not disclos purchas price atlant origin announc intent acquir centurion locat lo angel feb centurion asset mln dlr atlant reuter
acq	gaf gaf rais borg warner bor bid gaf corp set acquir borg warner corp valuabl plastic busi believ analyst prepar increas offer for chicago base compani yesterdai borg warner agre acquir for billion dlr compani form merril lynch capit partner merril offer dlr cash per share for pct borg warner common stock and packag cash and secur for balanc borg warner stock rose stock price tell gaf come anoth bid analyst valu compani dlr per share gaf offer dlr per share hold pct borg warner stock you cat and mous game you price pai you gaf compani that worth persh and analyst richard henderson henderson estim worth abouth dlr per share gaf review situat merril lynch offici not return phone call analyst gaf chairman samuel heyman sought borg warner chemic and plastic busi rigid plastic us such thing telephon comput termin and applianc heck can you bui world class chemic oper dai henderson heyman buck heavi hitter and not push henderson gaf roof and chemic concern attempt takeov larger union carbid corp two year ago gaf not win compani made substanti gain invest carbid analyst gaf larg profit built into borg warner hold even gaf rais offer and not succe higher bid anoth compani give gaf million dollar profit stock win win situat analyst analyst specul offer gaf forthcom shortli final final paragraph thi book borg warner busi includ automot part protect servic includ well fargo secur guard and chilton corp credit rate servic charl rose oppenheim and analyst follow gaf gaf sell into merril lynch offer realiz mln dlr net profit per share probabl price rose rose not predict heyman sam low risk high return player build major industri chemic enterpris invest bank rose analyst borg warner chemic busi add earn momentum gaf work that pai dlr per share addit gaf time sold chemic facil john henri hutton borg warner chemic and plastic busi provid oper profit mln dlr revenu billion dlr total oper profit mln dlr and net earn mln dlr for borg chemic busi great rose ad competitor monsanto mct and dow chemic dow reuter
earn	pueblo intern inc pii set payout qtly div ct ct prior pai june two record april reuter
acq	gen term corp acquir privat firm gen term corp enter into escrow for mln dlr purchas lewi westco and privat held bottler and distributor wine and distil spirit lewi westco had sale mln dlr for fiscal year end june gen term separ gen term trade counter plan appli for nasdaq list complet acquisit reuter
earn	and clothier inc jan year net shr dlr ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	ccx network ccxn make acquisit ccx network inc enter into letter intent acquir privat held modern mailer inc and affili anwalt inc for dlr common stock compani modern mailer had revenu dlr for year end octob and comput servic comput print and lettershop facil reuter
earn	person comput product pcpi expect loss person comput product inc expect report loss dlr quarter end march compar year ago loss quarter dlr revenu quarter expect dlr compar dlr year earlier for month end march person comput expect net loss dlr compar loss dlr previou year revenu month expect dlr compar year ago compani will report earn reuter
earn	great northern nekoosa qtr shr dlr ct
acq	gander gndr bui western wear retail gander mountain inc acquir privat held western ranchman outfitt catalog and point purchas retail western apparel base cheyenn wyo western ranchman had sale for year end jan mln dlr purchas made for undisclos amount cast reuter
earn	great northern nekoosa gnn qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note figur restat for adopt financi account standard board statement employ account for pension net and includ dlr invest tax credit and mln dlr reuter
earn	american health properti inc ah qtr shr ct net rev note compani began oper februari reuter
earn	well fargo and qtr shr dlr dlr
earn	well fargo and wfc qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion reuter
earn	comerica inc cmca qtr net shr dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net avg shr loan mln mln deposit billion billion asset billion billion note per share result reflect payment prefer dividend reuter
earn	champion product set pai date for split champion product inc two for stock split declar februari will payabl april sharehold record april reuter
earn	spearhead industri inc sprh qtr net period end feb shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	kdi corp kdi qtr march shr ct six ct net mln rev mln mln reuter
acq	nabisco rjr unit sell cigar busi rjr nabisco inc reynold tobacco usa unit reach definit agreement sell winchest cigar busi tobacco export intern usa atlanta subsidiari rothman intern plc term not disclos last week reynold announc sale smoke tobacco brand brand and winchest repres pct reynold tobacco usa total sale billion dlr reynold sale expect complet april compani plan concentr resourc manufactur and sale cigarett reynold that winchest introduc domin brand cigar market reuter
earn	softwar servic america inc ssoa net qtr feb shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mth shr profit ct profit two ct net profit profit rev reuter
acq	gander mountain gndr bui western wear firm gander mountain inc acquir privat held western ranchman outfitt cheyenn wyo retail and catalog seller western apparel term not disclos western ranchman had sale mln dlr for year end jan compani gander mountain sell brand name hunt fish and outdoor gear catalog reuter
earn	health and rehabilit hrp set divi health and rehabilit properti trust declar initi dividend ct per share for quarter end march dividend payabl sharehold record april dividend includ ct attribut period dec and and ct attribut quarter end march reuter
earn	utah power and light utp qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln billion avg shr mln mln note mth net includ mln dlr charg due decemb provis for coal mine oper refund reuter
acq	ericsson erici bui rest spanish unit ericsson sweden agre principl bui pct intelsa spanish unit that not telefonica spain telecommun administr term agreement not disclos ericsson intelsa control pct spanish telephon switch market employe and annual sale mln crown mln dlr purchas will not affect close work relationship telefonica and intelsa ericsson reuter
earn	computrac llb see lower quarter net computrac inc expect quarter earn pct year ago last year quarter end april computrac earn dlr revenu mln dlr compani sale commit hand pct year ago system sale revenu recogn shipment and pct sale commit hand will ship period outlook for year remain unchang reuter
acq	nova nva not plan dome dmp bid nova alberta corp chief execut robert blair express hope that dome petroleum dmp remain canadian ownership ad that compani plan bid for debt troubl dome plan bid blair told report speech busi group stress that nova and pct own huski oil hyo interest dome extens western canadian energi hold interest can sometim make bid blair transcanada pipelin trp yesterdai bid billion dlr for dome dome discontinu talk transcanada and propos anoth compani and talk anoth buyer rumor offshor ask report dome remain canadian hand blair repli that build canadian posit thi industri can and dome end hand canadian manag not bidder blair that move put dome financi hous order will remov gener problem attitud that hung western canadian industri ad that energi industri face coupl tough tough addit year ask nova prospect blair predict that nova net profit rise thi year mln dlr last year net profit mln dlr due improv product price and continu cost cut reuter
gas	exxon xon extend mid grade unlead market exxon expand market mid grade unlead gasolin east coast exxon corp subsidiari changeov octan unlead fuel will begin late thi month and earli major market virginia maryland florida and district columbia product introduc york jersei delawar connecticut rhode island massachusett hampshir and philadelphia area late last year reuter
acq	montauk secur merger deal montauk secur corp reach preliminari merger agreement mcc presidenti inc compani mcc sharehold pct stake combin compani and receiv cash distribut ct per share reuter
earn	barnett bank florida inc bbf qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	golden west financi corp gdw qtr net shr dlr dlr net loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion note current qtr figur includ mln dlr charg result penalti for prepay fhlb borrow reuter
earn	honeywel inc hon qtr oper net oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln sale billion billion note sale includ oper sperri aerospac oper net exclud charg discontinu oper mln dlr ct share reuter
earn	wall street stock brown ferri bfi environment protect agenc mln dlr suit brown ferri industri inc bfi unit ceco intern inc caus stock drop todai analyst stock fallen todai new suit releas thi morn potenti big suit and investor feel that not good regul kenneth leung smith barnei analyst investor sell bfi share cloud thi industri threat that epa will tough wast manag compani willard brown senior analyst for albani corp investor that wast manag compani that kind exposur regulatori suit brown brown suit settl for mln dlr impact brown ferri earn leung that brown ferri adequ cash reserv cover fine impact earn whatsoev reuter
gold	homestak mull bui or reserv homestak mine acquir gold or reserv addit compani explor effort chief execut harri conger told reuter interview option acquir reserv explor conger ad move acquisit repres chang compani acquisit polici conger homestak current cash posit mln dlr acquir reserv addit homestak two line credit total mln dlr not drawn todai and us financ acquisit conger anticip explor budget will spend mln dlr conger explor for preciou metal slightli higher last year spend mln dlr oil and ga explor spend will slightli last year pct conger see homestak gold product gold product ounc quarter product mclaughlin reserv will pct lower last year ounc due start product problem believ gold price will hold dlr ounc level for rest compani earn base averag market price for gold dlr ounc conger pct chang gold price repres ct share impact earn declin give specif forecast for quarter due releas dai for full year result reuter
earn	chronar corp crnr year loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr note net includ dlr increas provis for uncollect receiv affili lower recover inventori and writeoff capit cost discontinu project dlr provis for resolut sharehold class action suit and gain dlr repurchas manufactur equip reuter
acq	empir empa bui sobei sysa stock empir will acquir share sobei store not arrang approv director compani holder sobei class vote share and class common share elect receiv vote class empir share vote class empir share and half pct redeem retract prefer share prefer share par dlr and retract holder option reuter
earn	intern research irdv qtr net shr six ct ct net rev note intern research and develop corp full name compani reuter
acq	correct goodyear sell celeron goodyear tire and rubber expect sell celeron corp oil and ga subsidiari for two billion dlr two month compani annual meet rober mercer goodyear chairman and chief execut offic goodyear expect report profit dlr share continu oper quarter year ago period goodyear report loss cent share continu oper mercer compani interest bui celeron and form consortium bui unit reuter
earn	int research develop irdv qtr net shr six ct ct net rev note full name intern research and develop corp reuter
earn	bank england corp qtr shr dlr ct
earn	honeywel hon cite cost cut for gain honeywel inc gain pct quarter oper earn result cost cut effort began last year honeywel report quarter oper earn rose mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct period year ago oper result each compani sector offset higher interest cost quarter due financ decemb acquisit sperri aerospac and share feder system subsidiari pre tax profit honeywel bull inc honeywel quarter result show clear benefit restructur chairman edson spencer busi produc result last year even not signific improv extern market environ total order quarter substanti sharp increas aerospac and defens order addit sperri aerospac group domest industri autom and control order modestli higher period order honeywel home and build autom and control busi flat and intern market intern order increas greatest strength europ honeywel compani that year end intend complet repurchas mln share remain mln share buyback program began reuter
earn	mgm commun mgm qtr feb loss shr loss ct net loss mln profit mln rev mln mln six mth shr loss ct net loss mln profit mln rev mln mln note compani year ago per share not not compar due alloc expens turner entertain group not made subsequ period result reflect tb merger agreement and oper compani independ agent data includ extraordinari tax loss carryforward gain dlr qtr and six mth reuter
gold	homestak mull bui or reserv homestak mine acquir gold or reserv addit compani explor effort chief execut harri conger told reuter interview conger move acquisit repres chang compani acquist polici conger homestak current cash posit mln dlr acquir reserv addit homestak two line credit total mln dlr not drawn and us financ acquisit conger anticip explor budget will spend mln dlr conger explor for preciou metal slightli higher last year spend mln dlr oil and ga explor spend will slightli last year pct conger see homestak gold product gold product ounc quarter product mclaughlin reserv will pct lower last year ounc due start product problem believ gold price will hold dlr ounc level for rest reuter
earn	interfirst corp qtr loss ct profit ct
crude	kuwaiti daili opec credibl stake opec credibl face fresh scrutini come week amid sign signific rise suppli oil intern oil market kuwait daili qaba articl headlin gulf oil sourc middl east product mln bpd warn opec offici price face fresh pressur intern oil compani seek cheaper suppli not whether opec opec and produc report rise mideast output sourc offici contact sourc credibl opec come fresh scrutini todai mondai activ european and american market daili sourc quot that opec had march demonstr commit quota agreement member had rais output last week gave detail dealer oil market wait opec control product whether dai cheat and produc quota begun anew sourc warn that price barrel oil will fall below perhap dlr thi week control suppli sourc believ return oil below dlr barrel open door for intern oil compani pressur opec contract price similar struggl last march appar refer resist buyer lift qatar gave price discount offici warn opec find solidar scrutini end april start note demand fell onset summer reuter
earn	willamett industri wmtt qtr net shr ct ct net mln sale mln mln note per share figur reflect april stock split full year figur not reuter
earn	marin midland bank inc qtr dlr dlr
earn	american centuri act restat earn american centuri corp restat earn for fiscal year end june provid addit mln dlr loan loss allow caus restat year end net loss dlr dlr compani chang talk secur and exchang commiss compani judgement mln dlr collect note financi statement american centuri consid mln dlr collect make loan loss provis requir compani spite sec decis feel allow for loan loss june adequ and that consid relev inform determin collect mln dlr receiv continu disagr sec staff not interest reuter
earn	interfirst corp ifg qtr loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss mln profit mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note net includ secur gain mln mln net charg off total mln mln provis for loan loss mln mln perform asset total billion mln reuter
earn	marin midland bank inc qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note qtr includ pre tax provis mln dlr result mln dlr tax loss for reserv interest due medium and long term brazilian loan net invest gain for qtr mln dlr versu gain mln last year quarter provis for loan loss quarter mln dlr mln dlr prior quarter reuter
acq	fourth nation corp stake acquir fourth nation corp investor group led manag acquir pct stake compani interfirst corp ifc dalla bank hold firm fourth nation spokesman deal for cash not disclos amount fourth nation bank hold compani mln dlr asset statement that will continu oper subsidiari and retain employe reuter
acq	del webb wbb unit sell joint ventur stake del webb corp del webb properti corp unit sold half interest acr town meadow mix us develop mesa and gilbert ariz klukwan inc alaskan nativ cooper term sale not disclos webb had half interest ventur reuter
earn	bank england corp bkne qtr shr dlr ct net mln mln reuter
earn	canandaigua wine inc cdg qtr net qtr end feb shr ct ct net rev mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	nation citi corp qtr shr primari ct ct
orange	trade panel rule brazilian orang juic import will impos dutu
earn	florida progress corp fpc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln avg shr mln mln month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln note quarter profit restat cent share result previous report pool interest merger mid contin life insur reuter
orange	agenc rule brazil orang juic intern trade commiss itc vote author commerc depart impos anti dump duti import brazilian frozen concentr orang juic itc vote favor anti dump petit final rule matter todai itc rule consist commerc depart final rule march and activ anti dump duti pct import brazilian frozen concentr orang juic stephen vastagh itc investig itc found that brazilian orang juic import injur produc commerc depart had rule that import unfairli price and lower pct anti dump margin that preliminari decis last fall had set pct vastagh govern requir bond post import brazilian frozen concentr orang juic sinc commerc preliminari rule last octob commerc had rule that major brazilian produc cutral exclud anti dump duti brazilian import account for pct total suppli vastagh decemb and novemb unit state import equival mln gallon brazilian orang juic worth mln dlr unit state requir cent per gallon tariff orang juic import vastagh itc spokesman agenc forward final report anti dump case commerc april commerc will process anti dump order and transmit custom will liquid bond entri date commerc preliminari rule and begin assess duti vastagh brazilian orang juic export includ major shipper affect decis reuter
earn	nation citi bancorp ncbm qtr net shr ct ct net reuter
earn	oneok inc ok qtr feb net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note compani report earn qtrly and includ previou mth figur reuter
crude	texaco oil flow establish texaco inc establish kei oil suppli line yesterdai court file for protect chapter bankrupcti code elton yate texaco coordin worldwid oper compani will start trade yate told reuter interview compani last week had state that number domest and intern oil supplier demand cash for oil shipment and case had cut suppli altogeth bank had cut credit line court file manufactur hanov corp mhc and bank told texaco cut billion dlr credit line texaco court file chase manhattan corp cmb and morgan jpm morgan guaranti trust ask for deposit cover transact sever condit supplier and creditor aros unfavor rule last mondai suprem court texaco ongo disput pennzoil pzl acquisit getti oil high court texa court texaco plea cut billion dlr bond appeal case supplier stai long elton mondai suprem court rule texaco supplier began demand cash and halt suppli wasn last wednesdai that turn into avalanch suppli cut point not run system anywher capac half texaco oil suppli had jeapordi cut produc sever shortag mid situat appear sever elton that sonatrach algerian nation oil compani cancel futur deliveri crude oil and natur ga occident petroleum oxi demand cash for crude and atlant richfield arc ask for special safeguard compani british petroleum plc last week refus accept order for fuel oil yate todai big compani fact suppli had cancel last week declin identifi compani petroleo venezuela venezuelan state oil compani that suppli larg portion texaco oil halt shipment two week ago yate ad that texaco expect meet venezuelan todai attempt reestablish that kei suppli line talk expect place algerian ad bankruptci specialist like texaco chapter file compani secur credit line and oil suppli that kei compani busi will busi usual for texaco martin klein bankruptci attornei york law firm dreyer and traub creditor nervou bunch peopl dust settl will reevalu situat and will like extend credit chapter compani offici texaco not immedi whether discuss held bank whether credit line had reestablish reuter
earn	nation citi bancorp ncbm pct dividend nation citi bancorp director annual meet declar pct stock dividend payabl record april reuter
earn	flagler bank corp flgla qtr net shr ct ct net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln note per share amount adjust for stock dividend reuter
earn	nation citi corp ncty qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion return asset pct pct note net includ secur gain ct shr two ct net includ loan loss provis mln mln net charg off total mln brine loan loss reserv end qtr mln reuter
earn	bank england bkne post pro forma net bank england corp report that pro forma quarter earn reflect combin oper pend merger conif group rose mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct share merger expect close april earlier bank england report quarter net incom not take merger into account rose dlr ct share note quarter not includ restat recent acquisit restat net incom mln dlr pro forma quarter result includ nonrecur merger expens mln dlr exclud expens growth oper expens combin compani reduc pct pct quarter loan and leas increas pct billion dlr and deposit grew pct billion dlr provis for credit loss mln dlr quarter compar mln dlr last year net charg off mln dlr mln dlr reuter
earn	burnham american propoerti bapyz qtr qtr end march net rev six mth net rev note per share data not not compar net figur depreci reuter
acq	canada wilson comment dome dmp financ minist michael wilson earli comment tax implic transcanada pipelin billion dlr offer for dome petroleum specif offer transcanada made and don detail element propos wilson told hous common daili question period opposit parti question wilson loss tax revenu takeov complet larg tax credit held dome reuter
acq	dauphin deposit dapn acquir coloni dauphin deposit corp sign definit agreement acquir coloni bancorp inc agreement call for coloni merg into dauphin deposit corp and coloni subsidiari holland farmer nation bank merg into dauphin deposit bank and trust lead bank dauphin deposit corp compani sharehold coloni will receiv and share dauphin common stock for each share coloni depend dauphin current market dec colonia bancorp had asset mln dlr dauphin reuter
crude	kuwaiti daili opec credibl stake opec credibl face fresh scrutini come week amid sign signific rise suppli oil intern oil market kuwait daili qaba articl headlin gulf oil sourc middl east product mln bpd and market wit surplu amid whisper return cheat dai warn opec offici price face fresh pressur intern oil compani seek cheaper suppli not whether opec opec and produc report rise mideast output sourc offici contact sourc credibl opec come fresh scrutini mondai activ european and american market sourc quot that opec had march demonstr commit quota agreement member had rais output last week gave detail dealer oil market wait opec control product whether dai cheat and produc quota begun anew report sourc warn that price barrel oil will fall below perhap dlr thi week control suppli sourc believ return oil below dlr barrel open door for intern oil compani pressur opec contract price similar struggl last march appar refer resist buyer lift qatar gave price discount offici warn opec find solidar scrutini end april start note demand fell onset summer reuter
money-supply	treasuri balanc fed fell april treasuri balanc feder reserv fell april billion dlr billion dlr previou busi dai treasuri latest budget statement balanc tax and loan note account fell billion dlr billion dlr respect dai treasuri oper cash balanc total billion dlr compar billion dlr april reuter
crude	doe resolv issu royal dutch unit energi depart had approv final form agreement that resolv remain issu shell oil oil price and alloc control that end agreement royal dutch shell group unit agre pai mln dlr settl refin price issu and mln dlr settl crude oil price issu doe doe that make pact final modifi reflect shell complianc tertiari incent program provis not version publish last dec reuter
acq	cellular commun comm close buyout cellular commun inc that unit purchas pct interest cincinnati wirelin cellular system result transact compani own pct system cincinnati reuter
earn	athlon industri inc ath set qtly dividend qtly div ct ct prior pai record reuter
earn	feder save bank ffsd qtr net qtr end march shr ct net six mth shr dlr net note bank public dec reuter
earn	plantron inc plx qtr march net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln note current qtr and mth net includ dlr gain asset sale prior mth net includ mln dlr asset sale gain reuter
acq	gaf gaf seek inform borg warner bor gaf corp explor option respons merril lynch capit partner billion dlr offer for borg warner corp and ask for inform that suppli merril lynch gaf spokesman compani ask for inform order enabl gaf fulli evalu altern spokesman confirm that gaf rais bid dlr cash dlr per share fridai merril offer dlr per share cash for pct borg warner and packag cash and secur for balanc transact merril lynch will borg warner privat form leverag buyout merril lynch not intend sell borg warner asset forc financ deal sourc familiar transact borg warner manag not particip transact manag will retain posit investor involv merril includ pension fund insur compani and institut investor sourc analyst gaf own pct borg warner will rais offer that specul drove borg warner stock heavi trade gaf close reuter
crude	abu dhabi market not breach opec pact senior abu dhabi oil offici remark publish todai emir largest produc unit arab emir uae succeed market crude oil breach opec accord khalaf oteiba market director abu dhabi nation oil adnoc told compani petroleum commun magazin adnoc keen good custom relat compani will maintain dialogu and care for custom accord market condit and step guarante market product present oil market polici adnoc base adher opec decis decemb control product and establish price system attempt stabil market ad opec agre last decemb limit product mln bpd and return fix price averag dlr barrel oteiba stabil oil market futur depend disciplin opec show oteiba last year world oil price drop adnoc difficult practic and flexibl price polici implement relat chang market environ crude oil sale last year jump averag bpd pct export refin product sale total mln metric tonn pct export adnoc market total bpd crude oil and mln tonn refin product reuter
earn	rhnb corp rhnb qtr net shr ct ct net loan mln mln deposit mln mln asset mln mln reuter
acq	kraft kra complet acquisit kraft inc complet acquisit holleb and foodservic distributor base bensenvil ill term withheld holleb sale mln dlr reuter
earn	america bank inc fabk qtr net shr dlr dlr net avg shr loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion reuter
earn	lomak petroleum inc lomk year loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln acg shr mln mln reuter
acq	newmont nem stake pont declin newmont mine corp held pont share pct outstand end share pct outstand held year earlier newmont annual report correct march item show hold decreas reuter
earn	bankeast corp benh qtr net shr ct ct net asset billion mln deposit mlnv mln loan mln mln note result restat reflect acquisit unit bank corp reuter
earn	ust corp utsb qtr net shr ct ct net asset billion billion deposit billion billion note result restat reflect pct stock dividend reuter
earn	central ill public servic cip qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln note full name central illinoi public servic per share result reflect payment prefer dividend reuter
acq	thera care inc acquir cush thera care inc agre acquir cush and associ glendal calif exchang for thera care share reuter
acq	interco iss complet lane lane acquisit interco inc sharehold and lane approv merger two compani special meet previous announc lane sharehold will receiv share interco common stock for each share lane stock held interco merger becom effect april reuter
acq	hmo america hmoa agre acquir hmo america inc sign letter intent mount sinai medic center and affili provid that common and prefer stock acquir not for profit compani control mount sinai and chicago area not for profit hospit elect particip acquisit form transact not determin term hmo sharehold receiv combin cash and debt secur issu buyer exchang for outstand share common and prefer stock amount cash per share not determin ad arrang for financ not made and can assur that financ will receiv hmo close propos transact complet expect novemb reuter
earn	everest and jen qtly dividend shr ct ct prior qtr pai record april reuter
earn	group inc psg qtly dividend shr ct ct prior qtr pai record april reuter
acq	dome dmp benefit takeov specul share dome petroleum post biggest gain month and canada stock market foresaw takeov tug war begin for debt heavi compani dome rose american stock exchang and gain cent canadian dlr toronto stock exchang activ stock rose high dlr toronto dai recent month dome move cent per dai transcanada pipelin yesterdai announc billion dlr canadian billion bid for dome asset dome base calgari alberta talk two compani refus identifi market analyst todai two firm believ foreign oil compani note that transcanada yesterdai stress that bid canadian solut financi difficulti dome petroleum talk conoco control dupont and atlant richfield arc sold canadian interest and get back wilf gobert peter and david bryson moss lawson and note that british petroleum plc mention buyer despit dlr per share bid two week ago for percent standard oil srd not calgari base independ analyst jame hamilton recent report that amoco corp talk dome repres atlant richfield british petroleum conoco and amoco not immedi for comment gobert character market action dome todai optimist transcanada offer give current dome sharehold stock subsidiari valu dlr canadian per common share offer current dome common and prefer sharehold pct subsidiari and oper dome asset transcanada pct bryson market potenti for share publicli trade subsidiari transcanada offer quit bit upsid potenti for dome gobert believ transcanada offer upper end thought pai for dome transcanada propos pai dome creditor billion canadian dlr billion dlr anoth billion canadian dlr mln dlr secur creditor dome subsidiari earn profit level transcanada not detail profit level dome seek restructur six billion canadian dlr billion dlr debt year ago oil price high and compani want expand specul that dome asset capabl support debt billion dlr that basi transcanada offer upper end that gobert dome debt troubl obscur fact that major player canadian oil and ga field hold reserv mln barrel crude oil and billion cubic feet natur ga compani own interest mln acr oil and ga explor land provinc alberta heart canada oil industri dome own interest total mln acr land across canada compani tax credit billion dlr canadian billion dlr report loss billion dlr billion dlr believ largest canadian compani reuter
interest	bill auction rate averag pct treasuri weekli auction month bill produc averag rate pct pct rate six month bill rate compar averag pct for and pct for six month bill sold last week bond equival yield month bill pct accept bid rang pct and pct bid high stopout rate for six month yield pct and bid rang pct pct pct bid accept treasuri receiv billion dlr bid for month bill includ billion dlr competit bid public accept billion dlr bid includ billion dlr feder reserv and mln dlr foreign and intern monetari author billion dlr bid for six month bill receiv includ mln dlr competit treasuri accept billion dlr includ billion dlr fed and billion dlr foreign and intern author averag price for month bill and price rang averag price for six month bill and price rang averag yield month bill highest sinc pct june averag yield six month bill highest sinc pct june reuter
acq	group rais comput memori cmin stake sharehold group led hill investor natali koether rais stake comput memori inc share pct total outstand share pct file secur and exchang commiss group includ sun equiti corp invest firm bought net comput memori common share sinc march price rang dlr share for capit appreci group had earlier abandon plan seek control compani and lower stake pct reuter
acq	hong kong firm pct mcgill mgll industri equiti pacif told secur and exchang commiss acquir share mcgill manufactur inc pct total outstand common stock industri equiti princip own brierlei invest publicli held zealand firm bought stake for mln dlr for invest purpos add stake sell plan seek control compani reuter
earn	montgomeri street incom mt qtr net shr ct ct net note full name montgomeri street incom secur inc reuter
acq	northair nrm oppos norquest nqrlf bid northair mine oppos quest resourc inc earlier report propos takeov bid mean dispos thi attempt properti grab insult intellig sharehold quest offer swap quest share dlr for two northair share dilut northair equiti willa mine british columbia compani sound financi posit and product financ can readili arrang requir not for partner and wouldn gui northair reuter
acq	texa air tex unit complet system sale texa air corp eastern airlin complet previous announc plan sell travel agenc autom system systemon direct access inc and comput and commun support unit eal autom system inc systemon corp wholli own subsidiari texa air corp reuter
earn	ncnb corp ncb qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
acq	invest firm pct blasiu bla fidel intern bermuda base invest advisori firm and affili invest firm american valu iii acquir share blasiu industri inc file secur and exchang commiss group bought stake amount pct total outstand common stock acquir equiti interest compani for invest purpos group rais stake sell and plan seek control compani reuter
earn	isc system isc qtr march net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
iron-steel	slater ssi plan modern slater industri inc plan mln dlr modern slater steel corp fort wayn specialti bar divis indiana modern involv replac exist bar mill high speed quick chang continu mill facil will lower labor and mill cost and enhanc product qualiti and rang slater complet date mill undisclos reuter
acq	adam russel aar acquir cabl system adam russel inc agre acquir cabl televis system serv custom york state sammon commun inc for undisclos term adam russel system oper wellsvil amiti andov scio will belmont milo jerusalem benton and penn yan reuter
earn	independ bank corp ibcp qtr net shr ct shr ct net reuter
crude	gulf canada goc acquir suez oil stake gulf canada corp acquir pct work interest gulf suez oil concess for undisclos term compani agreement oper conoco hurghada inc and hispanoil cover acr east hurghada offshor concess mln dlr program plan for acquisit subject egyptian govern approv work interest hurghada block will conoco hurghada pct hispanoil pct and gulf canada balanc reuter
earn	converg technolog cvgt see qtr loss converg technolog inc expect report quarter loss twice size mln dlr loss report fourth quarter converg report quarter profit dlr ct per share compani result declin quarter tradit oem busi and busi system group anticip loss reflect lower expect oper margin start cost for product manufactur and higher plan expens reuter
acq	interco iss sharehold approv merger interco inc sharehold and sharehold lane lane approv merger two compani merger lane stockhold will receiv share interco common stock for each outstand share lane common stock interco reuter
earn	john harland qtr net shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	travel realti incom investor qtr net shr ct ct qtrly div ct ct prior net note dividend payabl sharehold record april reuter
acq	dotronix inc dotx bui video monitor dotronix inc agre principl bui video monitor inc privat held compani payment for acquisit dotronix will issu unregist share common stock note worth mln dlr payabl year and dlr cash dotronix video monitor sale for fiscal year end april mln dlr dotronix had incom dlr sale mln dlr for six month end dec previous report reuter
earn	develcon electron dlcff qtr loss period end feb shr loss ct loss ct net loss rev six mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
crude	texaco file add uncertainti oil market oil trader texaco inc file for protect chapter bankruptci code ad uncertainti skittish oil market opinion divid impact market file hold wet barrel trade todai trader talk assess compani situat relat texaco ad trader compani that deal texaco concern whether will receiv payment suppli bankruptci file worri paid will trade commun and connect texaco ship industri york trader texaco doesn crude suppli can run refineri asset not worth ad texaco file for protect chapter bankruptci code yesterdai fail reach settlement pennzoil billion dlr court award for illeg interf pennzoil propos purchas getti oil worri paid will trade commun and connect texaco ship industri york trader texaco doesn crude suppli can run refineri asset not worth ad texaco file for protect chapter bankruptci code yesterdai fail reach settlement pennzoil billion dlr court award for illeg interf pennzoil propos purchas getti oil reluct trade texaco great chang anoth trader ad that trader tend prudenc deal compani trader assess whether requir cash prepay letter credit continu trade usual texaco open line basi anoth trader describ todai activ busi usual ad that trader feel secur lien can put texaco asset bankruptci trader appar effect texaco file crude futur trade exchang lower texaco posit limit and requir higher margin for texaco trade york mercantil exchang presid rosemari mcfadden declin comment texaco futur trade that proprietari inform mcfadden that matter procedur exchang can lower allow posit limit increas margin requir for compani that financi troubl reuter
earn	vallei nation corp vncp qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion net loan billion billion reuter
earn	otter tail power ottr set dividend qtly dividend ct ct pai june record reuter
acq	merril mln dlr fee borg bor deal merril lynch and inc mer subsidiari seek borg warner corp realiz mln dlr fee for effort whether not deal valu billion dlr succe file secur and exchang commiss merril lynch capit partner inc receiv mln dlr fee surviv compani for act dealer manag merger borg warner deal complet receiv break fee mln dlr deal fail for reason includ anoth parti hold pct stock tender for pct mln dlr fee highest set tender offer agreement compens for dealer manag servic for break deal merril lynch capit market back group investor organ launch dlr share tender offer for borg warner for pct stock compani board approv plan intend thwart unsolicit offer gaf corp borg warner agre redeem outstand seri prefer share and pai option dlr share exercis price merger effect merril lynch repres discuss leverag buyout borg warner earli last decemb that time merril lynch told compani dlr share tender offer cash and secur borg warner board approv feb told compani had decid buyout talk reviv gaf launch dlr share propos march merril lynch unlik earlier propos merril lynch borg warner manag ask not part deal and condit payment fee addit fee merril lynch will mln dlr borg warner cover expens tender offer merril lynch continu oper borg warner subsidiari current offic keep posit for flexibl purpos merril lynch redistribut borg warner asset number subsdiari entiti creat carri merger merril lynch estim that mln dlr fee and expens connect deal anoth mln dlr will need repai debt borg warner merril lynch financ deal merril lynch expect borrow billion dlr group bank and sell mln dlr common stock compani sell mln dlr vote prefer stock compani merril lynch and sell mln dlr subordin note merril lynch and and sell public mln dlr subordin discount debentur gaf rais offer dlr share cash reuter
acq	chrysler profit group sell unit chrysler corp chrysler motor corp chrysler train corp profit organ sold name and asset motech auto mechan and bodi shop school corp troi mich sale price not disclos intern revenu servic code proce sale motech donat anoth tax exempt nonprofit organ chrysler not reveal name group that receiv proce reuter
earn	potlatch corp pch qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
acq	diceon electron dicn bui symtron corp diceon electron inc enter agreement princip bui close held symtron corp stock exchang transact pact diceon exchang share stock for symtron share acquisit subject board approv and definit agreement expect conclud diceon symtron manag continu run busi becom wholli own subsidiari symtron had sale mln dlr reuter
crude	ecuador will resum limit oil product ecuador will resum limit crude output week fill storag tank step pump oil colombian pipelin state ecuadorean petroleum corp cepe cepe manag carlo romoleroux told report that ecuador begin pump unspecifi amount crude northeastern jungl oilfield end week prepar send oil pipelin link neighbour colombia oil product ecuador halt march earthquak damag countri main pipelin lago agrio heart ecuadorean jungl oilfield pacif port balao will end juli repair pipelin and return output normal level countri pump bpd and bpd tremor resum limit output meantim ecuador construct mile pipelin linkup capabl carri bpd lago agrio puerto colon start point colombia pipelin pacif port tumaco origin target date resum limit crude output schedul date for inaugur lago agrio puerto colon pipelin energi ministri spokesman reuter
cpi	zealand cpi rise pct march quarter zealand consum price index cpi measur rate inflat rose pct quarter end march pct rise decemb quarter and pct rise march quarter statist depart for month end march cpi rose pct pct month end decemb and pct month end march statement half increas latest quarterli index contribut hous group depart decemb quarter significantli affect introduct pct ad good and servic tax gst octob ad gst charg not measur decemb quarter influenc latest march quarterli figur thi unavoid lag price inform hous us car and insur household content ad reuter
trade	miyazawa see eventu lower trade deficit japanes financ minist kiichi miyazawa told press confer expect trade deficit eventu start reflect econom fundament influenc exchang rate minist not refer trade data releas washington todai miyazawa told major industri nation washington last week that present exchang rate not necessarili good had earlier washington that current exchang rate level impli februari pari currenc accord reuter
wpi	japan march wholesal price rise pct pct februari drop offici
acq	talk set propos japan telecom merger formal talk schedul compani involv controversi propos merg two group seek enter japan intern telecommun sector offici group noth firm offici intern digit commun plan inc idc group set last year studi compet kokusai denshin denwa monopolis sector britain cabl and wireless plc cawl hold pct share idc oppos plan merg rival group intern telecom japan inc plan back post and telecommun ministri cabl and wireless and base pacif telesi intern inc becom core compani merg firm share equal six major japanes core compani and seat board director britain angri feel move restrict cabl and wireless role sector view issu test case idc offici declin hold talk spokesman for itoh and citt hold pct idc meet held thi week reuter
sugar	haitian cane planter protest sugar mill closur sugar cane planter march port princ protest closur haiti largest sugar mill and second biggest employ haitian american sugar compani close fridai huge surplu unsold sugar firm haiti flood smuggl refin and unrefin sugar dominican republ and refin sugar miami closur idl factori worker and left small cane planter outlet for cane protest blame financ minist lesli delatour for closur polici hurt haitian busi reuter
alum	china open phase larg aluminium plant china major aluminium import will open phase biggest aluminium plant octob china daili phase plant locat qinghai provinc will annual capac tonn ingot half capac finish plant will turn tonn paper gave detail construct mln yuan plant began april custom figur show china import tonn aluminium and alloi reuter
money-fx	bank japan interven support dollar yen dealer
money-supply	japan march monei suppli rise pct japan broadli defin monei suppli averag certif deposit rose preliminari pct march year earlier compar pct rise februari bank japan season adjust march averag cd rose pct februari rose ident pct month earlier unadjust cd stood averag billion yen march compar billion februari reuter
bop	south korea chang polici avert trade war south korea decid major trade invest and financ polici aim reduc growth balanc payment surplu and avoid trade war unit state deputi prime minist kim mahn kim told report excess fast rise export make south korea reliant export increas nflation and produc trade friction polici shift mean abandon seoul goal rapidli reduc foreign debt work seri ministeri meet kim econom plan minist current account surplu previous expect exce billion dlr thi year held billion dlr increas import acceler market liberalis and rationalis export seoul limit current account surplu billion dlr year for year trade volum continu grow thi will gradual reduc ratio surplu gnp gross nation product current pct level pct ad koo bon yong aid kim south korea foreign debt had expect fall below billion dlr end initi forecast billion and billion dlr end polici debt expect remain billion dlr lower origin project billion dlr polici chang announc two dai schedul arriv commerc secretari malcolm baldrig for talk trade minist rha woong bae south korea pressur reduc bilater trade surplu rose billion dlr last year billion dlr kim polici prompt swing south korea current account surplu billion dlr quarter deficit mln dlr period quarter export rose pct billion dlr govern make foreign currenc loan worth billion dlr firm will import capit good raw materi and equip prefer foreign currenc base loan carri interest point libor london interbank offer rate consider incent increas import koo koo loan repay foreign currenc mean becom interest free loan korean currenc continu rise south korean won revalu dollar gradual ad not rapid shot won won fix dollar todai risen six pct dollar sinc begin reuter
acq	bank china bui share luxembourg compani state own bank china bought pct share baii hold financi institut regist luxembourg china daili busi weekli institut pct own arab interest and set wholli own commerci bank branch hong kong gave detail reuter
crude	saudi arabia increas oil sale japan saudi arabia hope increas volum oil export japan expand bilater trade saudi arabian interior minist naif bin abdul aziz told tokyo recept countri hope rais crude and product export japan earlier level not elabor promot trade saudi arabia invit japanes industri busi japanes firm long term contract import total barrel per dai saudi crude reuter
lei	south korea lead indic rise februari south korea index lead indic rose pct base februari pct rise januari stand pct higher feburari provision econom plan board figur show index base indic includ export valu letter credit receiv warehous stock and monei suppli figur and composit stock exchang index reuter
money-fx	japan ldp call for flexibl monetari polici japan rule liber democrat parti ldp will call for adequ and flexibl manag nation monetari polic plan expand domest demand senior ldp offici told reuter junichiro koizumi head ldp committe work plan phrase not impli cut japan pct discount rate ldp gener believ that for discount rate cut moment koizumi ldp not rule rate cut futur bank japan governor satoshi sumita told press confer wednesdai that central bank not intent eas credit condit reuter
wpi	india annual inflat rate drop margin financ ministri india wholesal price link inflat rate drop margin pct fiscal end march pct and pct averag wholesal price relat inflat stood pct march thi year pct year ago ministri statement wholesal price cement textil and jute fell compar previou year milk cereal wheat and rice fruit and veget edibl oil tobacco and fertilis costlier reuter
trade	japan detail plan stave trade problem japan liber democrat parti ldp drawn detail plan call for larg tax cut and increas govern purchas foreign good head committe work plan junichiro koizumi plan will urg govern doubl offici develop assist billion dlr year govern had promis senior ldp offici press confer ldp execut council chairman shintaro ab will explain plan offici visit april ab visit prepar for prime minist yasuhiro nakason talk presid ronald reagan thi month koizumi ldp plan will not size tax cut amount domest demand stimul top ldp execut will work figur that ab will offer specif offici propos increas procur foreign good govern will includ purchas super comput ldp offici specif trade problem nation and will encourag flow fund develop countri offici ldp expect measur prop economi and lessen trade problem ad basic idea ldp plan present and welcom monetari author major industri nation washington last week ldp plan will form basi for last packag stimul japanes domest demand and will unveil govern late reuter
rubber	thai ventur will sell rubber china teck major thai rubber export form joint ventur state own chines intern econom and technolog develop corp produc tonn sheet rubber annual for export chines auto industri teck gener manag chit surivitchpan chit joint ventur compani will regist capit mln dlr china import tonn thai sheet rubber last year and tonn reuter
trade	japan farm reform kei trim trade surplu basic reform japan protect farm sector kei shift economi export domest led growth vital step trim trade surplu secur analyst farm sector protect import tariff and quota prop subsidi and price support and shelter tax system ampl room for chang econom term reform christoph chew brokerag firm jame capel and ultim cost exist system food price twice europ and two time analyst spend food account for quarter averag household budget and roughli pct gross nation product gnp studi chew reduc price increas household spend power pct studi monei spent product direct impact boost domest growth ad lot slack govern offici tokyo that monei spent direct central govern subsidi farm sector amount billion dlr per year independ estim put total subsidi sourc high billion and analyst that monei wast chang tax law encourag citi resid farm weekend put land for sale for residenti develop give boost domest spend economist hous construct kei strateg variabl expans domest demand wrote chihiro nakajima professor kyoto gakuen univers japanes busi group call for stage farm reform shift burden trade friction and econom restructur manufactur sector and farm sector employ group want chang you want expand domest demand not rais wage recklessli reduc commod price bumpei otsuki presid japan feder employ associ told recent press confer extern pressur rise and europ seek remov tariff and quota reduc trade deficit japan vest japanes interest oppos chang remain entrench dim prospect for quick reform analyst full time farm popul fall and sign ldp pai attent urban constitu rule parti remain heavili depend farm vote rural area rural vote worth citi vote due pattern constitu border ldp polit troubl tax reform plan and not want rais anoth sticki issu analyst consum group polit weak and tend accept tradit view that higher price small fee pai for nation food secur power agricultur cooper fierc oppos import liberalis flexibl reform aim step product reform come will respons specif pressur embrac program chew reuter
money-supply	japan see higher monei suppli growth thi quarter bank japan forecast japan broadli defin monei suppli averag certif deposit cd will rise pct current april june quarter pct year earlier unadjust cd rose preliminari pct januari march compar pct rise year earlier bank forecast rise due increas float deposit due recent low interest rate and shift privat bank bank japan billion yen recent privatis japanes railwai reuter
cpi	oecd consum price rise februari consum price countri organis for econom cooper and develop oecd rose pct februari and inflat rose pct year year oecd communiqu oecd attribut rise consum price effect februari drop energi price work index februari increas janauari pct increas slightli averag for month inflat western industrialis nation januari revis pct year year retail energi price rose pct januari pct increas energi price for consum pct lower year earlier consum price exclud food and energi rose pct februari line previou month acceler notic and britain lead industri countri consum price inflat highest itali pct canada pct britain pct franc pct pct and west germani and japan neg rate pct and pct reuter
trade	japan detail plan stave trade problem japan liber democrat parti ldp drawn detail plan call for larg tax cut and increas govern purchas foreign good head committe work plan junichiro koizumi plan will urg govern doubl offici develop assist billion dlr year govern had promis senior ldp offici press confer ldp execut council chairman shintaro ab will explain plan offici visit april ab visit prepar for prime minist yasuhiro nakason talk presid ronald reagan thi month koizumi ldp plan will not size tax cut amount domest demand stimul top ldp execut will work figur that ab will offer specif offici propos increas procur foreign good govern will includ purchas super comput ldp offici plan japan will strive solv specif trade problem nation and will encourag flow fund develop countri offici ldp expect measur prop economi and lessen trade problem ad basic idea ldp plan present and welcom monetari author major industri nation washington last week ldp plan will form basi for last packag stimul japanes domest demand and will unveil govern late reuter
trade	baldrig launch east trade drive commerc secretari malcolm baldrig leav saturdai dai trip east spur trade and improv busi relat china south korea and philippin offici baldrig will stop hong kong meet british offici and local and hong kong businessmen last year had major deficit asian trade partner south korea billion dlr hong kong billion and china billion deficit philippin mln dlr baldrig will meet south korean presid chun doo hwan and trade minist rha woong bae mondai discuss open south korean market good baldrig will peke april will meet zheng tuobin minist for foreign econom relat and trade attend meet china joint commiss commerc and trade and address manag and train organis offici chief purpos baldrig visit discuss relax rule for transfer modern technolog chines industri hong kong baldrig will hold meet april governor david wilson and trade and industri secretari eric address american chamber commerc offici baldrig will meet philippin presid corazon aquino april show continu support for govern and discuss step improv atmospher for american invest will will meet financ secretari jaim ongpin and trade and industri secretari jose concepcion reuter
earn	feder guaranti fdgc set stock split feder guaranti corp board declar two for stock split and rais quarterli dividend ct per share post split six ct payabl june record compani sharehold annual meet approv increas author common share mln mln and name chang alfa corp name chang effect week nasdaq ticker symbol chang alfa reuter
trade	reagan announc decis japan sanction presid reagan todai announc decis tough tariff japanes export retali for call japan failur end unfair practic semiconductor trade pct tariff impos mln dlr japanes good recommend for curb special panel expert head trade repres offic reagan announc last march impos tariff good list that rang computor and televis set power tool and photograph film panel thi week winnow list product and recommend yesterdai santa barbara reagan vacat march annouc reagan commit full enforc trade agreement design provid american industri free and fair trade opportun ad tariff lift onc japan honor pact sign last year end dump semiconductor world market and open home market product offici japan had noth sinc march announc alter reagan plan invok sanction white hous spokesman marlin fitzwat yesterdai not want trade war feel that thi kind action that requir meaning action reagan move follow steadili rise trade deicit last year hit record billion deficit trade japan congress weigh trade bill forc presid retali case unfair trade practic oppos legisl prevent negoti solut trade disput and case that exist law adqeuat end unfair trade practic trade expert tough action japanes penal japanes show congress not trade legisl japanes complain that honor semiconductor pact that time result show offici monitor japanes semiconductor shipment east asian countri and western europ show letup dump and that japanes home market remain shut american export japan that reagan impos tariff file complaint gener agreement tariff and trade gatt hope gatt find retali had violat regul global trade group and approv compens japanes retali offici not japan retali had lose trade war unit state reuter
earn	union planter corp upcm qtr net shr ct dlr qtly div ct ct prior net avg shr note dividend pai record reuter
acq	union planter upcm acquisit approv union planter corp receiv regulatori approv for previous announc acquisit borc financi corp and citizen bank hohenwald and approv acquisit merchant state hold expect dai complet second quarter reuter
earn	pioneer save bank inc psbn qtr net march end shr ct ct net avg shr half shr dlr dlr net avg shr reuter
earn	manag scienc america inc msai qtr shr loss ct loss two ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net includ tax credit dlr dlr reuter
earn	gener housewar corp ghw qtr net shr two ct net sale mln mln note net includ gain dlr chang pension account reuter
earn	oakit product inc okt qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	bha group inc bhag qtr march net shr ct ct net sale avg shr half shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	transport servic inc ptsi net qtr shr ct ct net rev mln avg shr reuter
earn	feder bank ffbn qtr march net shr ct ct net total incom half shr dlr dlr net total incom mln mln reuter
earn	global natur resourc inc gnr qtr loss oper shr loss ct loss nil op net loss loss rev mln avg shr mln mln year oper shr profit ct loss oper net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net exclud extraordinari tax charg dlr dlr quarter and credit dlr dlr year reuter
earn	interst iowa inc fiia qtr shr profit two ct loss two ct net profit loss note pretax net profit dlr loss dlr charg earn for loan loss dlr dlr and net chargeoff dlr dlr reuter
earn	doubl eagl petroleum and mine dblb qtr feb shr loss two ct loss ct net loss loss rev half shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
earn	tel intern inc qtr dec loss shr loss two ct profit ct net loss profit sale mln half shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale mln mln reuter
earn	electromagnet scienc inc elmg qtr shr ct ct net sale mln backlog mln mln reuter
earn	cape cod bank and trust ccbt qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net avg shr avg shr dilut reuter
acq	holidai corp hia sell stake ventur resid inn corp agre bui holidai corp equali own joint ventur for mln dlr close expect week suit resid inn system geat extend stai open franchis compani own hotel nationwid and anoth construct develop reuter
earn	cadnetix corp cadx qtr march net oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln avg shr mln mln mth oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note prior year net exclud extraordinari credit dlr quarter and dlr mth reuter
earn	bush industri inc bsh qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln note share adjust for for two stock split februari reuter
earn	plasti line inc sign qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln reuter
earn	endata inc data qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net rev note net exclud dlr tax credit reuter
earn	roto rooter inc roto qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln reuter
earn	birdsboro corp qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale year shr loss dlr loss ct net loss mln loss sale mln mln note year net includ pretax realiz loss secur transact dlr net includ tax credit dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr year net period includ gain dlr pension plan termin reuter
earn	dynam research corp drco qtr march shr ct ct net rev mln mln note share adjust for for stock split januari reuter
earn	martin process inc mpi qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln note net exclud dlr gain discontinu machineri divis reuter
earn	bush industri bsh see higher year result bush industri inc expect higher earn and sale for partli due effici manufactur that improv margin compani report quarter earn dlr dlr year sale mln dlr mln dlr for last year earn dlr sale mln dlr reuter
earn	bildner and son inc jbil year jan net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr note net includ dlr tax credit reuter
earn	bildner jbil see improv result bildner and son inc expect improv earn and sale current fiscal year compani report earn for year end januari dlrsl dlr year sale mln dlr mln dlr bildner plan offer mln dlr eurodollar convert subordin debentur due underwrit led painewebb group inc pwj and kidder peabodi and inc proce us financ expans and reduc debt reuter
acq	amoco bui dome dmp report amoco corp appar success bidder for debt laden dome petroleum publish report toronto globe and mail quot sourc close negoti todai dome broke talk last night transcanada pipelin last week announc billion canadian dlr offer for dome asset financi detail amoco offer and dome spokesman confirm deni that amoco had emerg winner newspap dome spokesman that sale dome final and announc thi weekend globe and mail repres amoco not immedi for comment last sundai transcanada announc offer dome talk two compani refus identifi sinc market specul center amoco and exxon corp xon pct own imperi oil subsidiari canada british petroleum plc and royal dutch shell group mention suitor for dome past two dai dome manag pressur feder govern select offer transcanada canadian compani bid prime minist brian mulronei govern appear want avoid dome sale foreign compani sinc govern gave dome hundr million dollar tax break encourag oil and ga explor arctic analyst and offici purchas transcanada like run afoul canadian antitrust law transcanada ask for tax concess feder govern that hold deficit below billion canadian dlr analyst takeov amoco imperi give foreign oil compani domin posit canada oil industri imperi oil canada largest energi compani revenu billion canadian dlr chicago base amoco had revenu billion dlr amoco canada petroleum subsidiari pct own amoco corp reuter
earn	gorman rupp grc set quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
earn	lilli industri coat inc licia payout qtly div ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
earn	grumman corp payout qtly div ct ct prior pai record reuter
earn	ambrit inc abi payout qtly div two ct two ct prior pai record reuter
earn	oneok inc ok payout qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
earn	diamond shamrock offshor partner dsp payout qtly div ct ct prior pai june record reuter
ipi	french industri product rise februari french industri product rose season adjust pct februari unrevis pct fall januari nation statist institut inse figur exclud construct and public work put februari index base januari inse chang base year last month reuter
earn	rlc corp rlc qtr march net shr loss nil profit six ct net loss profit rev mln mln half shr loss two ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note current quarter net includ dlr tax credit current half net includ revers dlr invest tax credit reuter
earn	fresh juic inc frsh qtr feb net shr loss ct net loss sale note compani began opeat april reuter
acq	french govern set term bimp sale french financ ministri todai public flotat offer open thi come tuesdai for pct capit banqu industriel mobilier prive bimp set franc per share offer close fridai ministri statement pct bank capit had sold solid core larg investor includ insur compani and michelin subsidiari spika for pct public offer price ten pct share reserv for employe pct discount increas pct share for two year employe free share for each bought share held for year small investor receiv free share for bought upper limit free share per investor and condit share held for month state own capit bimp compris mln share bank sold public part sweep programm privatis state own group year separ statement ministri last week privatis offer mln share banqu batiment de travaux public btp time oversubscrib reuter
interest	budget chief miller warn fed interest rate white hous budget chief jame miller concern that feder reserv overreact declin dollar rais interest rate move recess year greatest danger overreact miller told newspap report yesterdai concern fed overreact concern recent data show substanti fall monei suppli edwin dale miller spokesman remark publish york time todai accur miller concern fed overreact signal rise inflat tighten credit move polit consequ white hous budget chief appear refer effect econom slowdown presidenti and congression elect year fear that into recess deep soup and question miller econom slowdown lead lower tax revenu and widen budget deficit miller remark reflect concern that central bank feel compel tighten credit mean bolster dollar treasuri secretari jame baker and feder reserv board chairman paul volcker recent warn that declin dollar jeopard global growth prospect offici urg japan and west germani stimul econom growth countri move that boost export and reliev trade protectionist pressur unit state reuter
ipi	bank franc see pickup industri activ bank franc latest monthli report french economi expect pickup industri product regist march gather steam month give figur report last month rise partli link effort catch product lost earlier thi year industri action due firm domest demand progress expect main sector capit good product will remain present level report ad upbeat report come wake grim march trade balanc figur show deficit industri trade for time sinc june automobil industri remain unchang previous boost level consum good product grew and expect acceler area domest applianc semi finish good show clear increas sector construct and civil engin boost rise public work improv retail trade sale sector continu slow reuter
wpi	italian wholesal price pct februari itali wholesal price index rose pct month month februari increas pct januari nation statist institut istat index base equal regist februari compar januari februari figur repres declin pct compar februari year year declin januari pct reuter
trade	yeutter japanes curb trade repres clayton yeutter presid reagan ahead todai and impos curb japanes export plan ask televis interview chanc for reagan cancel schedul pct tariff japanes electron export slim reagan announc march impos tariff retali for japan failur honor agreement end dump comput semiconductor world market cost and open home market product yeutter nbc program todai unit state not want termin agreement and drop tariff onc japan began fulfil agreement japanes negoti last week told offici honor pact yeutter time monitor complianc ask long that want pattern complianc minimum that week yeutter not consum impact tariff mln dlr worth japanes good item select readili countri and manufactur not japan retali not interest countri escal conflict japanes understand that full yeutter ad japan challeng tariff gener agreement tariff and trade gatt that paper kind exercis and don expect advers impact trade yeutter not semiconductor issu resolv washington visit thi month japanes prime minist yasuhiro nakason hope visit trade major issu product don practic resolv thi disput visit reuter
earn	church fri chicken inc chu qtr net shr ct qtly div ct ct prior net rev mln mln note dividend pai record reuter
earn	dominion resourc inc qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
alum	ford develop aluminum car frame ford motor develop aluminum space frame for probe concept car extrud stretch form aluminum that lead techniqu for build product car futur frame reduc vehicl weight and cost maintain structur integr and crashworthi frame fewer part convent steel frame ford compani lighter weight smaller powertrain and suspens reduc weight and improv fuel economi ford addit extrus di cost dlr each compar hundr thousand dollar for steel stamp di and extrud aluminum number weld car reduc reuter
trade	commerc trade report omit freight cost commerc depart that insur and freight cost for import good billion dlr includ februari trade deficit billion dlr report tuesdai depart requir law wait hour initi trade report issu second report custom basi elimin freight and insur charg cost import privat sector economist emphas that commerc depart not revis deficit billion dlr simpli present figur basi report washington post caus stir foreign exchang todai gave impress dealer that underli trade deficit for februari had revis downward commerc depart law chang permit report set figur simultan feel second report legisl that requir delai two dai robert ortner commerc undersecretari for econom affair thi for long time and pai attent second figur billion dlr februari trade deficit compar revis januari deficit billion dlr law requir hour delai publish monthli trade figur exclud freight and insur pass reportedli feel figur includ custom freight and insur allow comparison countri that report trade balanc basi second figur lower deduct freight and insur present deficit favor light for reagan administr ortner law chang elimin hour delai report two figur dinosaur law and time come second figur lower deduct freight and insur present deficit favor light for reagan administr ortner law chang elimin hour delai report two figur dinosaur law and time come reuter
acq	hong kong firm up calmat czm stake pct industri equiti pacif hong kong invest firm rais stake calmat share pct total outstand common stock share pct file secur and exchang commiss industri equiti princip own brierlei invest publicli held zealand compani bought calmat common share april and for total mln dlr reuter
acq	foundat cut wurlitz wur stake farni wurlitz foundat told secur and exchang commiss cut stake wurlitz share pct total outstand common stock share pct foundat sold wurlitz common share march and price rang dlr share long foundat stake wurlitz below pct not requir report deal compani common stock reuter
acq	invest firm rais orient express oeh stake two affili invest firm and fund control told secur and exchang commiss rais orient express hotel inc stake share pct total pct firm boston base fmr corp and bermuda base fidel intern bought combin orient express common share march april price rang dlr each reuter
acq	hospit corp hca board buyout bid hospit corp america manag believ dlr per share acquisit offer receiv charl miller richard ragsdal and richard scott not interest sharehold and not plan meet individu compani board consid inform and bid and lack demonstr abil part individu consumm acquisit thi magnitud board decid not action propos thi time hospit corp benefit compani ongo reposit program realiz and will continu explor altern for enhanc sharehold reuter
earn	calni inc clny set quarterli qtly div ct ct prior pai record april reuter
earn	rowan rdc see substanti loss for year rowan co inc expect incur substanti loss despit expect improv drill level gulf mexico and north sea offshor and onshor drill compani todai report quarter loss mln dlr mln dlr tax credit compar year earlier loss dlr tax credit dlr for rowan lost mln dlr mln dlr tax credit reuter
earn	rowan co inc rdc qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss mln loss rev mln mln note net includ tax credit mln dlr dlr reuter
earn	care enterpris cre qtr loss oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr mln year oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr note quarter net includ dlr tax credit net exclud charg debt restructur dlr quarter and dlr year reuter
earn	lanc inc lnce qtr net shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net sale mln mln note pai record reuter
earn	fhlbb report thrift result fourth quarter feder home loan bank board insur save and loan associ thrift that made profit fourth quarter report moder increas net earn that pct thrift report profit had net tax incom billion dlr billion dlr earn pct profit industri quarter for profit firm had net incom billion dlr billion dlr pct industri that made profit fourth quarter had loss billion dlr figur for unprofit firm billion dlr quarter year firm had total loss billion dlr billion dlr reuter
ipi	soviet industri output quarter soviet industri output quarter thi year grew pct compar month tass new agenc report regular meet politburo heard that march industri achiev averag daili rate need fulfil annual target quarterli plan exceed fuel and power sector and agricultur output grew pct compar period last year plan not fulfil engin and build ministri chemic and timber sector rail transport and light industri ad reuter
money-fx	white hous monetari polici correct white hous distanc remark administr budget chief feder reserv current monetari polici administr feel that current monetari polici white hous spokesman marlin fitwat fitzwat administr not endors remark white hous budget chief jame miller concern feder reserv overreact declin dollar rais interest rate
money-supply	busi loan fall billion dlr busi loan book major bank exclud accept fell billion dlr billion dlr week end april feder reserv board fed that busi loan includ accept fell billion dlr billion dlr reuter
earn	commun satellit corp qtr net shr ct ct div ct ct prior net mln mln note qtr net mln dlr reserv for potenti refund result feder commun commiss continu rate investig compani believ refund make not materi affect financi posit reuter
earn	american manag system amsi qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note shr reflect for stock split june reuter
earn	hytek microsystem inc htek qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	tvi corp tvie year loss shr loss ct profit two ct net loss profit rev reuter
earn	rigg nation corp rig qtr net shr ct dlr net avg shr asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion note gain sale secur mln mln loan loss provis dlr mln reuter
earn	northwest natur ga nwng qtr net shr dlr dlr div ct ct prior net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	kentucki central kenca unit sell station kentucki central life insur bluegrass broadcast inc subsidiari agre sell two orlando fla radio station commun inc for mln dlr subject fcc approv reuter
earn	kimbark oil and ga kimb year loss shr loss ct loss dlr net loss loss reuter
earn	southern nation corp snat qtr net shr ct ct net reuter
acq	bank system fb sell lewiston bank bank system agree sell bank lewiston subsidiari lewiston mont two local banker for undisclos term bank lewiston asset mln dlr end quarter reuter
acq	icn icn pct syncor scor icn pharmaceut inc told secur and exchang commiss acquir share syncor intern corp pct total outstand common stock icn bought stake for mln dlr invest and plan seek control compani particip manag reuter
acq	dixon explor sale cyclop cyl unit dixon group plc dxn british concern that recent acquir oper control cyclop corp explor possibl sell cyclop subsidiari busi beaver build center inc file secur and exchang commiss dixon determin explor possibl sale preliminari review busi and activ cyclop busi beaver build center pittsburgh lumber and build materi compani dixon won control cyclop dlr share tender offer reuter
trade	japanes tariff worldwid warn tough trade sanction presid reagan impos japanes export not shot across japan bow sign reagan will attack unfair trade practic worldwid offici robert crandal trade specialist brook institut tank shot across bow can result shot stern left unit state open retali offici pct tariff reagan order mln dlr worth japanes good will show congress that tough pro trade stand can exist law and protectionist legisl need past year tough trade action had european commun corn and sorghum taiwan beer and wine south korea counterfeit copyright patent and trademarket and japan tobacco white hous spokesman marlin fitzwat told report tariff pct signal nation for fair trade practic reagan impos sanction comput televis set and hand tool japan not honor agreement end dump semiconductor world market cost and open market product tariff item sourc effect american consum fitzwat reagan come heavi pressur tougher action japan end global unfair trade practic and revers grow trade deficit altern that not congress trade gap last year record billion dlr and continu rise japan account for america deficit two deficit canada west germani taiwan and south korea and reagan offici presid readi fight reagan announc sanction todai that regret that action that health and vital semiconductor industri essenti american competit world market cannot jeopard unfair trade practic reagan ad statement california vacat home santa barbara tariff remain forc japan abid agreement offici action todai will show congress write trade bill not that tool need fight unfair trade white hous aid tariff action wasn appeas congress unfair trade practic aid ad anoth plane exampl administr trade law fight unfair practic that not make major trade law analyst crandal tariff action not interest unit state and that negoti pursu resolv issu danger retaliatori rout lead retali and restrict trade crandal administr thi for polit impact across countri and impact congress don make lot sens analyst made differ whether tariff aim trade partner congress and that main point that trade partner notic that retali weapon reagan readi us spokesman fitzwat don want trade war imposit sanction show unit state act had evid that trade pact violat crandal administr thi for polit impact across countri and impact congress don make lot sens analyst made differ whether tariff aim trade partner congress and that main point that trade partner notic that retali weapon reagan readi us spokesman fitzwat don want trade war imposit sanction show unit state act had evid that trade pact violat reuter
trade	yeutter almost japan will not retali trade repres clayton yeutter almost japan not retali tariff presid reagan slap mln dlr japanes electron good todai pct that tariff will not provok retali american product yeutter told cabl new network japan stake thi relationship unit state entertain thought retali yeutter earlier todai reagan impos pct tariff rang japanes good retali for japan alleg violat bilater pact govern semiconductor trade yeutter that farm product target tokyo decid hit back japan retali american agricultur product chanc that happen slim and ad reuter
trade	japan will not retali tariff japan not plan retaliatori action implement tariff japanes electron good minist intern trade and industri hajim tamura statement japan request bilater consult accord articl gener agreement tariff and trade gatt washington yesterdai tamura deep regret measur will impos pct tariff mln dlr worth japanes import small comput colour televis set and power tool reuter
earn	southam inc stm qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln note net exclud extraordinari gain mln dlr ct shr sale surplu properti reuter
earn	loctit corp loc qtr march net shr ct ct net rev mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	glenf inc gln qtr march net oper shr dlr ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev billion billion asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note oper net exclud extraordinari loss and mln for qtr and mth prepay borrow feder home loan bank board oper exclud tax credit mln for qtr and mln mln for mth reuter
earn	horizon industri inc hrzn qtr net qtr end april shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln six mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln reuter
money-supply	fed data provid evid tighter polici bank data releas todai distort draw sweep conclus monetari polici support market assumpt that feder reserv start tighten grip credit economist clear that fed firm somewhat discount window borrow net free reserv fed fund rate averag and pattern reserv addit consist modest tighten dana johnson chicago corp johnson and economist estim that fed fund rate trade and pct discount window borrow week wednesdai mln dlr dai produc daili averag for two week statement period mln dlr highest sinc week decemb and mln dlr previous bank forc borrow huge billion dlr fed wednesdai highest daili total thi year even unexpectedli low treasuri balanc fed that dai left bank two billion dlr reserv fed had anticip economist almost that fed aim for lower discount window borrow wit thi week point two factor that forc bank scrambl for reserv end week economist expect monei suppli for week end april rise stagger billion dlr partli reflect park check account proce stock market sale and mutual fund redempt pai annual incom tax bank check account liabil rise reserv that requir hold deposit fed requir reserv rise sharpli billion dlr dai two week end wednesdai economist fed not believ magnitud project surg late week and start add reserv late second appar shortag treasuri bill appar left wall street dealer collater enagag repurchas agreement fed economist billion dlr repo outstand wednesdai night fed want add even reserv prevent not inconceiv that fed didn add want shortag collater ward mccarthi merril lynch econom inc mccarthi estim that fed target discount window borrow mln dlr dai equival fed fund rate pct cite reason fed not tighten credit degre suggest data economist fact that fed delai arrang overnight inject reserv last dai statement period good sign restrict polici jeffrei leed chemic bank had not convinc that fed tighten polici review todai figur fair that fed move slightli accommod reserv postur leed expect fed fund trade and pct and fed rais discount rate dollar fall gather pace johnson chicago agre cite polit opposit washington dollar defens packag time congress see dollar depreci kei reduc trade surplu japan reuter
earn	rorer group inc ror qtr net oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss mln rev mln mln note year ago oper exlud gain sale busi mln year ago oper includ charg mln result alloc purchas price revlon busi inventori and mln for restructur cost reuter
coffee	mild coffe grower meet guatemala larg group mild coffe grow nation will hold talk guatemala month map strategi for septemb meet intern coffe organis ico mario fernandez execut director costa rican coffe institut deleg mexico dominican republ peru ecuador india papua guinea and central american nation will particip two dai strategi session begin main topic will reform produc countri perceiv ico unfair distribut export quota fernandez costa rica press for quota base real product and export potenti each countri past year and distribut quota base histor product level recent harvest and crop estim reuter
acq	studi discuss drop comsat contel merger congression studi todai propos appar abandon merger commun satellit corp and contel corp ctc technic legal violat spirt law set comsat two week ago studi complet contel announc seek termin propos merger studi partisan congression research servic cr propos merger appear compli technic mandat letter statut nevertheless violat spirit law comsat creat act congress and contel corpor local telephon and commun firm file feder commun commiss last novemb applic for merger firm had protest propos merger analysi law research servic issu critic comment structur firm and appar domin contel restructur comsat broken spirit law set comsat comsat arm intelstat intern satellit commun firm reuter
money-supply	australia monei suppli rise pct march australia monei suppli growth pct march and pct month march reserv bank thi compar revis rise pct februari and pct year end februari reserv bank data for march affect start oper nation mutual royal save bank result transfer deposit equival pct unit perman build societi nation mutual royal save bank reserv bank monei suppli march billion australian dlr compar revis billion februari and billion march deposit privat sector held trade and save bank hold note and coin reuter
dlr	major nation yesterdai interven heavili aid dlr miyazawa
acq	standard oil british petroleum share tender extend
acq	standard oil extend tender standard oil srd announc issu meet board director that british petroleum plc extend dlr per share tender offer midnight offer for pct standard share not own had due expir midnight april standard oil discuss tender continu provid detail long discuss continu recommend will made standard oil sharehold offer standard standard director met compani cleveland headquart thursdai regularli schedul meet spokesman unabl meet continu fridai committe independ director previous obtain opinion boston corp that standard share worth dlr each dlr offer reuter
interest	nation mutual cut australian prime pct nation mutual royal bank cut prime rate pct effect april cut follow trend lower rate start last month and acceler westpac bank corp yesterdai cut prime pct pct westpac pct lowest prevail rate reuter
acq	elder purchas canadian brewer approv elder ixl elxa canadian govern approv bid for carl keef elder earlier announc bui mln share pct carl canadian subsidiari rothman intern plc rot for canadian dlr each elder chairman john elliott statement offer for ordinari share close april that accept repres pct outstand share had receiv ixl hold proce acquir rest compulsorili reuter
crude	ecuador us colombia oil link for year ecuador will us pipelin link colombia export crude oil for year colombian mine and energi minist guillermo perri link will inaugur built ecuador resum export crude oil halt march earthquak damag lago agrio balao pipelin onc that pipelin repair ecuador will exce opec quota order offset lost incom and pai debt contract venezuela and nigeria sinc quak ecuador mine and energi minist javier espinosa two minist speak new confer sign agreement for joint oil explor and exploit jungl border zone two nation drill will begin septemb agreement transport ecuadorean crude oil not for thi emerg period for year possibl extens and barrel per dai bpd will pump perri espinosa ecuador plan pump mln barrel link year cost cent per barrel year link maximum capac bpd will run lago agrio centr ecuador jungl oilfield exist colombian pipelin that run pacif port tumaco espinosa stretch link built ecuadorean side cost mln dlr perri gave figur for colombia segment insignific compar earn opec member ecuador pump bpd quak lost export bpd cost mln dlr per month espinosa reuter
ship	iran will combat gulf intervent iranian foreign minist ali akbar velayati warn that iran combat superpow intervent gulf iran power countri gulf will not superpow foreign forc interfer region velayati visit unit arab emir leg gulf tour told report iran had capabl and mean prevent interfer presid reagan pledg gulf sealan open and protect kuwaiti tanker iranian attack reuter
earn	toshiba corp tsba year end march group shr yen net billion billion pretax billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion reuter
cpi	peru consum price rise pct peru consum price index rose pct base compar pct april and pct nation statist institut accumul inflat for month thi year pct pct for period inflat for year end pct compar pct for year end reuter
interest	bundesbank schlesing plan cut discount rate nihon keizai newspap
gas	singapor petroleum revis petrol pump price singapor petroleum pte will revis pump price petrol june offici grade octan lead will cent litr cent previous for lead grade octan will cent previous spc price revis follow ministri trade and industri move liberalis petrol price allow oil compani set pump price grade petrol lower lead content sold singapor todai line ministri environ regul reuter
interest	bundesbank report plan for rate cut bundesbank deputi presid helmut schlesing west german central bank had plan cut pct discount rate nihon keizai newspap report financi daili quot schlesing interview that bank maintain current interest rate level for time told newspap for larg scale intervent foreign exchang market exchang rate stabl earlier schlesing told press confer that bundesbank continu polici maintain short term interest rate low level for currenc stabil satisfi current dollar mark exchang rate ad that not ideal for west german economi reuter
trade	seoul announc tariff cut for south korea will cut import tax item includ construct equip photograph film cigarett and pipe tobacco reduc trade surplu unit state financ ministri tariff cut and percentag point effect juli thi bring number good import tax cut thi year ministri offici item washington ask seoul lower tariff ad todai announc follow saturdai remov import curb product for product had had sought free access south korean market thi line govern polici limit trade surplu unit state reduc trade friction two countri offici south korea trade surplu rose billion dlr billion offici surplu expect widen seoul hold below billion dlr financ ministri tariff cut thi month item includ acryl yarn and ethylen averag percentag point order check inflat offici tariff cut contribut hold wholesal and consum price rise pct thi year reuter
trade	studi tariff and quota backfir us tariff and quota reduc flow foreign good into unit state will cut nation swell trade deficit govern studi fact feder trade commiss ftc report such protectionist polici make product competit world marketplac rais cost import product that export form such polici like hurt product capabl economi page report written ftc economist john hilk and philip nelson blame rise trade shortfal climb record billion dlr last year shift currenc exchang rate and grow consum demand factor commonli blame for deficit such foreign trade practic deterior industri competit high labour cost and govern restrict merger ad problem each industri competit affect level import and export that industri gener find that signific industri specif affect competit that explain increas trade deficit studi extent govern action need deal trade deficit polici focu economi wide phenomena such exchang rate and rel econom growth ftc studi support conclus that broad base econom shift increas trade deficit report found that industri lost domest market share foreign competitor found fairli direct relationship increas trade deficit and influenc shift currenc exchang rate econom growth and domest demand for good and servic outpac foreign consum demand studi examin factor commonli blame for trade deficit foreign govern subsidi and trade barrier protect foreign industri lack invest industri declin research and develop industri high labour cost union work rule oil price rise and antitrust regul each case studi found evid that factor had impact trade deficit reuter
rubber	tokyo exchang gold and rubber broker tokyo commod exchang for industri tocom will member becom preciou metal broker take total and member broke rubber for total exchang offici told reuter ministri intern trade and industri expect approv broker mid june move studi sinc earli respons request broker member exchang reuter
gold	renison and citi resourc set png gold ventur renison goldfield consolid rgfj rgc and explor citi resourc agre principl joint ventur examin bulolo alluvi gold field papua guinea citi resourc citi resourc progress earn pct rgc prospect author cover field spend total mln kina statement believ bulolo not fulli exploit past note literatur refer heavi gold loss tail dredg produc total mln ounc citi resourc previou dredg carri depth metr and high grade gold valu report metr central part bulolo vallei and possibl deep metr product life recov averag grade bulolo rpt gram tonn mln cubic metr gravel citi resourc will act oper bulolo field morob provinc success gold mine oper placer develop float canada oper field dredg ceas reuter
ship	moscow will retali gulf attack iranian attack soviet ship gulf will bring forc and violent respons soviet foreign ministri offici interview publish alexand ivanov head gulf desk soviet foreign ministri told rai aam newspap moscow will answer back forc and violenc iran attempt attack soviet ship tanker gulf soviet tanker hit mine gulf last month ivanov accus unit state step region crisi and fail exert genuin effort end iran iraq war reuter
gas	mobil rais singapor petrol pump price mobil oil singapor pte lte will rais pump price petrol june spokeswoman grade octan lead will cent litr cent previous for lead grade octan will cent previous spc earlier announc pump price cent and cent for and octan for lead petrol sold singapor todai line ministri environ regul reuter
interest	window for bank aid kuwait remain shut kuwait central bank window for fund domest interbank deposit market shut bank return dai holidai dealer move drove short term interest rate sharpli higher overnight and tomorrow fund doubl last wednesdai and hit pct offer tight market and trader scrambl for fund month year deposit point higher pct activ longer end market banker suspens central bank aid deliber move drive kuwaiti dinar interest rate and stem flow fund countri market nervous increas grow tension gulf central bank move combin steadi cut dinar exchang rate todai rate reduc dollar wednesdai dai bank holidai that celebr end fast month ramadan reuter
gas	shell caltex revis singapor petrol price shell eastern pte will revis pump price petrol hour local caltex asia and singapor pte will revis midnight tonight compani offici caltex and shell will set price lead cent litr for octan and cent for octan will set price cent litr and cent previou industri pump price for lead cent for octan and cent for octan reuter
fuel	bangladesh import ton diesel ussr bangladesh will import ton high speed diesel oil soviet union barter agreement sign last week bangladesh petroleum corpor offici oil worth mln dlr will ship decemb thi year ad not bangladesh sell return soviet union reuter
crude	pemex offici opec output critic price crude oil price remain dlr barrel end year opec decis output meet critic factor offici mexico state oil compani petroleo mexicano pemex told group japanes businessmen adrian lajou pemex execut vice presid intern trade current opec output appear mln barrel per dai level set for quarter product surg ahead origin plan demand grow slowli envisag month ago opec had carefulli level product quarter effect sustain dlr price and that increas had origin envisag soften price level member cartel schedul meet june vienna review decemb accord price and output hope opec will follow conserv attitud term volum decis lajou repetit happen last year opec boost output and oil price tumbl below dlr possibl hope never trauma expect oil export learn lesson and disciplin will maintain lajou excess suppli and long thi remain will tendenc instabl oil market price remain dlr output remain control saudi king fahd remark last month that increas product not import long incom not affect output relev and such power produc reuter
acq	coniston group continu bid for allegi aeg investor group led coniston partner plan continu effort gain control allegi corp despit defens maneuv allegi announc last week allegi that borrow billion dlr and pai sharehold dividend dlr per share lower compani net worth coniston group own pct allegi stock that seek sharehold consent remov allegi director group had break allegi into airlin hotel and vehicl rental compon succeed coniston group expect make announc todai plan for allegi wall street analyst and trader had not expect coniston abandon pursuit allegi result allegi defens measur allegi offici unavail for comment reuter
acq	spectra physic reject ciba geigi tender offer
acq	citi industri sell yale and nuton unit for mln dlr and secur
acq	boe acquir argosystem for dlr share
acq	citi fcy sell yale nuton unit citi industri inc reach definit agreement sell nuton and yale secur subsidiari valor plc for mln dlr and warrant purchas two mln valor ordinari share addit compani will reciev special dividend mln dlr nuton and yale and agre bui mln dlr valor convert prefer share citi seek increas sharehold valu improv and realiz valu inher oper subsidiari compani transact subject approv sharehold valor and expect complet dai valor arrang financ issu ordinari and convert prefer share underwritten hoar govett and barclai zoet wedd nuton make built electr product for hous market and yale make door lock and electron secur product valor make home product reuter
earn	genoves drug store inc gdxa qtr shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	nation secur nsic stake acquir nation secur insur group investor acquir common share pct interest for dlr per share compani acquisit portion share pct interest subject approv alabama depart insur seller includ atlant american corp aam banker fidel life insur and georgia casualti insur reuter
acq	comput associ acquir uccel corp for mln dlr
tea	sri lankan tea worker launch dai protest thousand tea worker indian origin strike todai press demand for citizenship and vote right sri lanka union statement ceylon worker congress cwc member launch prayer campaign templ and place violent protest author expedit citizenship procedur cwc spokesman dai campaign suspend cabinet committe promis speed procedur set regul trade sourc strike not affect product todai colombo auction reuter
cocoa	dutch cocoa processor unhappi icco buffer dutch cocoa processor unhappi intermitt bui activ intern cocoa organ buffer stock manag industri sourc told reuter oper moment almost noth support market fact activ depress compani spokesman includ tonn acquir fridai total amount cocoa bought buffer stock manag sinc recent began support oper total tonn despit thi bui price cocoa special draw right sdr tonn level below bsm oblig bui cocoa market even start oper trader estim manag bui tonn maximum price move sdr level and appear reluct manufactur hope manag move into market bui tonn fairli short period and simpli step back ad manag nibbl edg market moment depress sentiment and market hold back bui and sell wait manag will processor long bui tactic remain market like stai doldrum and indic alter method ad processor and chocol manufactur consum price for cocoa product affect buffer stock bui for time come reuter
acq	entertain market seek bui crazi eddi for dlr share
acq	spectra physic spy board reject tender offer spectra physic inc board reject dlr per share unsolicit tender offer for compani stock ciba geigi cigz hold pct stock spectra physic file lawsuit delawar feder court thi morn seek enjoin offer and alleg thing that offer vilat feder secur law agreement ciba geigi and spectra physic and ciba geigi fiduciari duti spectra physic two ciba geigi desig board not present yesterdai special meet vote reject offer financi inadequ unfair and not interest spectra physic stockhold compani board author special committe director step deem protect interest spectra physic and stockhold and investig altern maxim stock includ talk parti spectra physic letter commun board recommend and reason mail stockhold robert bruce relianc group hold inc rel designe spectra physic board resign posit letter resign action allevi ciba geigi state justif for make unsolicit offer that had not contempl anoth signific investor represent board spectra physic invest made reuter
acq	boe acquir defens electron firm boe and argosystem inc argi reach agreement for boe acquir sunnyval calif defens electron firm for mln dlr board compani approv merger will accomplish tender offer boe subsidiari dlr share cash for argosystem share compani agreement boe subsidiari tbc hold corp will begin tender offer promptli pct share not tender offer will prorat pct compani argosystem grant boe option bui share pct outstand stock for dlr share bill chairman argosystem and offic grant boe option bui share anoth pct outstand stock for dlr share argosystem make equip monitor and analyz militari commun signal electron warfar equip monitor and jam radar signal and signal process system for month end march argosystem report earn doubl mln dlr ct share mln dlr ct year ago period includ mln dlr charg writedown secur sale rose pct mln dlr sale expect exce mln dlr for fiscal year end june compani joint statement compani backlog mln dlr employe pct argosystem busi come intern custom argosystem clear leader field thi associ will expand activ and significantli enhanc abil compet defens electron area boe presid frank shrontz statement argosystem will oper wholli own subsidiari boe merger tender offer will subject approv argosystem sharehold compani tender offer and merger subject customari condit and expir hart scott rodino notif wait period reuter
acq	comput associ uccel set merger comput associ intern inc and uccel corp uc sign definit merger agreement comput associ will pai mln dlr stock for outstand uccel share compani term agreement uccel sharehold will receiv share comput common stock for each approxim mln uccel share outstand compani thi amount dlr per uccel share base york stock exchang close price close transact anticip august compani compani result compani wil retain name comput associ intern inc addition compani charl wang comput associ chairman and chief execut will continu chairman compani reuter
trade	seoul announc tariff cut for south korea will cut import tax good includ construct equip cigarett and tobacco reduc trade surplu unit state financ ministri todai tariff cut and pct will effect juli south korea ran trade surplu billion dlr washington sharpli billion todai announc bring number good for similar measur thi year ministri offici item washington ask seoul lower tariff thi line govern polici limit trade surplu unit state reduc trade friction two countri offici reuter
acq	entertain make buyout offer crazi eddi entertain market inc made offer board crazi eddi inc acquir outstand share crazi eddi inc for dlr share cash entertain offer conduct negoti merger corpor form entertain market entertai request earli meet crazi eddi inc board and that commit mln dlr purchas share includ purchas compani retain dean witter reynold inc assist rais balanc financ entertain compani and chairman pct crazi eddi outstand share addition compani will negoti aspect offer and will transact tax free crazi eddi sharehold reuter
acq	societi for save soc form parent societi for save bancorp inc complet previous announc plan acquisit make delawar charter bank hold compani parent conneticut charter societi for save reuter
crude	saudi renegoti aramco deal move saudi arabia renegoti collect agreement aramco purchas oil for partner move and lead fundament structur chang contract oil industri sourc petroleum intellig weekli thi mondai edit negoti move for adjust mln bpd joint long term agreement offici price and volum and term rearrang agreement sign januari for month februari june for renegoti januari contract aramco purchas mln bpd for partner alloc exxon corp xon bpd texaco inc bpd mobil corp mob and chevron corp chv bpd overlift texaco inc quarter allow compani exxon corp underlift oblig contract piw that that altern consider revert individu contract collect agrement john lichtblau director petroleum industri research foundat inc that renegoti pact formal saudi each compani separ schedul separ agreement compani favor negoti and ensur that contract lift occur compani will follow saudi limit not want antagon for long haul lichtblau that renegoti like concentr volum price saudi displeasur agreement long note and april industri public that renegoti sought fact confirm reuter aramco aramco corp own chevron corp chv exxon corp xon mobil corp mob and texaco inc own saudi arabia bought asset partner agreement saudi arabia reuter
money-fx	monei market mln stg late assist bank england provid monei market late assist mln stg thi take bank total todai mln stg and compar latest forecast mln stg shortag reuter
acq	cpc intern cpc complet asian sale cpc intern inc complet previous announc transact involv groceri product busi asian countri ajinomoto inc ajin rais mln dlr will receiv mln dlr thi month close expect countri proce will us for debt reduct cpc ajinomoto purchas equiti knorr food joint ventur japan two compani cpc fee for trademark and technolog us cpc ajinomoto purchas pct interest cpc wholli own subsidiari hong kong malaysia philippin singapor taiwan and thailand reuter
acq	borden acquir princ for mln dlr
acq	porex porx merg medco mcc porex technolog corp agre merg partli own subsidiari medco contain servic inc deal worth mln dlr cash and common stock porex sharehold compani agreement prex holder receiv medco share repres pro rata share medco share own porex pro rata share cash porex asset estim mln dlr subject adjust medco mln share outstand exact term not determin transact becom effect porex each porex share expect exchang for medco share and dlr cash subject approv sharehoild compani part deal medco will split stock for two compani merger will account for corpor reorgan and record histor book valu reuter
acq	colt industri cot sell british unit colt industri inc sign condit agreement sell woodvil polym engin subsidiari great britain dowti group plc gloucestershir england for mln stg deal schedul close end june compani woodvil make high technolog precis product for aerospac automot and industri had sale mln stg reuter
earn	advanc system inc asi qtr april net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	mannvil oil and ga mog qtr net shr two ct ct net rev reuter
earn	hous fabric inc qtr net april shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	orbit oil and ga orb qtr net shr ct ct net rev avg shr reuter
acq	video juke bui presid share video jukebox network inc sign letter intent purchas mln share mln share compani common stock founder and presid steven peter video share purchas loui wolfson iii senior vice presid ventur inc nation brand inc patrick michael and cea investor partnership video share common stock outstand compani public earlier thi year and current price cea investor partnership plan partnership oper michael chairman and presid commun equiti associ inc media brokerag firm video term propos transact not disclos video peter will continu chairman and presid compani parti june agre term letter intent reuter
earn	berkshir ga bga rais payout qtly div ct ct prior pai juli record june reuter
earn	marcad group inc mar qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut two ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr avg shr dilut reuter
earn	greenman bro inc gmn qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale mln mln note year ago share result adjust for for stock split august reuter
acq	marcad group mar plan acquisit marcad group inc agre principl acquir promin privat held maker ladi sport wear for cash share and option purchas marcad common valu mln dlr fiscal year recent end marcad compani acquir own manufactur facil and offshor had revenu mln dlr and pretax earn mln dlr reuter
acq	pennsylvania enterpris pent bid stand util invest inc offer acquir pennsylvania enterpris inc for dlr per share prepar negoti offer pennsylvania enterpris board reject offer two week ago inadequ util financi commit requir ensur that pennsylvania enterpris facil upgrad insur adequ suppli safe drink water repres will attend pennsylvania enterpris annual meet tomorrow wilk barr reuter
pet-chem	dow chemic dow increas price dow chemic midland will increas price high perform thermal fluid bulk and drum effect juli for contract and spot custom bulk list price for diphenyl oxid technic and refin grade will rais pct dlr per pound for technic and dlr per for refin dow increas includ dowtherm dlr per gallon dowtherm dlr per gallon dowtherm dlr per gallon and dowtherm dlr per gallon reuter
acq	merril lynch prorat factor for supermarket tender pct
cocoa	brazil not sell cocoa buffer stock trade brazil not sell cocoa bean intern cocoa organ icco buffer stock spot price for bean interior area pct higher level paid icco buffer stock manag trade sourc major produc state bahia scarciti bean effect drought current temporao harvest push price intern level sourc note buyer bean export local processor cover previous contract commit ad sale made execut individu export compani member brazilian cocoa trade commiss reuter
acq	raven industri rav bui truck bodi busi raven industri inc purchas util truck bodi busi astoria fibra steel inc for cash detail transact not disclos astoria product line annual sale mln dlr will manufactur and sold raven newli form subsidiari astoria industri inc raven glasstit inc subsidiari manufactur and sell util truck bodi reuter
acq	pai pak pnp get two offer for compani pai pak store inc receiv two propos respons previous announc solicit potenti buyer for compani compani evalu propos paul bilzerian and parti activ leverag buyout field pai pak declin identifi bilzerian propos call for sharehold receiv blend basi dlr cash and dlr liquid cumul exchang redeem prefer stock for each common share pai pak second propos structur merger each holder receiv combin dlr cash and dlr liquid pct cumul prefer compani dividend prefer offer bilzerian set that opinion financi advisor and compani financi advisor prefer trade public market liquid dividend prefer paid option surviv corpor cash addit share prefer for year ad pai pak bilzerian propos subject physic inventori merchandis june bilzerian not provid detail respect financ propos not subject financ condit compani dividend prefer offer second propos paid addit prefer year and prefer redeem year and second offer conting arrang financ ad parti make offer confid abil obtain balanc financ pai pak second propos condit satisfactori agreement compani manag equiti particip compani second parti anticip execut letter intent deliv financ commit pai pak board that incorpor expens reinburs and option arrang compani reuter
acq	maxwel file suit stop harcourt hbj publish robert maxwel british print and communicaton corp plc file lawsuit district court harcourt brace jovanovich inc director and advis stop thing payment special dividend harcourt pai part recapit suit file manhattan name boston corp fbc and seek void issu harcourt share super vote prefer stock boston secur corp and issu convert vote prefer stock vote harcourt employe stock ownership plan prefer share issu boston vote suit brought deriv behalf harcourt and individu british print capac substanti holder harcourt common share and pct convert debentur suit alleg harcourt special dividend exce billion dlr harcout surplu for dividend york law and contstitut fraudul convey lawsuit alleg that harcourt fail disclos that consequ payment dividend term illeg will that sharehold will liabl repai harcourt last week pai dlr per share stockhold special dividend harcourt announc extens recapit plan analyst aim thwart takeov effort british print british print last week withdrew dlr per share two billion dlr offer for harcourt recapitalizaton plan time review altern british print file suit consult advis lawsuit alleg that harcourt fail disclos effect special dividend harcourt pct convert debentur british print alleg effect will enorm increas effect june record date for dividend number harcourt common share issuabl convers debentur british print charg harcourt unlawfulli coerc debentur holder convert denbentur record date harcourt not author common share honor convers date british print hold share and mln dlr worth debentur suit alleg that manag board director and boston engag illeg scheme entrench combin sell boston secur corp super vote prefer bargain price grant compani employe stock plan convert vote prefer six mln share open market repurchas program and manner financ structur reuter
acq	steinberg group pct pizza inn pza group control york investor saul steinberg told secur and exchang commiss acquir share pizza inn inc pct total outstand common stock group includ relianc financi serivc corp subsidiari relianc group hold inc rel bought stock invest add stake sell steinberg group bought stock for mln dlr open market purchas april and price rang dlr share reuter
acq	supermarket gener sgl tender expir smg acquisit corp subsidiari merril lynch capit partner inc mln share supermarket gener corp validli tender midnight fridai expir result preliminari prorat factor pct merril lynch expect announc final prorat factor busi dai and begin payment immedi thereaft share validli tender repres pct outstand share supermarket gener announc cash tender offer for mln share dlr net per share reuter
crude	opec output ceil mln bpd london june opec output appear risen mln bpd ceil mln bpd and increas like put short term lid spot oil price kleinwort grieveson secur kleinwort latest world oil report stock and lower opec output earlier thi year group produc mln bpd current quarter suppli demand front market continu enjoi degre stabil rare recent year opec member overproduc slightli unit arab emir uae quota report saudi arabia had send clear signal maintain oil price current level dlr barrel and adopt provision output rise agre decemb opec meet vienna june opec adopt provision ceil mln bpd quarter and mln bpd fourth will room for overproduct quarter demand for crude will mln that uae and ecuador demand higher quota vienna biggest obstacl iraq refus honour quota that gulf war enemi iran opec appear commit short meet and realis iraq issu report kleinwort sourc saudi arabia held separ talk iran and iraq and urg iraq moder strong indic that kind deal eventu work almost complet silenc come iran indic that return for saudi desir maintain offici price vienna iran seek concess kingdom iraq issu kleinwort kingdom will face increasingli uphil task maintain price dlr firstli opec hardlin led iran bound oppos such move secondli opec member will press for anoth price rise dollar remain weak currenc thirdli saudi arabia forc rais price earlier intend ward grow call for higher price stimul domest drill and explor report conclud that strong possibl offici opec price will rise dlr barrel end and dlr barrel end reuter
acq	suburban bancorp woodstock bancorp merg suburban bancorp inc and woodstock state bancorp inc agre merger suburban will purchas woodstock share for total mln dlr cash and suburban bancorp share woodstock hold compani for mln dlr state bank woodstock merger will bring suburban asset mln dlr and total bank merger subject regulatori and sharehold approv reuter
interest	banker ecgd financ plan repres major base bank meet todai plan for reduc cost financ british export guarante export credit guarante depart ecgd senior bank sourc plan develop conjunct ecgd and bank england ecgd bank england comment plan banker main point discuss plan refin bulk ecgd medium term credit portfolio intern capit market propos involv introduc set interest margin ecgd back debt pct depend size and matur credit and currenc bank like push for higher margin banker that rate reduc bank return propos year ago govern attempt unsuccessfulli initi anoth cost reduct plan time bank expect ecgd realis addit save refinanc exist govern back credit capit market credit that refinanc origin lender receiv residu margin pct for loan mln stg and pct larger transact reuter
acq	coke consolid coke sell canada unit coca cola bottl consolid agre principl sell vancouv base canadian bottl subsidiari coca cola for undisclos term close expect dai subject regulatroi approv compani sale previous announc agreement for coca cola bui coke consolid common share and oper cash flow reduc long term debvt nmln dlr mln dlr end quarter reuter
acq	campeau cmp unit sell garfinckel campeau corp alli store corp enter into definit agreement sell garfinckel divis raleigh stori corp for mln dlr transact expect close juli compani garfinckel net sale for fiscal mln dlr compani campeau expect sell remain alli divis futur campeau announc agreement sell alli unit april compani reuter
acq	wallac comput wc bui offic product firm wallac comput servic inc acquir for mln dlr cash and industri revenu bond asset rockwel barn inc chicago base offic product compani reuter
acq	sun sun acquir wyom field wolverin explor substanti materi aspect agreement sell pct work interest luckei ditch unit unita counti wyo sun inc satisfi close transact schedul for june wolverin compani agre sell interest for dlr subject downward adjust for titl and state requir sun own pct work interest unit reuter
earn	consolid professor cpf qtr net shr profit nil net profit loss rev note full name consolid professor mine reuter
acq	geodyn geod set warrant acquisit geodyn resourc inc iit file registr secur and exchang commiss cover plan offer mln warrant bui common compani board evalu propos acquir close held snyder explor for mln geodyn share member geodyn senior manag serv senior manag snyder and painewebb group inc pwj own pct geodyn mln outstand share substanti equiti interest snyder acquisit evalu geodyn board member not emploi compani painewebb compani affili painewebb will subject approv board and seri prefer sharehold geodyn resourc registr relat stock exchang for snyder file sec not becom effect snyder owner painwebb geodyn presid michael tomasso and execut vice presid jame snyder compani warrant will offer sole investor painewebb geodyn energi incom program for dlr invest program investor will entitl bui warrant purchas geodyn common share price equal pct averag close price stock for trade dai prior format partnership investor subscrib adddit geodyn painewebb invest execut market program will entitl receiv warrant for dlr subcript gener year vest period warrant exercis price equal pct dai averag compani warrant price ct each thi price suject evalu independ underwrit reuter
earn	detect system detc year end march shr ct nil net rev mln reuter
earn	bildner and son inc jbil qtr shr nil net rev reuter
crude	compromis like conoco statoil disput norwai expect seek compromis solut defus row den norsk stat oljeselskap stat statoil and conoco norg firm will oper heidrun oil field govern sourc sourc ask not name govern will like recommend that conoco allow continu field oper develop phase statoil take product start earli oil minist arn oeien told reuter govern had todai discus heidrun matter that final decis had and question remain unresolv govern announc decis heidrun operatorship thursdai cabinet meet and discuss propos solut compani sourc ad thi spring norwai state own oil compani statoil exercis option heidrun field explor licens that approv govern reliev conoco heidrun oper move sharpli criticis conoco heidrun cite govern and industri like candid for field develop project haltenbanken explor tract central norwai reuter
earn	fiat unit fidi report sharpli higher profit year net profit billion lire billion ordinari share dividend lire note finanziaria sviluppo spa financi servic subsidiari fiat spa fiat statement that sharehold approv previous announc nomin share capit increas billion lire billion reuter
gold	northgat quebec gold worker end strike northgat explor hourli paid worker two chibougamau quebec mine vote weekend accept year contract offer and return work todai month strike worker repres unit steelwork america receiv dlr hour pai rais life contract and improv benefit northgat produc ounc gold quarter that strike slow product forward satisfactori perform chibougamau mine produc ounc gold last year reuter
acq	royal gold rgld agre make acquisit royal gold inc sign two agreement principl acquir stock two transwestern mine unit for mln share royal gold common stock royal asset unit will acquir transwestern gold properti ad expect close deal june and subject standard close condit includ titl and environment approv and close definit agreement royal share issu deal will subject registr right reuter
earn	hawkin chemic inc hwkn qtr mar net shr ct six ct net sale six mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln note per share earn adjust for ten pct stock dividend paid februari reuter
gold	northgat ngx quebec worker end strike northgat explor hourli paid worker two chibougamau quebec mine vote weekend accept year contract offer and return work todai month strike worker repres unit steelwork america receiv dlr hour pai rais life contract and improv benefit northgat produc ounc gold quarter that strike slow product forward satisfactori perform chibougamau mine produc ounc gold last year reuter
jobs	portugues unemploy steadi quarter unemploy portug held steadi pct quarter rate last quarter nation statist institut thi compar pct unemploy quarter total number regist unemploi quarter thi year reuter
acq	partnership up hbo hboc stake pct andov group great fall invest partnership that seek control hbo and rais stake compani share pct total share pct file secur and exchang commiss partnership bought hbo common share for mln dlr group slate candid seek board seat decid whether submit offer acquir compani hbo annual sharehold meet april postpon reuter
acq	humana hum bui int medic asset humana inc florida judg approv previous announc propos for compani bui asset intern medic center had declar insolv and put into receivership earli humana will pai mln dlr state depart insur pai prior claim and mln dlr work capit reuter
acq	diversifi industri dmc sell unit diversifi industri inc plan recov mln dlr sale two margin subsidiari chairman ben fixman told annual meet fixman diversifi industri part effort redeploi asset sell theodor sall inc and liberti smelt work unit two lost monei had margin profit recent year diversifi process obtain six mln dlr industri revenu bond financ state connecticut modern compani plume and atwood brass mill plant thomaston conn reuter
acq	insur firm piezo pepi prefer stake corpor life insur west chester insur firm told secur and exchang commiss acquir share prefer stock piezo electr product inc pct total corpor insur bought cumul convert prefer stock stake for dlr for invest purpos reuter
acq	cellular inc cel sell unit gain cellular inc reach definit agreement sell asset wholli own michigan cellular inc centuri telephon enterpris inc ctl and add ct share year earn result sale subject regulatori approv repres capit gain excess dlr origin price paid cellular for cellular interest michigan acquir decemb reuter
earn	comptek research inc cmtk qtr march shr ct ct net sale mln year shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	dotronix dotx complet acquisit dotronix inc complet acquisit video monitor inc for mln dlr video monitor privat own wisconsin base manufactur video displai and and video monitor devic reuter
earn	dataflex corp dflx qtr march net shr ct ct net rev year shr ct ct net rev mln note share adjust for pct stock dividend april reuter
earn	polydex pharmaceut polxf qtr april end shr loss loss two ct net loss loss sale reuter
acq	clark copi bui norwegian firm clark copi intern corp bought norwegian draft machin compani for mln dlr clark copi major own norwegian subsidiari interact comput aid norwai purchas kongsberg draft system divis norwegian state own kongsberg vappenfabrikk kongsberg draft annual worldwid sale mln dlr clark copi reuter
acq	societi save soc form hold compani societi for save complet merger into newli form hold compani societi for save bancorp inc share for share basi reuter
earn	geodyn resourc inc geod qtr feb shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev avg shr year shr loss ct profit six ct net loss profit rev avg shr note share result prefer dividend requir dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr year compani pct own painwebb group inc pwj reuter
acq	ladd furnitur ladf complet acquisit ladd furnitur inc complet previous announc acquisit privat held coloni hous furnitur inc for undisclos amount cash and note reuter
iron-steel	minist cutback steel support steel quota system that strictli limit european commun support industri forc produc fail find solut quickli offici industri minist meet consid two kei propos aim cut back surplu capac mln tonn limit current quota system protect output for year flat product and heavi section therebi forc type steel product into free market competit second propos link continu quota system progress plant closur month ago steelmak lobbi group eurof had abandon effort close plant voluntarili minist stop short impos solut immedi urg steel produc reach agreement voluntari cutback commiss will come detail propos juli futur steel industri and industri minist meet septemb reach final decis reuter
acq	philip crosbi pcro make acquisit philip crosbi associ inc agre acquir process integr inc dalla comput softwar design for undisclos term process softwar help compani monitor industri process identifi problem and recommend solut reuter
acq	peerless manufactur pmfg sell unit peerless manufactur sold industri sensor and instrument divis and panhandl equip subsidiari for total dlr cash transact will result loss dlr ct per share will fourth quarter end june peerless due sale will loss for year sold unit buyer not name due increas loss caus depress petroleum equip market peerless earn dlr ct per share fiscal unit sold lost ct per share month fiscal and ct fiscal reuter
acq	hick and haa group get financ for spectradyn acquisit
earn	unit tote inc tote qtr april shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln six month shr profit loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln note half includ revnu racetrack oper reuter
lumber	canada lumber export becom unprofit canada softwood lumber will becom unprofit for forest product produc price declin dlr per thousand board feet two inch lumber current level dlr canadian forest industri council chairman adam zimmerman told report zimmerman reiter profit hurt move canadian negoti impos last januari pct export tax softwood lumber ship exchang for lumbermen lobbi drop request for countervail duti that fall market moder slow price zimmerman media brief zimmerman advers impact lower lumber product price felt lumber mill eastern canada migrat westward countri swallow time bomb and will time tough zimmerman feder govern maintain exist pct export tax and not provinc offset tax increas provinci fee for cut lumber reuter
acq	semicon tool inc make acquisit semicon tool inc sign letter intent acquir major interest privat held east coast sale distributor and fabric technic ceram product and dispos clean room materi and suppli term not disclos expect acquisit result substanti sale increas reuter
acq	safeti kleen complet acquisit safeti kleen corp complet acquisit pct interest breslub enterpris for mln dlr stock and cash breslub base toronto collect us lubric oil auto garag car dealer and busi and refin for resal annual revenu mln dlr reuter
acq	hick haa group spectradyn spdy fund spi hold inc group consist hick and haa and acadia partner receiv commit for senior bank financ need complet propos acquisit spectradyn inc for dlr share cash secur total mln dlr transact condit arrang financ todai execut multi year employ and competit agreement spectrayn senior manag reuter
alum	alcoa rais price aluminum beverag can stock pct
acq	comput assoc bolster hand ibm comput associ intern inc mln dlr merger uccel corp uc will elimin strongest rival compani face stiff competit intern busi machin corp ibm wall street analyst ibm rule forc mainfram system softwar scott smith analyst donaldson lufkin and jenrett combin two compani will present stronger front ibm comput associ will and power compani field ad hutton analyst terenc quinn that field segment market system util softwar packag that boost product compani data process facil increas speed power and effici larg mainfram comput merger uccel and comput associ combin two biggest system util supplier ibm analyst remain player small firm that will find competit harder past for comput associ merger uccel cap six year acquisit campaign that vault garden citi base compani top softwar industri deal complet august compani revenu will exce mln dlr push past microsoft corp mfst world largest independ softwar vendor comput associ founder and chairman charl wang compani public and sinc bought compani and boost annual sale mln mln dlr for year end march liemandt charg wyli sold comput busi and decid that focu sole mainfram comput softwar compani renam uccel corp liemandt will leav compani merger complet turn acquisit for growth last dai uccel complet buyout six compani for total mln dlr for earn mln dlr dlr share sale mln dlr agreement industri analyst surpris larg compani had such bitter rival dalla base uccel had engin strong comeback dark dai wyli corp lost mln dlr ct share that time wyli own potpourri busi involv comput softwar walter haefner swiss financi and major wyli investor lure gregori liemandt job chairman gener electr comput servic unit comput associ wang and uccel liemandt new confer that merger give comput user singl sourc for wide rang softwar product addit system util comput associ sell product for microcomput uccel made inroad applic softwar market analyst success account and bank system wang comput associ continu support and enhanc compani product line note that compani will eventu weed duplic offer pct compani product overlap analyst merger dilut hold current comput associ sharehold pct join wang forecast that deal will not dilut comput associ earn for current fiscal year quinn hutton wang proven track record complet acquisit earn dilut not chang earn estim dlr share wang close combin oper two compani and cut duplic sale market and research and develop analyst comput associ paid premium for uccel base fridai close price compani will swap dlr worth stock for each uccel share time uccel estim earn dlr share stephen mcclellan merril lynch research softwar compani valu time per share earn analyst uccel worth premium earn potenti and custom base wang haefner swiss investor hold pct comput associ stock merger own pct uccel execut merger not alter target maintain sale and earn growth pct pct addit expect problem deal clear antitrust divis justic depart uccel liemandt declin will merger not rule work togeth wang reuter
acq	maxwel not renew bid suit fail british press magnat robert maxwel british print and commun corp plc not renew bid for harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj lawsuit file harcourt york todai fail speak press confer maxwel deni market rumor that british print had approach british institut arrang right issu view relaunch bid for publish concern don chase mirag maxwel british print file suit district court manhattan block maxwel call fraudul recapit announc harcourt last week harcourt respons hostil two billion dlr takeov propos maxwel plan recapit that pai sharehold dlr per share plan pct share will control employe manag and financi advis boston corp fbc reuter
alum	alcoa rais price aluminum beverag can stock pct
earn	grand union qtr march net net sale mln mln year net mln mln sale billion billion note twelv and week period general occidental subsidiari prior year net period includ dlr pretax charg for store close year net includ pension gain dlr charg dlr due chang pension account incom tax rate for year pct pct due abolit invest tax credit elimin invest tax credit approxim offset gain chang pension account compani reuter
acq	video vvco nation merger video vend corp complet acquir nation telecommun inc nation entertain corp for mln control interest video vend share pursuant transact harvei seslowski and william hode resign video board and replac member nation reuter
cocoa	cocoa origin dismai buffer stock action trader recent return west africa produc dismai ineffect action intern cocoa organ icco buffer stock manag buffer stock purchas trader west african produc annoi buffer stock manag not plai part requir intern cocoa pact stabilis price current low tonn second hand cocoa for buffer stock purpos and thi trader note intermitt basi note purchas tonn week bought and second short limit tonn dai and week cocoa agreement place trader recent return west africa produc unhappi impact cocoa price note produc countri part intern cocoa pact and deserv treatment consum london trader termin market price gain stg tonn icco dai averag indic sdr per tonn midwai point refer price progress made that direct and dai averag below sdr lower intervent level previous buffer stock manag announc todai will make purchas tomorrow rule agreement such action not automat trader complaint inact buffer stock manag not confin west african produc observ reuter report rotterdam quot industri sourc dutch cocoa processor unhappi intermitt buffer stock bui activ london trader express surpris that tonn cocoa bought total potenti purchas agreement tonn carryov hold previou intern cocoa agreement stock total tonn termin price todai rose stg tonn fridai close basi juli high that buffer stock manag absent market price declar intent bui quit revers appli trader reuter
acq	rapid american complet mart store bui privat held rapid american corp complet previous announc acquisit kresg and jupit store mart corp compani plan oper store mccrori and varieti store and close end juli reuter
earn	hugh suppli inc hug qtr april net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net sale mln mln note averag share pct primari basi reuter
acq	total health tlht make acquisit total health system inc agre acquir come inc denvil health mainten organ subscrib for undisclos amount cash assumpt liabil and provis mln dlr equiti and debt financ compani acquisit subject regulatori approv come had revenu mln dlr and earn dlr and had revenu for month mln dlr pct year reuter
acq	unit asset uam complet acquisit unit asset manag corp complet acquisit rice hall jame and associ san diego for undisclos term rice hall manag invest for institut and individu and mln dlr asset manag reuter
acq	computerland acquir investor group computerland corp investor group led financi servic firm warburg pincu and inc agre acquir computerland busi computerland privat held compani world largest retail person comput declin provid detail arrang compani expect close acquisit dai announc transact computerland acquisit will provid resourc and support maintain and expand leadership posit comput retail industri computerland network retail sale total billion dlr reuter
acq	bilzerian pai pak sign merger accord will tender for mln share
acq	piosec pio acquir semiconductor stake piosec technolog exchang mln common share for pct privat own allianc semiconductor corp santa clara calif followin acquisit piosec spokesman compani mln share outstand reuter
tin	tin trader respons mute futur market european free market tin trader made somewhat mute respons plan for kuala lumpur dollar base tin futur market due launch octob trader market trade medium for japan and south east asian tin interest european trader gener satisfi current free market system oper sinc london metal exchang lme tin trade ceas octob dealer will want accept foreign metal will market and sort demand develop for forward deliveri view european trader that propos kuala lumpur tin futur market provid anoth refer point market inaugur malaysian govern past view major player time trade make particip uncomfort trader express prefer for resumpt trade london metal exchang ad that scene discuss subject definit move outstand high court litig action resolv spot tin price european free market stg per tonn for high grade metal warehous rotterdam past month price move ten year low stg march and rebound high stg decemb thi compar stg last paid lme trade ceas octob and record high tin price stg trade for cash standard grade metal june that year lme warehous stock two year low tonn fallen steadili record high tonn reach februari trader free market turn bullish late last year base produc forecast suppli demand deficit tonn analyst predict price stg per tonn trend revers strong upsw sterl versu dollar and valu fell back briefli stg last month approach stg decemb declin acceler produc had sold metal higher level competit seller lack signific demand major steel mill made larg purchas prior year trader itc creditor bank origin tin hold tonn almost halv and bulk materi held malaysian and japanes firm reluct depress market unwant metal tonn held bank and broker intern tin council itc buffer stock manag halt support oper lme behalf member nation intern tin agreement overhang metal reduc broker shearson lehman brother earlier thi year report sold itc relat hold and halv tin posit analyst sign ralli european tin price and movement expect larg relat currenc fluctuat signific consum demand emerg for quarter associ tin produc countri atpc made effort sinc collaps ita achiev higher world price attempt bring major produc export control umbrella date brazil and china two major produc remain unaffect atpc argument and appar continu offer materi discount consum main european trade centr dealer reuter
cocoa	icco buffer stock manag bui tonn cocoa tuesdai june offici
acq	oper cobk complet acquisit oper bancorp complet acquisit issu and outstand stock quinci oper bank qbck agreement quinci stockhold will receiv dlr cash for each share own quinci oper bank for total transact approxim mln dlr oper reuter
money-fx	reagan alli honor accord exchang rate stabil
acq	info data acquir usa outdoor advertis info data inc will acquir usa outdoor advertis inc jacksonvil fla exchang for stock usa outdoor advertis acquir for pct outstand share info data inc compani info data plan chang name usa outdoor advertis inc reflect chang compani oper reuter
money-fx	reagan urg fulfil exchang accord presid reagan prepar depart for venic econom summit wednesdai unit state and alli fulfil agreement exchang rate stabil econom polici decis made last year tokyo and thi year meet group financ minist pari and washington cannot forgotten commit made meet translat into action reagan pre summit speech celebr anniversari marshal plan reuter
acq	uni mart imma acquir ga store uni mart inc acquir ga inc conveni store for undisclos amount cash acquisit bring number conveni store own uni mart compani reuter
earn	merril corp mrll qtr april net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	advanc telecommun atel bui advanc telecommun corp reach agreement principl purchas teltec save commun long distanc telephon servic florida propos acquisit price approxim mln dlr cash compani reuter
earn	odet inc qtr march net shr ct ct net rev mln year shr ct net rev mln mln reuter
crude	basin pipelin texa okla border wash flood bpd crude affect
interest	ccc interest higher june usda interest rate commod loan disburs commod credit corpor ccc thi month will carri pct interest rate agricultur depart that rate pct and reflect interest rate charg ccc treasuri june usda note reuter
veg-oil	andriessen hint fat oil tax summit european commun agricultur commission fran andriessen propos for tax european currenc unit per tonn oil and fat like for discuss week summit meet leader farm minist unabl agre tax main item propos andriessen for farm price packag tax appli domest produc and import oil and fat fierc oppos unit state and develop countri veget and marin oil produc reuter
acq	bilzerian prepar tender for pai pak pnp investor paul bilzerian pai pak store inc enter into merger accord will immedi begin tender offer for mln share for dlr per share cash bilzerian told reuter believ offer superior leverag buyout propos disclos announc compani thi morn compani evalu propos bilizerian optimist offer will accept meet board director wednesdai offici pai pak not immedi for comment bilzerian pool mln dlr rais shearson lehman brother inc for tender and add bank that submit agreement prepar sign share not accept bilzerian tender exchang for dlr convert prefer stock ask happen leverag buyout group compani not identifi top offer and board meet bilzerian expect opportun respond pai pak gave detail buyout group offer conting financ and agrreement manag equiti particip bilzerian understand that manag particp nomin pai pak fell arbitrageur disappoint that offer top dlr expect offer north dlr arbitrageur leverag buyout plan for dlr per share cash and dlr pct cumul prefer stock robert cheadl analyst montgomeri secur you industri made bid scott drysdal analyst birr wilson secur compani not made strateg move year not thing time and result earn per share steadili declin sinc ct per share earn report for fiscal year end februari lower earn earn total mln dlr revenu mln dlr drysdal pai pak train sale peopl competitor compet price even competitor lower cost result squeez margin note that publicli identifi bidder step forward sinc compani reject earlier bilzerian propos mid april anoth arbitrageur not late for anoth bidder game specul that home improv busi offer deal for stock that top buyout propos and bilzerian plan reuter
acq	forstmann and plan sell sybron corp unit
acq	pharmacontrol phar acquir revco unit pharmacontrol corp acquir privat formul inc revco inc for six mln dlr cash dlr promissori note and warrant bui pharmacontrol common share pharmacontrol purchas price financ mln dlr work capit secur institut financ compani betweenm dlr and dlr princip amount revco note accru interest payabl june balanc payabl year pharmacontrol expect make payment due revco proce propos offer unit consist convert subordin debentur and common stock file secur and exchang commiss close public offer compani expect secur institut financ increas total mln dlr privat formul primarili engag manufactur and distribut vitamin and privat label counter pharmaceut product reuter
acq	fisher sharehold indecis stock bui fisher food inc fhr richmond road corp largest sharehold not reach definit decis whether will bui fisher stock merger tender offer anoth acquisit propos delawar corpor form american seawai food inc rini hold and rego compani own mln share fisher pct outstand common stock fisher had announc april that make decis june move fisher told will continu explor advantag and disadvantag acquisit propos continu discuss financi group financ for such move gave indic financ propos final fisher reuter
acq	bancorp usbc acquisit approv bancorp oregon advis oral that applic for acquisit nation bancorp approv board governor feder reserv compani advis that receiv fed approv for acquisit heritag bank cama wash and for convers subsidiari thrift and loan salt lake citi utah into commerci bank januari bancorp and nation reach definit agreement cover acquisit stock nation not for mln dlr bancorp own pct nation stock reuter
crude	major oil pipelin shut flood flood red river texa oklahoma border shut basin pipelin inch pipelin that transport barrel per dai sweet and sour crude texa cush okla texaco pipelin spokesman confirm water rush fast that can diver assess damag possibl that pipelin end week compani sourc pipelin transmit roughli two third sour crude and sweet crude oil midland texa region texaco sourc that pipelin servic restor fridai problem restor oil lost flood pipelin dai will difficult make prorat and not prorat thi pipelin don basin pipelin jointli own atlant richfield corp arc shell oil subsidiari royal dutch shell group and texaco inc pipelin oper peter beutel analyst elder futur inc crude oil futur contract york mercantil exchang rose high thi afternoon new pipelin break juli crude futur west texa intermedi trade dlr barrel rise ct cash market price firm new seller wti rais offer dlr barrel sour crude affect pipelin shutdown slow react new west texa sour and alaska north slope hold ct dlr barrel below wti dan steven manag public and govern affair texaco compani hope fix pipelin dai that will depend water level red river reced evid that water level drop and appear rain stop area affect pipelin steven segment pipelin that damag underground and distanc red river that flood pipelin run red river and subsoil nearbi steven thi subsoil appar wash potenti for environment damag downplai thi time despit volum oil that run thi line texaco steven that aerial surveil not found crude water river lake texoma nearbi reuter
earn	british land america inc bla year march shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note compani subsidiari british land plc reuter
acq	forstmann and sell unit forstman and plan sell sybron corp unit lead maker and market dental and laboratori product for undisclos sum forstmann acquir sybron februari and sinc that time sybron substanti restructur manag lower corpor overhead and locat saddl brook fortsmann goldman sach and will act financi advisor for move ad that sybron expect revenu for current fiscal year mln dlr oper incom mln dlr reuter
acq	takeov specul lift hutton efh share hutton group inc share rose specul compani receiv takeov offer trader hutton stock affect newspap report that boston corp fbc accumul almost pct hutton stock behalf client trader trader stori appear usa todai ad specul began street last week rumor stock accumul and specul abound compani receiv offer hutton offici declin comment hutton stock rose hutton month ago reject buyout offer shearson lehman brother inc newspap stori mention specul american express axp parent shearson buyer trader rumor todai not name buyer boston offici not immediatlei for comment prudenti bach analyst larri eckenfeld doubt specul american express believ hutton occassion surround rumor move todai result newspap articl hutton takeov candid eckenfeld reuter
acq	hong kong firm up wrather wco stake pct industri equiti pacif hong kong invest firm rais stake wrather corp share pct total outstand common stock share pct file secur and exchang commiss industri equiti princip own brierlei invest publicli held zealand firm bought wrather common share and dlr share mln dlr total reuter
crude	congressman unprepar for oil cutoff rep mike synar todai that presid reagan readi us militari forc protect kuwait tanker gulf unit state ill prepar home deal energi crisi synar democrat oklahoma made remark comment studi gener account offic gao particip test emerg oil share program intern energi agenc iea allianc oil consum countri form arab oil embargo find wai deal futur oil cutoff synar presid prepar militari action protect kuwaiti oil tanker unwil danger equal import action prepar nation for energi crisi reagan militari protect kuwaiti oiler assur west continu suppli middl east oil increasingli threaten iranian iraqi war synar ask for gao report critic action previou iea test unit state successfulli advoc test limit train particip oil share procedur and system mechan aspect reuter
acq	alli signal ald complet sale mpb corp alli signal inc complet sale mpb corp unit bear acquisit corp for mln dlr assumpt mpb liabil headquart keen mpb design and make precis ball and roller bear us aerospac ordnanc and comput applic alli signal unit had sale mln dlr note sale newli form bear acquisit announc alli signal bear acquisit newli form corpor own investor group organ harold geneen and donaldson lufkin and jenrett secur corp well fargo bank provid senior debt financ bear acquisit and donaldson lufkin and jenrett provid bridg financ form subordin note prefer stock and common stock amount suffici fund purchas price alli signal ad reuter
acq	bass group cut nation distil stake investor group led member bass famili fort worth texa lower stake nation distil and chemic corp share pct total common pct file secur and exchang commiss bass group sold nation distil common share and price rang dlr share long group stake below pct not requir disclos deal nation distil common stock reuter
acq	republ american rawc up buckey bpl stake republ american corp told secur and exchang commiss rais stake buckey partner limit partnership unit pct total unit pct republ control cincinnati ohio financi carl lindner and american financi corp bought buckey unit and price rang dlr each mln dlr total reuter
acq	kingsbridg masco set merger kingsbridg hold sign letter intent for merger masco sport inc transact call for mln sahr kingsbridg common stock issu sharehold masco reuter
earn	intern corona icr qtr net period end march oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev not six mth oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln not reuter
earn	royex gold mine rgm qtr march net oper shr loss ct loss oper net loss loss rev six mth oper shr loss ct loss ct oper net loss loss rev note net exclud qtr extraordinari gain mln dlr dlr shr sale pct stake mascot gold mine msg full name royex gold mine corp reuter
acq	dresser industri inc sell relianc standard life insur rosenkranz unit
earn	diana corp dna year march oper net oper shr ct ct oper net note oper net exclud credit dlr ct share oper net exclud discontinu oper dlr two ct and extraordinari charg dlr loss ct reuter
acq	wyse wyse link technolog wyse technolog agre principl acquir privat held link technolog inc exchang for undisclos amount wyse technolog share link technolog develop and market comput termin wyse reuter
earn	mclain industri inc mccl qtr march shr ct ct net rev mln mln six month shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	phillip van heusen corp pvh qtr shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln note includ lifo charg mln dlr pension expens declin dlr due chang account interest decreas dlr reuter
acq	dresser sell unit rosenkranz and dresser industri inc sign definit agreement sell relianc standard life insur rsl hold inc subsidiari privat held york base invest firm rosenkranz and term not undisclos philadelphia base relianc earn mln dlr sale mln dlr dresser will us proce sale for stock repurchas debt reduct and possibl complementari acquisit field engin product and servic for energi produc reuter
acq	atcor atco seek buyer for consum busi atcor inc that roth american inc had sign letter intent acquir turco and charmglow oper consum product segment decid bui charmglow roth american interest acquir turco atcor review option potenti buyer express interest consum product busi reuter
earn	intern consum brand icbi qtr shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln reuter
acq	uspci upc reject union pacif bid share bid made last wednesdai union pacif corp unp analyst offer inadequ dougla augenthal analyst hutton note that not repres need premium compani fundament base earn estim uspci mln share outstand trade uspci vice presid financ larri shelton not comment adequaci offer board meet augenthal that uspci trade dlr share time takeov bid announc that dai higher earn expect chang uspci second quarter earn exce analyst expect ct share that price uspci maintain stock price low augenthal hutton revis earn estim for wast manag concern dlr share dlr announc lift project dlr share dlr addit analyst hazard wast manag busi hold signific growth potenti industri grown pct last year base earn per share jeffrei klein analyst kidder peabodi and industri expect continu grow pct year augenthal dlr share offer mln dlr total bargain for union pacif transport and energi compani gain entri into profit busi and win cost control benefit union pacif rumor fairli signfic environmment problem herb mee presid beard oil bec hold pct stake uspci last week union pacif offer grossli inadequ reuter
crude	total petroleum tpn shut texa pipelin total petroleum tpn shut small crude oil pipelin oper texa oklahoma border last fridai precaut damag local flood gari zolling manag oper total shut inch line that run across ouachita river wynnewood ardmor capac bpd smaller pipelin inch wide capac thousand bpd zolling basin pipelin major pipelin run bpd run consortium oil compani close todai small pipelin that total close capac bpd and cross red river fargo texa zolling close pipelin run river water and damag flood river erod river bank and expos pipe zolling total wait for river water reced reactiv pipelin reuter
crude	doe reach propos oil settlement energi depart reach propos oil price settlement total dlr oper and work interest owner leblanc vermillion parish trigon explor inc oper june januari for bryan ferguson william roger omni drill partnership and entex inc doe alleg trigon caus overcharg dlr improperli classifi oil newli discov crude classif that allow charg higher price period price control propos settlement resolv disput violat parti doe ad that agre settlement not admit violat complianc regul receiv written comment settlement make final reuter
acq	america fabk acquir keyston america bank corp acquir keyston bancshar inc for mln dlr keyston sharehold will receiv dlr per keyston share payabl america convert prefer stock dividend rate pct keyston two affili combin asset mln dlr america billion dlr asset reuter
acq	fluorocarbon fcbn complet acquisit fluorocarbon complet acquisit eaton corp etn industri polym divis compani paid mln dlr cash for divis will renam samuel moor group fluorocarbon divis boost annual sale mln dlr last year mln dlr reuter
iron-steel	ltv qltv negoti steelwork ltv corp ltv steel corp agre resum negoti unit steelwork america local plant level discuss provis propos that requir local implement local steelwork union narrowli reject tent agreement compani ltv agre reopen offer contain tent agreement reach union negoti committe part plan resolv problem local discuss reuter
earn	charter power system inc chp qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	financi secur fssla acquir financi secur save and loan associ sign letter intent for control interest acquir investor group led south florida develop william landa term not disclos reuter
acq	edelman group cut burlington bur stake york investor asher edelman and dominion textil inc dtx seek acquir burlington industri inc hostil tender offer lower stake compani file secruti and exchang commiss edelman dominion group samjen acqusit corp sold option bui burlington common share reduc stake compani share pct share pct group sale repres burlington option own made for mln dlr edelman dominion group last week sweeten hostil tender offer dlr share burlington agre leverag buyout morgan stanlei and back group for dlr share edelman dominion group litig pend burlington held talk morgan stanlei possibl settlement outstand matter morgan stanlei and burlington reuter
acq	entertain market top crazi eddi offer quickli grow texa base distributor electron product offer mln dlr for crazi eddi inc crzy lead york citi electron retail dlr per share founder bid dlr share offer entertain market inc for crazi eddi come two week founder eddi antar and firm control belzberg canada announc bid store crazi eddi chain privat analyst entertain market revenu and profit quadrupl break into highli competit york citi retail market for consum electron nation biggest time fortun electron retail sag analyst question whether houston base entertain market found electron retail present buiness primarili wholesal distributor had manag expertis for retail drive price crazi eddi share own mix feel analyst denni telzrow eppler geurin and turner dalla brokerag hand cheap price hand entertain market manag talent run and will crazi eddi peopl leav riski strategi for entertain market analyst eliot laurenc wessel arnold and henderson minneapoli brokerag electron retail manag concentr want crazi eddi manag place laurenc that sinc entertain market own percent crazi eddi million share antar belzberg group increas dlr share offer share crazi eddi jump high dlr rang dlr sinc antar belzberg bid announc rose anoth cent mondai share counter trade antar reclus founder chain york citi philadelphia and connecticut area last month that group control percent crazi eddi share crazi eddi spokesman compani board decis antar belzberg offer worth mln dlr sinc share entertain market not comment offer entertain market sell comput product such disk drive and discount electron good retail primarili southwest and directli consum cabl televis fiscal end last januari revenu rose mln dlr mln dlr previou year net profit mln dlr dlr entertain market chief execut offic elia zinn onc ran electron retail busi statement had commit mln dlr purchas crazi eddi and had retain dean witter reynold inc assist financ balanc analyst telzerow estim that compani borrow mln dlr complet propos buyout sinc crazi eddi cash and asset worth amount share entertain market cent mondai reuter
acq	union func complet acquisit union corp complet acquisit two florida base bank north port bank base north port and citi commer bank base sarasota reuter
earn	crop genet intern crop qtr qtr end march shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev year shr loss dlr loss ct net loss rev reuter
acq	investor computerland public investor group that agre bui computerland corp will like lead person comput retail public sell investor industri analyst good time joe levi intern data corp person comput industri bottom and earlier todai close held computerland largest retail chain countri agre bought investor group led warburg pincu and york computerland pct own founder william millard warburg monei manag and ventur capit firm disclos transact analyst estim that computerland store gener billion dlr sale last year fetch mln dlr mln dlr computerland franchis owner pai royalti averag pct parent compani offici for warburg refer question computerland computerland offici not immedi reach for comment warburg manag billion dlr ventur capit fund and past invest includ mattel inc mat and ingersol newspap chain monei manag billion dlr manag retail benefit strong upturn sale analyst computerland make kei fend advanc rival businessland inc busl and tandi corp tan radio shack store name game outbound sale forc custom servic and custom support levi intern data relat computerland and franchis owner mellow recent millard forc give manag control compani faber chairman and chief execut offic revamp compani royalti plan quell franchise dissent reuter
acq	ladd ladd unit complet acquisit ladd furnitur inc clayton marcu furnitur subsidiari complet previous announc purchas privat held coloni hous furnitur inc for undisclos amount cash and note reuter
acq	ci cisif agre second extens ci technolog inc that and swiss reinsur zurich switzerland agre second extens two date for final part share purchas agreement june elect date extend june and june close date chang juli reuter
acq	wast manag wmx board okai modulair bui wast manag inc director approv accord modulair industri modx wast manag acquir modulair agreement modulair stockhold receiv dlr wast manag stock for each modulair share modulair schedul special sharehold meet for juli vote merger wast manag receiv proxi holder pct modulair common stock that vote favor merger hart scott rode wait period takeov will expir june reuter
acq	burlington bur hear continu tomorrow district court judg eugen gordon plan issu decis tomorrow burlington industri inc request for injunct stop samjen acquisit corp takeov bid for compani wall street sourc outcom case pivot determin winner fierc takeov battl for burlington largest textil maker gordon presid six hour argument todai lawyer for burlington and samjen partnership form dominion textil inc and york investor asher edelman hear schedul continu tomorrow preliminari injunct hold samjen billion dlr offer case decid burlington had previous agre billion dlr buyout morgan stanlei group inc dlr per share lower sweeten dlr per share bid made samjen last week burlington not respond samjen offer burlington alleg lawsuit that edelman and dominion us illeg obtain confidenti inform compani make takeov attempt that inform burlington provid jame ammeen burlington execut painewebb group inc pwj ammeen had work for burlington for year had divis pct burlington sale report left burlington novemb burlington sign contract promis never divulg insid inform compani burlington lawyer shortli left began work painewebb employe hostil plan takeov compani dismemb compani and displac manag burlington lawyer hubert humphrei samjen lawyer acknowledg receiv inform painewebb argu inform public inform and obtain texitl industri analyst burlington public financi statement burlington lawyer painewebb and ammeen met edelman and dominion novemb and continu meet coupl dai edelman and dominion public april intent compani burlington lawyer claim dominion board decid attempt takeov burlington ammeen met board februari burlington lawyer edelman and dominion held discuss painewebb and ammeen act financi advis samjen alleg talk broke painewebb and ammeen not satisfi edelman and dominion written statement that not provid insid inform lawyer for samjen contend that painewebb and ammeen withdrew potenti advis burlington chairman frank greenberg had call painewebb execut and threaten legal action painewebb involv effort takeov burlilgnton ultim question not price per share profit permiss standard conduct for takeov american compani burlington lawyer humphrei burlington lawyer contend that burlington largest manufactur denim unit state violat anti trust law acquir dominion canada largest textil maker dominion denim manufactur plant georgia reduc competit denim market lawyer samjen lawyer discount concern market for denim fragment burlington contend and that burlington abil switch light weight and heavi weight denim product demand and price dictat samjen lawyer point lawsuit file burlington canada bid for dominion sure sauc for goos sauc for gander sidnei rosdeitch samjen lawyer reuter
acq	edelman detail burlington bur option sale tender offer asher edelman and dominion textil dtx for burlington idustri inc not affect investor sale option bui burlington stock associ edelman note that tender offer place aid investor prohibit secur and exchang commiss regul exercis option long tender offer open option due expir end june sale option bui burlington share event reuter
acq	cont materi cuo end consider bid continent materi corp director decid not give consider busi combin propos stockhold group that hold pct continent materi stock continent materi offer had receiv continent associ group loui businessmen continent materi group boost stake continent materi group letter last week compani that group had financ board not offici offer continent materi spokeswoman reuter
acq	ameribanc ainv cardin end acquisit ameribanc investor group and cardin save and loan associ jointli announc that propos acquisit cardin ameribanc termin mutual agreement reuter
alum	venezuela get mln dlr credit for aluminum venezuela obtain mln dlr financ for industri project and increas line credit for import financ financ minist manuel azpurua can that achiev recuper credit that cannot overnight azpurua televis interview credit agreement for mln mark will sign thi week german state bank kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau kfw financ expans state aluminum compani venalum credit will divid into two separ agreement for mln mark interest rate pct and anoth for mln mark pct azpurua financ obtain for expans alcasa anoth state aluminum compani and for project state steel and petrochem industri yesterdai venezuela obtain two credit mln dlr each for export financ credit nord franc and britain midland bank venezuelan govern criticis home for fail obtain credit despit insist repai foreign debt term reschedul accord reach last februari azpurua recent visit tokyo hope acquir credit for industri expans clinch agreement japanes offici refus issu venezuelan bond countri regain tripl credit rate reuter
acq	court uphold bank build tender bank build and equip corp america delawar chanceri court deni stockhold request for preliminari injunct offer for bank build stock made compani and employe stock ownership plan and trust bank build joint offer for share bank build stock dlr share offer schedul expir midnight edt june bank build board set juli date compani annual meet record date juli six reuter
acq	harcourt hbj debentur trigger suit holder convert subordin debentur harcourt brace jovanovich inc threaten sue compani not inform invest will affect compani propos recapit plan holder will identifi harcourt urg that convert share common stock june record date for special dividend unabl determin for continu hold debentur rumor that hous will bring litig don answer wall street sourc offici harcourt declin comment cite suit brought british publish robert maxwel acquir harcourt execut boston inc harcourt financi advis not return telephon call seek comment announc recapit harcourt advis holder pct convert subordin debentur due convert into common june record date for compani special dividend harcourt special dividend pai dlr per share cash secur worth dlr holder retain stock recapit firm debentur had convert dlr per share harcourt announc convers price adjust indentur cover secur arbitrageur convers formula yield neg number and need inform compani reuter
alum	venezuela obtain million dlr credit venezuela obtain mln dlr financ for industri project and increas line credit for import financ financ minist manuel azpurua can that achiev recuper credit that cannot overnight azpurua televis interview azpurua credit agreement for mln mark will sign thi week german state bank kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau kfw financ expans state aluminum compani venalum credit will divid into two separ agreement for mln mark interest rate pct and anoth for mln mark pct azpurua financ had obtain for expans alcasa anoth state aluminum compani for project state steel and petrochem industri not provid detail yesterdai meet leader rule accion democratica parti azpurua venezuela had obtain two credit mln dlr each for export financ credit nord franc and midland bank great britain financ minist statement govern sharp critic for fail obtain credit despit insist repai foreign debt term reschedul accord reach last februari azpurua and senior econom offic return trip tokyo last week hope acquir credit for industri expans agreement reach japanes offici refus issu venezuelan debt bond countri regain tripl credit classif reuter
crude	south korea increas duti crude import south korea increas duti crude oil import dlr barrel dlr effect todai energi ministri duti rais fund for special energi project adjust averag crude import price rose dlr barrel april dlr march and dlr april ministri offici separ pct import tax crude oil unchang reuter
acq	equiticorp tasman bid for monier equiticorp tasman etl will offer dlr share cash for issu capit monier mnra subject dlr share bid csr csra altern etl will offer share cent cash for each monier share statement previous report etl move into market for monier share last week take stake pct fridai hold pct maximum allow foreign invest review board firb approv etl classifi foreign zealand base etl cash offer valu monier issu capit mln share mln dlr mln for csr bid base current price etl share dlr altern worth dlr per share etl share for offer aproxim dilut asset back etl march etl offer will minimum accept condit and will subject australian foreign invest and hart scott rodino anti trust clearanc etl chairman allan hawkin statement that sharehold monier long term invest etl and feltex intern associ target build product sector area expans and monier fit thi aim ad monier chairman bill lock separ statement that independ director monier intend recommend accept etl bid absenc higher bid monier will not proce for two bonu issu announc interim result march view propos takeov bid previous report csr offer involv complex put and call option deal monier major sharehold redland plc rdld redland choic accept csr offer for pct stake move pct six month bid close csr offici made clear that redland take second option result two compani run monier joint ventur csr offici had intent rais compani bid for monier etl intervent public last week reuter
money-fx	venezuela tighten foreign exchang restrict venezuela central bank order venezuelan bank and exchang hous ceas foreign exchang oper broker base countri copi central bank telex made reuter measur confirm brokerag firm effect cut foreign particip venezuela volatil currenc market telex issu sign carlo hernandez delfino manag bank depart intern oper telex restrict busi foreign broker line earlier measur prohibit foreign exchang hous sell dollar foreign currenc live venezuela recent week venezuelan govern deni rumour that intend impos foreign exchang control prop weaken bolivar broker central bank move facto currenc control control sens that longer complet freedom oper broker gradual impos restrict and direct complet control broker broker request anonym virtual venezuelan custom had stop busi sinc central bank issu telex and telephon call that restrict impos volum firm transact venezuela mln dlr dai frenet market quit activ broker logic explan for prohibit firm act act intermediari venezuelan broker exchang hous and bank weren bui dollar venezuelan that ridicul rampag foreign broker note that two month ago venezuela central bank quietli announc that bank foreign exchang busi venezuela respect pct reserv requir februari central bank prohibit trade bolivar futur broker us forward market for small currenc miracul bolivar averag dollar continu slip current rang central bank rapidli run foreign reserv support currenc free market reuter
gas	esso rais singapor petrol pump price esso singapor pte rais pump price petrol todai price for lead grade cent litr for octan and cent for octan singapor oil compani announc yesterdai that revis pump price effect todai shell eastern petroleum pte mobil oil singapor pte caltex asia singapor petroleum pte and singapor pte price octan cent shell mobil and caltex price octan cent and spc and cent reuter
interest	tokyo bundesbank schlesing see reason lower interest rate
earn	fujitsu itsu group year end march group shr yen net billion billion current billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion reuter
crude	mee newslett oman offer oil discount oman grant term crude oil custom retroact discount offici price cent per barrel lift made februari march and april weekli newslett middl east econom survei mee mee price adjust arriv negoti omani oil ministri and compani concern design compens for differ market relat price and offici price dlr per barrel adopt opec oman sinc februari reuter
rubber	malaysian rubber output recov winter malaysian rubber product return normal level thi month hard winter season malaysian rubber exchang and licens board latest review packer and remil expect product recov normal level june seller will remain reserv futur review date consum hold wait for time bui market mind approach summer holidai industri countri and air uncertainti juli gave figur for output drop reuter
gnp	central bank head philippin growth target philippin quarter growth figur releas yesterdai govern like achiev target central bank governor jose fernandez interview nation econom develop author neda announc yesterdai gross domest product gdp grew pct and gross nation product gnp pct quarter year earlier don horizon that cut growth short fernandez neda gnp had grown pct and gdp pct fourth quarter year earlier last year gnp growth put earlier pct revis pct not shortag extern resourc and gnp growth continu thi level assum that domest resourc fiscal side gener and not stumbl block fernandez even figur simpli kei indic such consumpt fuel oil and power show that economi track last year fernandez consumpt tend heavier and second quarter dry weather and drop quarter signific sign recoveri lai manufactur sector grew pct declin and slow turnaround second half that not season thing secular govern had met monetari target set for quarter consult intern monetari fund imf expect draw fourth tranch mln sdr stand arrang philippin drawn tranch total mln sdr arrang expir april fernandez imf mission visit juli august review perform januari june period imf repay project total billion dlr period and draw mln dlr repay inevit and countri find net repay imf rise year mean that sinc will net drain oda offici develop assist account commerci bank system will request hold line intern constraint that exist imf debt cannot reschedul fernandez philippin reschedul billion dlr billion dlr foreign commerci debt march fernandez central bank bill introduc march mop excess liquid had peak billion peso april unwind matur date start octob last year had almost complet auction treasuri bill outstand level touch billion peso treasuri bill will remain basic monetari tool comment countri foreign debt fernandez philippin debt stock loom larg receipt export not kind leap forward suitabl foreign debt project central bank reach billion dlr end neda export total billion dlr quarter import billion dlr fernandez govern had target gnp growth six and pct thi year caution that growth high target had not achiev fernandez merit argument economist that peso peg dollar devalu make countri export competit peg dollar basket basi peso substanti devalu countri trade partner propos omnibu invest code oppos claus unrestrict repatri abroad invest made two year imposit code imposit code schedul for last januari delai object busi group central bank thi event past two two and half year prudent thi not time throw caution wind and not that fernandez ideal reach point movement capit and earn can free had year good result continu fairli heavi drain extern avail simpli servic debt reuter
ipi	belgian februari industri output year ago belgian industri product exclud construct and adjust for season and calendar influenc provision pct lower februari year earlier nation statist offic output februari pct higher januari spokeswoman for offic product index base rose provision februari provision januari slightli revis origin estim februari last year index stood reuter
interest	bundesbank set repurchas tender bundesbank set tender for dai secur repurchas agreement offer bank liquid aid minimum bid rate pct central bank spokesman bank make bid gmt todai and fund alloc will credit account tomorrow bank repurchas secur pledg juli reuter
earn	storehous report higher profit week april share basic fulli dilut final dividend make pretax profit mln stg mln turnov mln stg mln profit retail oper mln stg mln tax mln stg mln profit tax mln stg mln extraordinari item debit mln stg debit mln note full name storehous plc sthl reuter
earn	norcro profit advanc year march shr final dividend make pretax profit mln stg mln turnov mln stg mln group oper profit mln stg mln share associ profit mln stg mln invest incom mln stg mln interest payabl mln stg mln tax mln stg mln leav mln minor debit mln stg debit mln extraordinari item credit mln stg debit mln oper profit breakdown class busi build materi manufactur mln stg mln distribut mln stg mln specialist print and pack mln stg mln intern mln stg mln head offic and properti mln stg mln discontinu sold busi stg mln oper profit geograph breakdown britain mln stg mln africa mln stg mln australasia mln stg stg north america mln stg mln note full name norcro plc ncro reuter
gnp	german gnp figur public delai figur for quarter west german gnp will publish june provision schedul for june offici feder statist offic offici had delai gather inform for data expect show that west german economi contract period spokesman for econom ministri bonn polit motiv publish figur june dai venic econom summit end polit motiv pure technic matter ad west german govern expect come pressur venic and european partner stimul domest demand reduc intern trade imbal and contribut world econom growth govern offici rule tax reduct packag supplement major program stimulatori fiscal measur underwai helmut schlesing vice presid west german central bank bundesbank tokyo todai that gnp widest measur countri econom activ fell real term season adjust pct quarter compar fourth period govern confirm that growth neg quarter year year growth expect two pct schlesing todai repeat bundesbank reluct cut offici interest rate kei discount rate pct histor low west german offici like emphasis venic summit that domest demand draw good abroad outstrip export perform suffer pct rise mark dollar two year govern point that depress export main reason for current weak economi that year stronger domest demand will compens for thi setback expect gnp growth for two pct pct rise reuter
acq	stad rotterdam take stake swiss own insur dutch insur stad rotterdam anno asrn juli will pct share europeesch verzek maatschappij fulli own unit swiss insur union rueckversicherung gesellschaft stad rotterdam chairman luca van leeuwen told reuter rais stake major interest two compani found suffici compat van leeuwen that due partli fact europeesch made loss and pct stake obtain below share intrins gave precis sum europeesch specialis travel and recreat insur had premium incom mln guilder stad rotterdam premium incom billion guilder make largest dutch insur europeesch made loss mln guilder narrow mln guilder van leeuwen compani for independ recoveri and expect reduc loss reuter
acq	duffour igon back aga takeov bid french industri ga group duffour igon decid back takeov bid swedish industri gase group aga aga end lengthi battl rival bidder franc spain and west germani duffour igon chairman jean igon board agre late last night back aga bid and advis sharehold accept swedish group latest offer franc per share told reuter main bidder union carbid corp french subsidiari union carbid franc and west germani lind ling aga top rival bid for gase distribut group rais offer franc franc thi accept spain carburo metalico sold aga six pct duffour igon stock and refus remain pct stock hold won french midi pyrene develop author agre sell aga pct stake duffour igon aga offer sharehold can accept cash bid exchang share duffour igon for bond nomin franc pct coupon issu aga franc bond issu guarante parent aga takeov battl for toulous base compani control pct french industri ga distribut market began april offer franc per share union carbid franc aga offer put price mln franc compani close june and result will announc juli duffour igon share quot yesterdai franc buyer seri suspens takeov tussl trade franc januari suspens reuter
money-fx	poehl set for year bundesbank for currenc dealer karl otto poehl scourg specul for banker man plai kei role shape world financi destini for last year and for german guardian mark presid power and independ west german central bank bundesbank poehl like contract renew for anoth year expir end thi year govern offici index econom spotlight page ecra offici announc made rais eyebrow west germani busi commun ebulli poehl spent year bonn top ministeri post social democrat opposit move bundesbank specul that chancellor helmut kohl replac poehl man closer christian democrat offici note that poehl work close and successfulli financ minist gerhard stoltenberg sinc kohl govern offic poehl senior central banker apart paul volcker unit state enjoi strong intern reput newcom year build circumst kohl will overlook poehl past advis social democrat chancellor willi brandt and top aid helmut schmidt financ minist banker schmidt chancellor appoint poehl present job recent month mark strong rise dollar poehl made exchang rate central concern bundesbank council highli conserv institut doggedli pursu monetari polici prevent inflat catch hold older german can rememb two bout gallop inflat thi centuri consum price fall for and inflat neglig thi year poehl think safe relax monetari rein and concentr danger german economi bloat exchang rate opinion that effort stabilis dollar mark rate reach high prioriti for bundesbank massiv revalu mark endang economi west germani told busi journalist frankfurt recent ut geipel head research citibank that poehl reappoint guarante flexibl monetari polici poehl polici polici not focu rigidli domest factor extern economi economist german bank declin identifi poehl confirm post will for pragmat not rigidli orient monei suppli poehl great struggl recent persuad unit state stop talk dollar for poehl signific februari louvr accord that unit state agre join effort stabilis currenc louvr accord greet sceptic currenc dealer put test fact dollar rel stabl sinc pact thi market perhap don central bank can poehl intervent currenc market can quickli turn rate round make specul posit worthless poehl born and work financi journalist start ministeri career relax sun tan figur enjoi crack joke glass beer stereotyp central banker keen sportsman like watch footbal and plai golf poehl currenc market intervent cannot substitut for correct econom polici exchang rate imbalanc you can achiev enorm effect small amount you strike moment bundesbank dealer profession and skill burnt finger peopl and unlik specul poehl note bundesbank dealer make profit reuter
bop	finland current account deficit qtr finland current account balanc payment show deficit billion markka quarter deficit billion period last year bank finland statement reuter
earn	rue rais annual profit pct year end march fin div make shr pretax profit mln stg mln net mln mln turnov mln mln net interest payabl mln mln profit share relat compani mln mln note rue plc dlar propos offer ordinari sharehold opportun receiv dividend form share altern cash reuter
sugar	china rais sugar import china will not increas sugar import substanti thi year foreign exchang constraint and larg stock despit fall product and rise domest demand trader and offici press despit rapid increas domest product last year imbal suppli and demand continu extrem farmer daili plant fell due remov crop incent farmer earn crop and technic and seed improv had not wide dissemin offici press had estim sugar crop novemb march mln tonn mln year earlier and domest consumpt six mln tonn year yunnan sugar harvest record tonn provinci daili gave year earlier figur output guangxi mln tonn china new agenc give year earlier figur nanfang daili product guangdong provinc fell estim mln tonn mln and that area sugar drop suppli cane guangdong inadequ newspap process cost rise and econom situat mill not good guarante suppli cane major problem western diplomat sugar output fell fujian south china fourth major produc drop area plant rural sector guangdong and fujian wel develop enabl farmer choos crop maximum return mean that had avoid sugar farmer daili peasant ortheast provinc heilongjiang gross yuan hectar soybean and yuan corn sugarbeet paper profit margin mill china fell pct last year pct mill lack capit modernis and compet each for raw materialsx ad thi result fall utilis rate big mode nise mill price sugar had not chang year offici press custom figur show china import mln tonn sugar calendar mln diplomat stock end august mln tonn year earlier foreign trader china accumul larg stock provinci author allow import sugar author thi practic stop central govern resum control import china lack storag import store qinghai mongolia and inland area diplomat trader transport stock area consum east and south china problem coal had prioriti quickli can move sugar factor determin import level anoth factor qualiti harvest cuba china major supplier barter trade china bought two distress cargo last week for dlr tonn ad china not desper buyer cuban harvest bad will into open market japanes trader peke major concern import price foreign trade situat improv thi year foreign exchang restraint persist diplomat domest demand rise pct year communist govern posit regul demand capitalist foreign exchang situat demand reuter
ship	kuwait reject iranian spy boat charg kuwait target iranian anger emir back for iraq gulf war todai reject charg that fish vessel seiz recent iran spy boat base truth content iranian accus natur oper vessel recent into custodi iran vessel fish foreign ministri statement iranian charg affair mohammad baqeri summon ministri yesterdai confer foreign undersecretari suleiman maje shaheen iranian new agenc irna sundai iran had seiz kuwaiti speed boat and detain crew confess spy for iraq cover fish boat intercept khur abdullah waterwai separ kuwait and iraq faw peninsula head gulf captur iran last year kuwaiti respons iranian envoi tour gulf arab state respons for secur and stabil waterwai region matter senat team schedul todai meet kuwait crown princ and prime minist sheikh saad abdulla sabah and defenc and oil minist todai foreign ministri statement carri kuwait new agenc kuna recent detent kuwaiti fish vessel iran not tehran past had held back number vessel kuwait had sought releas diplomat contact kuwait perplex that thi time iranian charg accompani accus that vessel undertak espionag activ shaheen condemn detent and accus and ask tehran free fish boat and sailor held iran statement reuter
crude	saudi arabia will not agre mad oil price rise saudi arabia oil minist hisham nazer riyadh not agre cut oil price and not accept mad increas that drive consum told riyadh newspap saudi arabia follow balanc petroleum polici not approv decreas price current level and not accept mad increas that drive consum and make and find altern sourc for energi opec agre last decemb cut product world price hit low agre price system aim stabilis market dlr barrel opec schedul meet vienna june will review current oil price and product polici saudi arabia king fahd last month that want oil price remain stabl for two year saudi arabia architect current price and product pact back kuwait and uae current pact set product ceil for half mln bpd and implement fix price base dlr barrel averag reuter
money-fx	taiwan curb inflow foreign exchang taiwan central bank announc that todai oversea foreign exchang borrow local and foreign bank frozen level reach end central bank statement ad that measur effect end juli banker measur design curb inflow foreign exchang and slow growth monei suppli ad that move spark record singl dai plung local stock market limit abil lend foreign exchang import and export foreign exchang borrow local and foreign bank reach almost billion dlr end april offici statist last week central bank that todai reduc purchas forward dollar bank pct pct contract move need distort foreign exchang market export nervou appreci taiwan dollar heavili sell forward dollar interbank market avoid exchang rate loss offici figur show that forward dollar sale reach record almost six billion dlr billion april taiwan foreign exchang earn convert into local dollar boost monei suppli time boom export monei suppli rose season adjust pct year end april rais fear higher inflat march central bank clamp tight restrict remitt foreign exchang compani and individu taiwan move curb inflow specul monei economist and banker estim that rise local dollar attract ten billion dlr specul monei into taiwan sinc earli last year flow hong kong japan and sinc septemb taiwan dollar risen pct dollar banker govern effort stabilis foreign exchang market prelud lift curb capit outflow central bank control will drop end juli earli august foreign exchang dealer todai announc caus jitter market foreign and local bank make heavi purchas dollar central bank sold mln dlr taiwan stock market plung record point close reuter
reserves	reserv rise underli billion dlr billion april offici
reserves	reserv show record underli rise britain gold and currenc reserv rose record underli billion dlr april billion dlr increas treasuri underli trend level recent bank england intervent currenc market curb sterl strength market expect had for rise billion and billion dlr treasuri declin comment figur actual reserv rose billion dlr compar april billion increas total billion dlr compar billion end april borrow exchang cover scheme mln dlr april mln repay scheme mln dlr mln previous capit repay mln mln last month repay govern debt amount mln dlr underli reserv increas net borrow and repay larger previou record billion dlr rise octob increas repres seventh monthli rise reserv billion dlr that period and billion sinc start reuter
interest	nakason sumita agre discount rate cut not central bank sourc
interest	nakason sumita agre rate cut not prime minist yasuhiro nakason todai agre bank japan governor satoshi sumita that cut discount rate not present central bank sourc told reuter two discuss subject routin meet sumita told nakason not feel rate cut and nakason express understand sourc currenc dealer specul that japan and west germani come pressur week venic summit cut interest rate boost economi nakason not sumita due attend summit reuter
trade	japan concern trade threat minist japan disappoint recent threat trade retali european commun trade situat two improv japanes trade and industri minist hajim tamura deepli concern that move harsher line japan despit thi tangibl improv speech prepar for deliveri open centr design improv understand two side last week foreign minist nation agre impos tariff rang unspecifi japanes electr good tokyo open market export tamura refer pct rise japanes import manufactur good year end march feel thi strong step road balanc expans not deni exist trade deficit japan and rectifi not reduc trade import restrict export restraint expand trade tamura reuter
acq	glynw bui gallah unit for mln stg glynw intern plc glyn had bought issu share two compani belong gallah subsidiari american brand inc amb deal worth mln stg full name compani purchas gallah formatura iniezion polimeri spa genoa and fip weybridg consider for purchas will base net asset valu per share compani finalis mln stg total repres debt assum glynw fip manufactur valv and pressur pipe fit thermoplast product complementari glynw subsidiari durapip and philmac acquisit appreci develop and strengthen glynw strateg posit thermoplast pipework system market sale gallah reflect decis dispos peripher busi proce sale will us continu expans gallah group glynw share announc gallah not quot london stock exchang reuter
money-fx	kuwaiti dinar rate firm aid window open interest rate kuwaiti dinar deposit held firm scatter trade despit central bank decis reviv limit fund line dealer central bank last tuesdai shut daili aid window lent fund year reopen facil for month monei pct offer month fund pct swap facil dealer todai central bank action combin sale dollar bank help eas recent credit squeez engin monetari author stem rush for currenc aris attract interest rate and gulf tension dealer dealer note market unsettl overnight fund bid pct outset busi trade pct eas liquid drag offer pct close tomorrow for bui sell quot start pct end spot open bid dealer quot week earli month rate level trade dealer quot month pct and six month year fund six pct report offshor offer overnight tomorrow and year pct close central bank fix dinar exchang rate steadi dollar yesterdai spot dinar reuter
acq	boe start argosystem argi bid boe start dlr per share tender offer for share argosystem inc that announc yesterdai morn newspap advertis compani offer withdraw right and prorat deadlin expir june extend offer not condit receipt minimum number share boe pct argosystem share tender will bui share pct tender plan bui pct offer boe pct argosystem share tender purchas share tender exercis option hold give pct argosystem boe bui share tender argosystem grant boe option bui share pct interest dlr each and sharehold grant boe option purchas share price pct outstand take compani option into consider merger tender price that approv argosystem board follow offer reuter
acq	dumez unit westburn uwi share dumez invest inc accept and pai for share unit westburn industri respons dlr per share tender offer and extend offer june dumez pct own dumez dump and pct unicorp canada corp unia share repres pct not control westburn intern dumez previous acquir tender reuter
acq	itali agip petroli bui stake compani state oil firm agip petroli spa acquir pct stake steuart petroleum independ oil product compani financi term not disclos agip petroli subsidiari state energi concern ent nazionali idrocarburi statement that remain pct firm own steuart invest hold compani that oper sector transport hotel and insur italian firm steuart petroleum oper primarili east coast reuter
acq	carolco crc bid for lieberman lman lieberman enterpris inc carolco pictur inc negoti for acquisit pct lieberman share held famili chairman david lieberman and presid harold okinow dlr each and deal conclud public sharehold offer price for share lieberman carolco bid public sharehold cash sharehold offer secur altern offer occur dai close sale initi pct stake compani compani final agreement not reach transact negoti expect conclud earli june present manag expect continu oper lieberman compani lieberman distribut prerecord music video movi and product reuter
crude	saudi arabia oppos drastic chang oil price saudi arabia oil minist hisham nazer riyadh not agre cut oil price and not accept mad increas that drive consum told riyadh newspap saudi arabia follow balanc petroleum polici not approv decreas price current level and not accept mad increas that drive consum and make and find altern sourc for energi opec agre last decemb cut product world price hit low agre price system aim stabil market dlr barrel opec schedul meet vienna june will review current oil price and product polici saudi arabia king fahd last month that want oil price remain stabl for two year saudi arabia architect current price and product pact back kuwait and uae current pact set product ceil for half mln bpd and implement fix price base dlr barrel averag reuter
earn	hanson trust show sharpli higher half year profit six month end march share dilut interim dividend pre tax profit mln stg mln net profit mln mln sale billion billion oper profit mln mln interest and incom central expens credit mln debit six mln compani full name hanson trust plc hnsn oper profit sector consum good mln stg mln build product mln mln industri mln food mln nil sector consum good mln stg mln build product mln mln food mln two mln busi own and sold nil mln reuter
earn	harnischfeg industri inc hph qtr net april end oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln order mln mln half oper shr ct ct oper net mln sale mln mln order mln mln backlog mln mln note prior year net exclud loss discontinu oper mln dlr quarter and mln dlr half net exclud tax credit dlr credit revers dlr quarter credit dlr nil half result includ syscom corp decemb purchas and beloit corp march purchas order exclud mln dlr acquir syscon acquisit backlog januari mln dlr averag share mln mln quarter and mln mln half incom tax provis dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr half current quarter tax rate pct benefit wisconsin depart revenu decis compani reuter
earn	seal inc sinc qtr april net shr profit ct loss six ct net profit loss sale half shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit sale mln avg shr reuter
acq	eni unit agip petroli bui stake compani subsidiari state energi concern ent nazionali idrocarburi entn eni acquir pct stake steuart petroleum independ oil product compani financi term not disclos agip petroli spa statement that remain pct firm own steuart invest hold compani interest transport hotel and insur italian firm steuart petroleum oper primarili east coast reuter
earn	del webb invest properti inc dwpa qtr shr ct ct net rev reuter
acq	basix corp ba sell unit cubic cub basix corp agre principl sell stock automat toll system inc subsidiari cubic corp for mln dlr compani retain automat toll asset worth mln dlr dispos time compani complet transact subject approv board and basix bank and expir hart scott rodino wait period reuter
earn	oncor inc oncr qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale reuter
acq	resdel rsdl san bar sbar merger deal resdel industri inc agre acquir san bar corp share for share exchang san bar distribut shgare break free corp subsidiari san bar sharehold share for share basi compani merger san bar barri hallamor and lloyd hallamor san bar director corpor develop dlr and dlr respectvi agreement enter into octob reuter
ship	colombo defend water india readi flotilla sri lanka todai order arm forc defend island territori water india prepar send flotilla relief suppli that colombo not want for tamil jaffna peninsula sudden crisi sri lanka and giant neighbour deepen prime minist ranasingh premadasa told parliament territori limit and can allow trespass presid juniu jayewarden order armi navi and air forc protect island and territori water premadasa round applaus hous delhi indian spokesman plan send flotilla small unarm boat red cross suppli jaffna tomorrow ahead despit colombo object confront latest result long and bitter conflict sri lanka buddhist sinhales major and hindu tamil minor strong ethnic and cultur link india mln tamil reuter
money-fx	lawson louvr currenc accord satisfactori louvr agreement group financ minist and central banker stabilis currenc work and fundament strengthen econom summit venic june chancellor exchequ nigel lawson preview summit expect not produc major econom initi lawson told report work remain improv condit for last world econom growth side measur boost growth that scope for reduct interest rate germani ad stress that had had indic that such move like made mention japanes interest rate lawson embark gradual reduct fiscal deficit two year februari louvr accord had produc satisfactori exchang rate stabil part heavi coordin intervent group central bank and content sterl exchang rate point record billion stg rise currenc reserv announc todai plai full part ourselv interven greater extent had hitherto lawson risk that louvr agreement falter member state not implement macro econom commit underli accord difficult maintain exchang rate stabil countri not implement commit pari thi respect budget deficit import note billion yen econom packag announc japanes prime minist yasuhiro nakason last week lawson need japan increas merchandis import suppli side measur critic specif rang consum and agricultur good extrem restrict regim wholli unjustifi lawson doubt that tokyo partner indulg japan bash summit econom stimul packag and announc nakason plan increas japanes develop aid year japan flexibl stanc tokyo stock exchang membership deflect critic thought west germani come pressur summit adopt similar stimul measur jack falter econom growth thi respect lawson hope bonn bring forward januari part agre packag tax cut schedul for call bonn push ahead privatis german nation industri debt lawson expect point british plan allevi burden poorest sub saharan countri make progress venic plan involv concession reschedul sovereign debt pari club propos imf and world bank meet washington earlier thi year lawson seek consolid polit back for plan venic summit and hope programm finalis autumn meet imf and world bank welcom recent move citicorp and chase manhattan increas sharpli world debt provis blow for realism second market respons shown that bank fear thi sort move felt citicorp bank follow bank england recommend strengthen balanc sheet and make provis extent lawson ad bank determin size provis dismantl farm subsidi discuss summit consensu push reuter
acq	centel cnt complet sale centel corp complet sale water properti serv custom southwestern kansa commun central kansa util columbia term not disclos reuter
acq	csr proceed offer for monier csr csra intend proce plan bid for build materi group monier mnra despit counter bid equiticorp tasman etl csr execut director gene herbert told reuter etl todai offer dlr each for monier issu capit mln share share altern thi compar dlr cash element csr propos bid propos offer etl control zealand entrepreneur allan hawkin built pct stake monier mln dlr share raid recent dai herbert britain redland plc rdld hold pct monier support csr bid and had told csr not seller redland want maintain and build oper australia and monier built strong presenc notabl roof tile manufactur csr offer contain put and call option agreement redland thi enabl redland accept csr bid six month close lift stake pct period and run monier joint ventur csr csr that redland will second option etl declin interven monier describ long term invest etl bring synergi monier unlik csr leader build materi herbert fit monier csr that will concentr develop core busi sugar and build materi move into energi year ago ask thought etl bid sought achiev herbert puzzl hawkin strategi monier main target herbert csr had plan rais bid and higher price difficult justifi fundament monier trade dlr csr launch origin bid time earn late april share close dlr todai cent yesterdai etl withdrew reach top foreign sharehold level permit foreign invest review board firb approv bid subject firb approv herbert that institut like accept share altern cash judg respect valu etl and csr share etl group becom involv acquisit monier thi year redland held discuss takeov csr bid emerg negoti founder price share analyst that for thi reason not etl intervent flush full redland bid monier ultim fate rest hand redland drive seat tim cohen ord minnett ad that redland happier csr partner run monier etl monier independ director recommend etl bid reuter
earn	comp card intern inc cucd qtr period end april shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net includ gain dlr ct share tax loss carryforward reuter
acq	montros hold acquir virginia feder virginia feder save and loan associ sign definit agreement acquir montros hold affili montros capit corp for mln dlr virginia feder and montros capit agreement for convers virginia feder mutual stock associ and purchas pct stock for mln dlr montros compani virginia feder mln dlr asset and oper branch virginia virginia feder proce enabl provid increas mortgag and lend servic and enabl compani compet effect virginia market compani agreement subject feder home loan bank board approv expect thi year addition compani convert associ manag board director consist six current virginia feder director and two repres montros hold senior manag virginia feder expect continu offic convers compani reuter
cpi	brazil sarnei renew call for war inflat presid jose sarnei todai declar war quarter inflat and govern watch cent public expenditur sarnei address cabinet live televis reiter that intend remain power for year long run polit debat long mandat brazil suffer worst inflat histori april monthli inflat reach pct reuter
gnp	pakistan good econom growth continu pakistan economi continu recent outstand perform financi year end june area balanc payment invest and energi caus concern gdp grew line averag growth rate sinc and inflat rate lowest sinc govern econom survei reform econom regul had gather momentum and impress perform point govern program for rural uplift educ and poverti allevi survei ministri econom advis qazi alimullah told new confer that recent unseason rain and hailstorm damag wheat crop gdp growth calcul pct compar pct figur slide pct survei monetari expans estim pct date rise pct year end alimullah export rose pct billion dlr billion dlr time home remitt pakistani abroad drop billion dlr level billion export and improv balanc payment situat will requir overcom thi declin trend home remitt survei trade deficit expect fall billion dlr billion dlr boost export nation invest continu small poor rate save pct gdp save requir maintain possibl step present growth rate and financ countri seventh year develop plan launch juli reuter
interest	bank franc leav intervent rate unchang pct offici
cocoa	icco bui tonn cocoa for buffer stock intern cocoa organ icco buffer stock manag bought tonn cocoa todai for buffer stock trader cocoa believ made second hand materi ad such purchas bring cumul buffer stock purchas tonn reuter
acq	acm precis acl buyout bid drop acm precis product inc manag group withdrawn six dlr per share leverag buyout offer acm manag group drop bid due continu weak machin tool industri and acm precis oper result and inabl manag group obtain modif term financ commit effect factor led manag group conclud that six dlr per share price excess current condit reuter
earn	pep boi manni moe and jack inc pby qtr two net shr ct ct net sale mln mln note share adjust for for stock split payabl juli holder record juli reuter
acq	elder happi leav carl share outstand elder ixl elxa happi leav prefer share brewer carl keef outstand undisclos bidder made offer acquir carl outstand prefer stock elder own pct carl outstand common share previous propos redeem carl seri prefer share canadian dlr each and redeem seri prefer dlr share seri and prefer share carri vote dividend paid elder carl ident bidder for carl prefer share bidder offer acquir carl prefer for dlr for each seri and dlr for each seri share elder leav carl prefer share outstand will not affect ongo plan compani seri prefer sharehold had previous reject carl propos redeem share and seri prefer sharehold meet adjourn june reuter
carcass	chicken not main salmonella offici repres poultri industri statist show that chicken frequent salmonella poison beef dairi product salad and mix food kenneth presid holli farm poultri industri and director nation broiler council told hous agricultur subcommitte incid salmonella chicken not increas recent year and that chicken major sourc bacteri poison increas outbreak diseas center for diseas control figur show that and chicken involv pct salmonellosi outbreak beef account for ten pct outbreak and dairi product six pct remain outbreak caus salad and mix food turkei seafood pork egg and food chicken industri favor move bird bird inspect procedur risk assess system identifi microbi and bacteri contamin poultri ellen haa execut director public voic for food and health polici bird bird inspect retain and label attach each readi cook chicken remind consum prepar procedur avoid ill haa call for review present chicken industri inspect method that can worsen poultri hazard reuter
acq	jone and vine jnsv start bid for share jone and vine inc start tender offer for share dlr per share compani will hold special meet juli for vote approv merger tender price price paid tender and merger reduc fee and expens court award counsel for plaintiff class action suit brought delawar chanceri court ronda inc plaintfiff counsel seek fee ct per share jone and vine compani court schedul hear propos settlement suit for juli compani start tender offer and call special meet condit settlement and complet tender and merger condit final approv settlement reuter
acq	healthsouth hsrc make acquisit healthsouth rehabilit corp acquir pine island sport medicin center fort lauderdal fla and will incorpor facil into healthsouth rehabilit center fort lauderdal construct and oper mid summer term not disclos reuter
acq	banc make indiana acquisit banc corp complet acquisit nation bank bloomington ind asset mln dlr reuter
acq	orion broadcast obgi bui ford unit orion broadcast group inc major own orion financi servic corp subsidiari agre purchas realti servic inc ford motor for dlr cash and note close expect dai receipt regulatori approv loan collect account data process and administr servic real estat industri reuter
earn	phh group inc phh qtr april net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note prior year restat reflect result current year acquisit reuter
money-fx	lawson call intervent proof stabil goal scale foreign exchang intervent bank england carri recent clear proof britain determin stabilis exchang rate agre group industrialis countri pari februari chancellor exchequ nigel lawson content sterl current lawson told report want maintain exchang rate stabil sign for declin favour rise fall present sterl level currenc reserv todai show record billion stg rise point massiv currenc intervent april reserv rose hefti billion stg point reserv data lawson plai full part ourselv meet commit exchang rate stabil agre pari stabil continu ad ask techniqu preserv stabil lawson central bank intervent and interest rate us tackl market pressur time time interest rate stabil not object that sens rate move and time ad lawson expect intervent sterilis drain excess sterl liquid market issu govern secur and foreign currenc sale market allow thi limit inflationari impact intervent sterilis will dictat market tactic not necessarili month intervent occur lawson confid that can sterilis thi scale reuter
earn	gulf and western inc qtr april net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln six mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
trade	turkish trade deficit widen april turkei trade deficit widen mln dlr april mln march and mln april state statist institut deficit for quarter widen billion dlr billion year earlier april export total mln dlr compar import billion export month worth billion dlr compar import billion reuter
earn	unit financi bank ufbc qtr net shr ct ct net note full name unit financi bank co inc net includ loan loss provis nil dlr reuter
earn	brown group inc qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
crude	energi secretari see higher oil price energi secretari donald hodel expect oil price rise significantli year dlr barrel current dollar anticip signific increas thirti dlr barrel not unreason hodel told senat energi committe hodel loss domest oil product shutdown stripper barrel dai well low price perman concern declin domest oil explor hodel urg congress approv oil explor section arctic nation wildlif refug alaska geolog condtion area favor for discoveri oil field equal nearbi prudho bai reuter
earn	northwest teleproduct nwtl qtr net shr ct ct net sale year shr ct ct net sale mln reuter
acq	judg decid burlington bur dai district court judg eugen gordon will decid dai whether grant burlington industri inc request stop takeov samjen acquisit corp not come thi preliminari injunct gordon listen argument attornei for dai long time sinc delug inform present and issu opinion thi side cannot winner burlington request injunct stop takeov effort samjen claim partnership us illeg obtain confidenti inform compani make offer alleg anti trust violat samjen form asher edelman and dominion textil inc canada succe samjen last week top dlr per share offer for burlington morgan stanlei group dlr per share morgan stanlei made billion dlr bid samjen bid dlr per share for burlington burlington lawyer told court injunct not grant samjen win control burlington samjen lawyer argu that judg grant injunct kill offer jai greenfield attornei for samjen partnership suffer irrepar harm injunct grant burlington cannot that amount monei can compens greenfield samjen sell hold burlington for mln dlr don want that not thi for monei irv nathan burlington lawyer reiter that inform provid jame ammeen burlington execut crucial dominion decis attempt takeov burlington dominion reli inform provid insid jim ammeen nathan attornei for ammeen name defend ask court dismiss lawsuit client judg not rule request todai reuter
acq	allegi aeg sell canadian hotel allegi corp creat limit partnership sell select hotel canada public offer expect rais excess mln canadian dlr and will complet end septemb limit partnership will similar westin hotel limit partnership complet last year allegi sold westin hotel san francisco and chicago allegi report pretax gain mln dlr result that partnership allegi spokesman offer plan stage for long time and unrel recent corpor develop such firm recapit plan and threaten takeov investor group lead coniston partner and pilot unit airlin unit spokesman compani not identifi canadian hotel will offer for sale allegi pct ownership westin hotel vancouv calgari ottawa and toronto and pct interest hilton intern hotel toronto and montreal own pct westin edmonton richard ferri chairman allegi statement hotel limit partnership compani convert unrecogn asset appreci into cash proce earlier limit partnership monei will us for gener corpor spokesman merril lynch capit market and wood gundi will lead underwrit for public offer limit partnership will offer allegi reuter
acq	raycomm transworld racm make acquisit raycomm transworld industri inc agre principl subject board approv acquir spiridelli consult group inc privat held comput servic consult firm for number common share determin base pretax earn spiridelli year period compani will gaurante that almost issu share will attain price level rang dlr each for two year issuanc spiridelli had revenu dlr calendar reuter
acq	mmm acquir control data cda unit minnesota mine and manufactur acquir computer hospit inform system busi control data corp term not disclos busi employe and suppli comput and softwar for hospit inform system will integr into hospit softwar busi control data divestitur part strategi focu narrow market reuter
crude	lukman see stabl oil price for coupl year current crude oil price and dlr barrel will remain stabl coupl year rise two dlr barrel per annum inflat opec presid rilwanu lukman lukman speak talk swedish trade offici stabl price depend output restraint opec and opec oil produc swedish govern offici lukman nigerian oil minist made remark whilst talk connect world debt and industrialis nation crude oil output control not necessarili mean higher energi bill for world industri nation lukman low oil price such begin year benefici for industri countri that depend import energi lead wastag and overdepend fuel long term thi turn bring swing back extrem high price ad sweden heavili depend import oil suffer major crisi mid oil price spiral reuter
alum	alcan reduc cost plan smelter alcan aluminium cut expect cost plan laterrier quebec smelter enhanc grand baie reduct technolog compani decis us prebak anod technolgi us grand baie quebec and sebre smelter primarili for cost reason result estim total cost plan smelter will held mln dlr low end rang estim mid cost phase cut mln dlr project mln dlr reuter
gnp	german expert econom stimulu west german govern independ council econom expert believ stimul economi inappropri govern spokesman friedhelm ost statement releas ost meet chancellor helmut kohl and senior govern offici council expert believ ecomom growth two pct achiev ad council believ intensif expansionari stimul monetari and financi polici not call for ost statement expert believ pressur west germani adapt extern econom factor not increas govern regularli term chang extern econom factor refer fall dollar sever damag west german export bonn offici expect export pick year fall below level lead industri countri west germani agre packag measur meet pari februari aim stem fall dollar stanc expert back offici posit west german govern ahead week nation summit venic bonn expect press and partner boost economi west german govern offici stress bonn not posit stimul growth sinc tax cut due year and stretch budget bundesbank rule quick cut offici interest rate see market rate continu low expert predict for econom growth thi year and two pct slight downward revis forecast made last novemb two pct growth forecast independ forecast revis predict light downturn export govern expect growth two pct compar pct expans reuter
earn	royal bank canada qtr april net shr basic ct dlr shr dilut ct ct net six mth shr basic dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net loan billion billion deposit billion billion asset billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
carcass	usda offici urg chicken handl label agricultur depart offici urg depart requir that packag chicken label handl and cook instruct protect public diseas carol tucker foreman presid foreman and heidepriem and assist secretari agricultur for food and consum servic told hous agricultur subcommitte hour dai american becom victim chicken contamin salmonella two and half week american di salmonellosi complic aris and incid poison poultri increas steadili past year foreman usda follow nation academi scienc recommend label chicken packag remind consum prepar procedur avoid ill urg usda requir that bird wash defeath and that defeath machin clean time dai that bird condemn intestin punctur visibl fecal contamin and that chiller water chang kenneth blaylock presid american feder govern employe poultri industri recommend move current bird bird inspect prove disastr strengthen bird bird inspect slower line speed foundat inspect techniqu overlaid reuter
acq	centuri ccc bui puerto rican centuri commun corp had enter into agreement acquir asset commun cabl vision puerto rico associ and associ compani for mln dlr centuri anticip that media partner jointli own centuri compani call cabl televis greater san juan will join acquisit and manag commun cabl centuri commun cabl locat san juan puerto rico reuter
trade	weigh lift japanes trade curb white hous complet review japanes semiconductor trade practic not decid whether trade sanction levi japan last april lift offici presid econom polici council look japan adher japanes semiconductor pact yesterdai and that announc made shortli hint announc offici pct tariff mln dlr japanes export modifi japan found honor portion semiconductor pact note that white hous tariff lift meet world major econom power venic june offici ad that curb complic japanes econom cooper serv blunt congression critic that reagan administrt not take tough action reduc trade deficit reagan impos sanction april retali for japan failur honor commit end dump semiconductor world market product cost and open market good sanction levi japanes televis set person comput and hand held power tool reagan impos curb lift evid pattern that japan adher pact reuter
interest	hous speaker wright concern interest rate rise greenspan
crude	energi secretari see higher oil price energi secretari donald hodel expect oil price rise significantli year dlr barrel current dollar anticip signific increas thirti dlr barrel not unreason hodel told senat energi committe hodel loss domest oil product shutdown stripper barrel dai well low price perman concern declin domest oil explor hodel urg congress approv oil explor section arctic nation wildlif refug alaska geolog condtion area favor for discoveri oil field equal nearbi prudho bai area potenti recover oil resourc billion barrel amount equal prudho bai oil field almost domest product hodel product section begin time prudho bai product begin declin endang carib wildlif area reuter
reserves	danish reserv rise billion crown denmark net offici reserv rose billion crown billion april billion central bank monthli balanc sheet report total net reserv includ reserv held commerci and major save bank and correct for exchang rate adjust rose billion crown billion april billion bank statement that public loan transact account for net capit import billion crown net regist privat capit import billion thi net sale danish crown bond countri total billion crown balanc purchas and sale foreign secur statement ad central bank that figur for privat bank reserv and regist capit movement provision and estim unregist movement not thi basi draw conclus develop extern current account statement ad reuter
acq	stewart stew sell plant sara lee sle stewart sandwich inc sold coffe roast plant sara lee corp superior coffe and food subsidiari for undisclos term compani superior will becom exclus packer squir label coffe product market stewart and stewart will provid equip servic and distribut suppoort for superior coffe account reuter
earn	aep industri inc aepi qtr april shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr half shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr note current year net period includ nonrecur gain dlr reuter
acq	ncnb ncb merg centrabank ncnb corp board governor feder reserv system approv applic merg centrabank inc baltimor expect complet juli compani board approv includ dismiss protest baltimor base maryland allianc for respons invest ncnb perform commun reinvest act compani maryland allianc want merger block ground that ncnb inadequ serv credit and financi low incom and minor commun market compani deni claim reuter
acq	spectra physic spy mull sale restructur spectra physic inc possibl recapit restructur seek buyer for compani reject unsol dlr share bid ciba geigi corp file secur and exchang commiss san jose calif ga laser and accessori compani board sundai agre plan that top execut bonus rang pct base salari stai compani august reject takeov propos subsidiari swiss base ciba geigi compani unfair spectra physic board vote unanim two ciba geigi repres not particip reject swiss base chemic and pharmaceut compani takeov bid cite opinion financi advsior morgan stanlei and inc that inadequ and unfair financi point view holder share compani board author special committe and morgan stanlei vigor investig pursu and author altern maxim sharehold invest compani compani altern special committe will sale compani parti for dlr share recapit restructur includ tender offer and asset disposit us dividend spectra physic retent plan for top offic will pai averag bonu percentag pct salari spectra physic board approv plan order encourag kei oper personnel remain compani period turmoil and uncertainti engend ciba geigi offer plan execut entitl cash bonus stai compani august receiv earlier fire for reason gross and will misconduct leav compani salari sharpli cut spectra physic file suit ciba geigi yesterdai district court wilmington del charg make takeov bid that fals and mislead violat secur law and violat intent juli standstil agreement spectra physic ciba geigi time standstil agreement that not make unsolicit takeov propos for compani and that intent agreement that ciba geigi not acquir pct compani anoth takeov threat ciba geigi pct spectra physic and relianc group hold rel control york investor saul steinberg control pct spectra physic agreement prevent ciba geigi rais stake pct jan anoth person pct vote power reuter
acq	atlant richfield arc unit bui technolog atlant richfield acquir exclus worldwid right methyl methacryl technolog texa eastern corp halcon group affili for undisclos term compani technolog will introduc cleaner and effici make methyl methacryl liquid monom us make resin for acryl sheet coat mold part and product and plastic impact modifi arco review option for commerci technolog reuter
trade	shultz welcom tokyo econom packag secretari state georg shultz billion yen econom packag announc tokyo last week had expect not lift select econom sanction impos japanes import april tokyo chang sale polici comput microchip speak televis new confer link european capit shultz hearten that japanes had confront problem stimul domest and global demand even greater amount stimulu origin thought shultz speak washington lot noth talk prime minist yasuhiro nakason involv major reduct tax rate and that get tax burden stimul economi ad ask japanes report link into new confer whether posit reaction meant decid week venic summit lift sanction japanes electron good shultz repli sanction undertaken basi agreement that had reach unit state and japan sale practic and price relat chip market will lift fact chang japan agreement that made becom evid offici had monitor situat for month and that imposs determin trend month data impos pct import duti person comput colour televis and power tool alleg that japan had violat last septemb bilater agreement sell comput chip below fair market shultz west germani and nation stimul demand ask whether alli action stimul world economi bold american initi reduc size feder budget deficit shultz move underwai tackl problem end current fiscal year deficit reduc billion dlr last year and that budget work thi year major reduct reuter
acq	champion home chb sell two properti champion home builder inc sold commerc meadow site manufactur hous rental commun commerc township michigan for pre tax gain dlr and heron cai site adult commun vero beach florida for nomin pre tax gain compani sale proce will partli us reduc debt shift focu develop commun requir signific equiti and lengthi project life cycl compani local landown and investor will acquir acr tract northtown meadow toledo ohio area for develop into home site and acr commerci land term transact and parti involv not disclos reuter
veg-oil	acp state oil tax plan break accord develop countri european commun breach two intern agreement ahead plan for oil and fat tax ambassador african caribbean and pacif acp state told press confer tax hit export acp countri fail follow consult procedur laid lome convent regul relat acp state and bloc for move affect trade two side breach undertak not bring protectionist measur current punta del est round world trade negoti held gatt gener agreement tariff and trade auspic commiss propos tax european currenc unit ecu tonn import and produc veget and marin fat for human consumpt rais two billion ecu year farm minist approv such tax split issu and expect decid marathon meet farm price begin luxembourg june jamaican ambassador lesli wilson acp countri convinc thi lead industri substitut product made bloc for oil and fat import acp estim thi result fall mln ecu member countri export can willingli measur undermin countri such impact measur wilson and malaysia export hit propos tax and retaliatori action approv wilson acp such step last resort ad that acp touch countri oppos plan wilson chair new confer made clear jamaica not hit tax not export oil and fat worst hit countri ivori coast seneg nigeria and papua guinea acp reuter
earn	burlington coat factori bcf qtr net quarter end shr ct ct net sale mln mln six mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln note full name burlington coat factori warehous corp reuter
earn	cml group inc cmli qtr net qtr end shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	ball corp bll complet acquisit verac ball corp complet acquisit privat held verac inc term not disclos compani san diego base defens system and softwar develop compani had sale mln dlr and will oper part ball technic product group reuter
earn	nodawai vallei nvco qtr net qtr end april shr ct ct net rev reuter
ship	for bigger alli forc gulf plai secretari state georg shultz todai that boost alli forc mideast gulf not vital protect ship attack that alli contribut examin ask for greater militari presenc alli gulf shultz told report not necessarili adequ forc need deter attack and note that british and french unit state maintain naval conting thing that reuter
earn	gamma biolog inc gama qtr march shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss sale year shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale mln mln reuter
gold	skylin skx expect begin mine juli skylin explor expect construct can begin month gold mine johnni mountain camp locat mile north vancouv compani contract for ton per dai mill and compani receiv cooper provinci and feder agenc stage report approv princip requir actual construct can begin skylin optimist approv princip will receiv late june time expect confirm threshold tonnag and grade target construct can begin juli skylin explor drift vien east johnni mountain advanc feet vein continu averag feet thick alter miner hang wall period face sampl averag grade ounc per ton or rang low ounc per ton high ounc per ton reuter
earn	london hous inc lond year april net shr ct ct net rev avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	group pct distribut logic dlog investor group led technolog growth fund aspen colo invest firm acquir share distribut logic corp pct total and influenc compani file secur and exchang commiss group includ individu investor and profit foundat bought stake for dlr invest anaheim calif compani investig possibl seek influenc composit manag compani and increas stake reuter
crude	major pipelin close dai oper major crude oil pipelin shutdown flood damag dai repair made and system function dan steven manag public and govern affair texaco inc oper pipelin subsidiari texaco pipelin compani hope repair will begin dai and expect dai complet thi point line job steven ad that time for repair will depend damag pipelin difficult assess flood red river pipelin ship roughli barrel crude oil per dai pct capac dai preced shutdown saturdai steven pipelin shut cush okla witchita fall kan saturdai due undetermin leak red river cross oklahoma texa border sever rain spokesman for texaco steven reason suggest pipelin oper full capac reopen order make for shortful caution will talk custom determin requir oil analyst and trader not shutdown will continu rais oil price mondai texaco confirm that pipelin had close west texa intermedi crude spot market and york mercantil exchang energi futur complex rose ct barrel steven reason suggest pipelin oper full capac reopen order make for shortful caution will talk custom determin requir oil analyst and trader not shutdown will continu rais oil price mondai texaco confirm that pipelin had close west texa intermedi crude spot market and york mercantil exchang energi futur complex rose ct barrel reuter
acq	neti technolog netfc sell subsidiari neti technolog inc sold for mln dlr cash note and assumpt liabil huron leas inc subsidiari group investor head huron execut compani transact will yield two mln dlr cash huron sell leas and servic comput hardwar transact subject approv montreal and vancouv stock exchang and arrang financ june reuter
acq	pacificorp ppw bui bui comput firm pacificorp acquir thoma nationwid comput corp for mln dlr cash and mln dlr defer consider depend futur perform compani thoma nationwid leas and market and us intern busi machin corp equip pacificorp thoma nationwid will combin system leas corp unit maclean reuter
pet-chem	fmc corp fmc peroxid ventur fmc corp enter into equal own joint ventur indo thai synthet call thai peroxid build hydrogen peroxid plant initi capac metric tonn pct peroxid north bangkok compani plant expect starft oper fourth quarter ventur receiv grant and incent govern thailand reuter
acq	invest firm up franc fund frn stake vbi corp british west indi invest firm told secur and exchang commiss rais stake franc fund inc share pct total share pct vbi bought franc fund common share april and june price rang dlr share reuter
acq	lynch lgl plan offer for becor bcw stock lynch corp will offer dlr share cash dlr subordin debentur and share compani for each becor western inc share outstand lynch propos offer substanti improv offer dlr share cash and dlr senior sink fund debentur made bcw acquisit inc form becor manag lynch chairman mario gabelli head group own pct becor mln outstand share lynch bid dlr present offer gabelli previous file secur and exchang commiss felt becor manag buyout unfar lynch offic invit becor sharehold make offer sale becor aerospac subsidiari februari manag group led presid william winter announc plan for mln dlr leverag buyout plan becor for mln dlr sharehold vote buyout offer schedul for june reuter
pet-chem	goodrich canada studi plant quebec govern join goodrich canada inc studi feasabl build vinyl chlorid monom plant montreal plant suppli manufactur pvc construct and materi eastern canada and northeastern govern offici thei plant cost mln canadian dlr product begin econom condit quebec govern project proce provid futur demand for petromont inc petrochem product petromont jointli own union carbid canada ucc and quebec govern sgf industri develop group montreal plant provid ethylen raw materi for project quebec interprovinci pipe line ipipf adapt pipelin sarnia ont montreal carri natur ga liquid decis that will made feder nation energi board pipelin provid petromont feedstock cost move rail reuter
cocoa	icco buffer stock manag bui tonn cocoa wednesdai june offici
cocoa	icco buffer bui tonn cocoa june buffer stock manag intern cocoa organ icco will tender for tonn cocoa bean wednesdai june icco statement condit remain unchang previou announc condit that offer regist compani pound sterl for cocoa bean for standard differenti set icco buffer stock rule and can for cocoa afloat decemb shipment and spot decemb arriv deliveri basi posit will afloat juli shipment june arriv deliveri for posit carri cost will into account deadlin for receipt offer manag hr london time gmt case offer eman secondhand market and hour case offer eman origin competit offer will assess take into account standard differenti cost take cocoa into store pound sterl cif land and pound sterl cif ship weight store and cost carri pound sterl per month icco offer will consid each offer parti ad reuter
acq	group lift stake scandinavia fund scf foreign invest group told secur and exchang commiss rais stake scandinavia fund inc share pct total outstand share pct group includ ingemar rydin industritillbehor swedish firm vbi corp british west indi invest firm and norwegian investor erik vik bought scandinavia common share sinc april price rang dlr share reuter
copper	mueller brass lower product price mueller brass that effect shipment todai adjust price brass mill product free cut brass rod and relat alloi and copper water tube and relat product reflect contain copper valu cent pound two cent reuter
fuel	fuel storag tank franc burst into flame two peopl miss and six injur tank contain thousand cubic metr fuel burst into flame todai shell storag unit lyon rescu worker blaze broke explos local time gmt shell subsidiari royal dutch shell group firemen fought flame gasolin storag unit edouard herriot riversid port complex and appear blaze control night fell entir southern section lyon cordon fire destroi giant tank and threaten shell spokesman that compani estim six and thousand cubic metr domest fuel oil gasolin and addit had burn total capac burn tank cubic metr had empti explos start todai fire ad reuter
acq	pai pak pnp receiv amend propos pai pak store inc receiv revis two previous disclos propos bui compani pai pak that propos leverag buyout firm had amend increas dividend rate cumul prefer stock receiv pnp sharehold pct pct previoiusli announc propos call for transact pnp sharehold receiv combin dlr cash and dlr liquid cumul prefer stock for each common share propos receiv paul bilzerian pnp sharehold receiv blend basi dlr cash and dlr liquid cumul redeem prefer stock for each common share compani bilzerian propos dividend rate prefer stock set that joint opinion financi advisor bilzerian and financi advisor pai pak prefer stock trade liquid fulli distribut basi compani reuter
ship	protect american ship militari forc mideast gulf order protect american flag vessel and occasion arm deliveri ship belliger state area pentagon todai state support polici protect ship water pentagon spokesman bob sim reagan administr drew plan increas protect militari presenc gulf sim deni publish report that defens secretari caspar weinberg sought air cover protect neutral ship western gulf attack iran and iraq repeatedli american flag vessel protect except limit case case basi ship carri foreign militari sale equip friendli belliger state region sim warship gulf two week ago protect kuwaiti ship sail bahrain arm for bahrain and kuwait sim washington had receiv assur that arm not us kuwait turn oil tanker firm fly american flag and protect warship not consid belliger despit iranian charg that kuwait support iraq gulf war kuwaiti tanker come repeat iranian attack sim refus unit state will beef ship middl east task forc gulf protect kuaiti tanker pentagon offici that addit ship and air cover consider reuter
acq	viacom feder court reject request block plan merger
crude	asamera asm complet refineri sale asamera inc wholli own asamera oil inc conclud mln dlr sale denver refineri total petroleum north america addit total purchas crude oil and refin product inventori market asamera reuter
acq	court declin block viacom merger viacom intern inc district court for southern district york deni motion carsei werner for temporari injunct block propos merger viacom subsidiari nation amus inc carsei werner produc cosbi show reuter
acq	aegon aegn bui life investor share aegon hold corp unit aegon netherland and life investor inc linv purchas share life investor common stock for dlr per share cash purchas part agreement two compani made novemb that each april and compani offer bui sixth number life investor common stock outstand dec not own aegon dec offer bui and remain share reuter
acq	wesbanco wsbc acquir bank sissonvil wesbanco inc board execut merger agreement bank sissonvil merger complet each share bank sissonvil common stock outstand will convert into share wesbanco common stock compani bank sissonvil total asset mln dlr dec compani reuter
earn	municip financi corp mfc six mth net period end april shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	commonwealth mortgag ccmc qtr net qtr end april shr ct ct net dlr dlr avg shr mth shr dlr ct net dlr dlr avg shr note full name compani commonwealth mortgag inc reuter
earn	aaron rent inc aron year net year end march shr ct dlr net rev mln mln reuter
acq	hollling hlg pai mln dlr for bui holling inc will pai mln dlr cash for previous report acquisit privat own unimedia inc chairman conrad black told report annual meet confirm publish report comment press report mln dlr price tag black that not wildli inaccur declin disclos actual cost montreal base unimedia quebec largest newspap group french languag daili newspap quebec citi ottawa and chicoutimi quebec and print plant ontario and quebec black ad that holling continu seek acquisit daili newspap circul reader holling talk such newspap compani own daili end that told report ad that remain acquisit opportun that holling pct own daili telegraph plc london becom profit thi year fourth quarter for full year daili telegraph break even black cite major reduct labor cost and improv technolog telegraph britain largest circul qualiti daili telegraph lost mln canadian dlr last year daili telegraph chief execut andrew knight told report meet that telegraph daili circul had risen sinc septemb weekdai despit ad competit independ daili newspap knight independ not affect telegraph growth make inroad into circul london qualiti daili such time and guardian holling chairman black predict holling post net incom mln dlr dlr share includ extraordinari gain previou sale discontinu oper holling lost mln dlr dlr share last year fewer averag share and extraordinari loss mln dlr black told sharehold that quarter oper earn continu oper amount dlr year ago loss dlr revenu continu oper rose mln dlr mln dlr last year not includ daili telegraph revenu ad consolid quarter figur not disclos daili telegraph quarter oper loss sharpli reduc last year reuter
nat-gas	texa eastern tex unit file for rate algonquin ga transmiss unit texa eastern corp file for feder energi regulatori commiss approv rate schedul file for propos servic agreement for interrupt and firm transport servic algonquin file custom move spot ga suppli price competit market reuter
iron-steel	usx unit rais price grade usx corp uss divis rais price for hot roll bar and semi finish product seri grade dlr per ton effect juli compani increas reflect current market condit compani not percentag increas reflect current price per ton product sell for reuter
trade	reagan seek romania trade concess presid reagan call for continu nondiscriminatori treatment for romanian export unit state face congression opposit bucharest govern record human right white hous statement reagan decis press for continu call favor nation mfn statu for romania had exception difficult and option consid statement that despit concern human right abus bucharest govern presid had decid that continu help stimul emigr romania and gave unit state influenc human right practic statement issu reagan congress request for year extens mfn for romania hungari and china hous repres attach trade bill legisl that temporarili deni mfn for romania pend certif reagan that countri had made progress human right controversi continu mfn for hungari and china reuter
earn	timberlin industri inc timb qtr net oper shr ct two ct oper net sale mln note current qtr figur exclud loss discontinu oper dlr two ct per share loss dlr ct per share reuter
ship	last minut opposit gulf bill aris hous speaker jim wright predict passag legisl requir reagan administr provid congress report mideast gulf polici last minut revolt allianc liber and conserv left bill fate doubt legisl written wake iraqi missil attack frigat stark gulf kill american and presid reagan decis protect kuwaiti oil tanker put flag effect make american ship sinc administr made reflag plan congression leader complain had not consult and charg polici lead unit state into year war iran and iraq hous vote todai bill support democrat and republican congression leadership and administr demand report dai plan meet secur forc gulf resolut expect pass controversi todai hous foreign affair committe full hous bill surpris move liber democrat and conserv republican committe join unusu allianc oppos resolut liber democrat lack restrict bill impli consent reagan polici reuter
carcass	ccc accept bonu poultri iraq usda commod credit corpor ccc accept bid for export bonu cover sale tonn frozen poultri iraq agricultur depart poultri for shipment june septemb and bonu dlr per tone bonu award made conagra poultri and will paid form commod inventori ccc stock purchas complet export enhanc initi for frozen poultri iraq announc decemb reuter
carcass	ccc accept bonu poultri egypt usda commod credit corpor ccc accept bid for two bonu offer cover sale tonn frozen poultri egypt agricultur depart poultri for shipment novemb august and bonu dlr per tonn for frozen fryer leg bonus made gress food inc tonn and serva intern tonn subsidi will paid export form commod ccc stock addit tonn frozen poultri remain egypt export enhanc program initi announc dec and feb depart reuter
copper	phelp dodg see stronger copper price phelp dodg corp offici good fundament copper market lead improv price for metal interview reuter chairman robert durham continu strong demand and low inventori push price pct york commod exchang last month custom thi countri live tailgat truck refer tight suppli and strong demand fundament good ask metal price will continu rise durham fundament cannot copper suppli lower for almost year last year copper demand second highest record phelp dodg nation largest copper compani annual product expect reach ton thi year interview execut vice presid dougla yearlei believ matter time copper price rose aren that project come and demand short major recess will continu grow modestli copper for juli deliveri rose two ct pound cent comex trade todai cent pound rise copper price yield mln dlr annual earn for phelp dodg compani demand surprisingli good construct and area yearlei product thi year bingham utah mine own kennecott corp unit british petroleum plc standard oil mine guinea and phelp dodg expand morenc ariz mine will offset product shortfal mexico and zambia durham product cost mexico locat chino mine will line convent copper product compani mine fourth quarter compani total product cost includ depreci interest and corpor expens below ct pound late reuter
lumber	ccc credit guarante haiti amend commod credit corpor ccc amend export credit guarante program line haiti add mln dlr guarante for sale wood product agricultur depart action increas export credit guarante for wood product haiti mln dlr and total export credit guarante author haiti for current fiscal year for commod mln dlr depart sale regist and export complet sept note reuter
earn	texa american energi corp tae qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	intermetco int six mth april net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
instal-debt	fed releas april consum credit june feder reserv board releas april consum instal credit figur fridai fix time set for releas consum credit fell season adjust mln dlr march rise billion dlr februari reuter
acq	professor lift banc texa btx prefer stake univers massachusett financ professor rais stake banc texa group inc share dlr cumul prefer stock pct total share pct file secur and exchang commiss ben shirlei branch bought share class cumul convert prefer stock pct total for dlr bring total invest prefer seri dlr branch bought stock invest reserv influenc compani reuter
trade	invest crucial textil recoveri privat invest not protect textil industri becom competit modern foreign produc analyst two congression agenc todai offic technolog assess nonpartisan arm congress told hous wai and mean trade subcommitte hear concern for futur part textil and apparel industri reason for optim year ago textil produc make signific invest ota analyst henri kelli congression budget offic cbo nonpartisan budget analysi arm congress feder loan loan guarante prefer option for congress increas trade protect lead foreign retali cbo analyst edward gramlich past trade protect impos had small benefit for profit and invest domest firm trade subcommitte chairman rep sam gibbon agenc analys agre opinion congression approv protectionist textil quota legisl aim western europ japan and asian textil produc countri presid reagan last year veto textil protect bill reintroduc thi session congress and expect vote hous thi year approv thi year doubt passag major trade bill specif protect for textil show weaken support for legisl produc fallen foreign produc us modern textil and apparel product equip and net import grow faster domest market kelli ad that privat invest textil and cloth industri pct seventh averag manufactur invest pct despit exist import quota and tariff import textil grew pct and import apparel grew pct product rose pct tradit industri destin replac technolog import combin industri not compet domest market that enjoi twenti year ago result research that portion domest market can recov and that export can expand kelli reuter
earn	ion inc six month march net shr two ct net rev note compani public march reuter
earn	atla yellowknif six mth loss period end march shr loss nil profit net loss profit rev note full name atla yellowknif resourc reuter
earn	woodward wdsa qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	commonwealth mortgag inc ccmc qtr qtr end april shr ct ct net year shr dlr ct net asset mln mln reuter
acq	stockhold won pursu continent cuo bid continent associ group sharehold hold pct continent materi corp stock will not pursu tender offer for share sharehold told that continent materi director had interest sell compani late yesterdai continent materi board decid not give consider busi combin propos group loui businessmen reuter
reserves	treasuri publish reserv asset monthli treasuri depart releas data reserv asset monthli basi quarterli reserv asset held gold special draw right internatin monetari fund foreign currenc and reserv posit imf asset total billion dlr end april compar billion dlr end march treasuri reuter
coffee	mexico plan leav ico mexico intent leav intern coffe organ ico event brazil withdraw group mexican coffe institut imc imc statement ico import instrument for ensur produc obtain adequ price mexico produc mln kilo bag coffe per year brazil meet coffe produc rio janeiro weekend that leav ico export quota reduc organ reuter
earn	minntech corp mntx qtr mar net opr shr nil ct opr net rev avg shr year opr shr ct ct opr net rev mln avg shr note earn for year exclud gain due tax loss carryforward dlr ct share and dlr ct reuter
ship	hous pass gulf bill despit opposit hous repres approv bill that requir reagan administr provid congress report gulf polici not place restrict action bill pass win two third vote despit last minut revolt allianc liber democrat and conserv republican sought defeat signal that grow number legisl oppos presid reagan polici region legisl pass wake iraqi missil attack frigat stark gulf kill american and reagan decis protect kuwaiti oil tanker put flag effect make american ship legisl support congress democrat and republican leadership administr requir defens secretari caspar weinberg provid report congress dai enact plan protect warship and flag ship persian gulf not place restrict administr proce reflag kuwaiti ship and effect polici senat expect approv legisl thi week bill reagan for signatur support bill passag bill step greater congression involv formul polici democrat critic bill not administr address tough polici question report reuter
crude	colombian group suspend bomb pipelin colombian group announc suspens bomb oil pipelin pend govern levi social tax foreign petroleum compani and mln dlr fine occident petroleum corp oxi indic govern meet condit demand leftist nation liber armi eln state oil firm ecopetrol eln carri attack petroleum pipelin and assault recent launch two month ago caus estim total mln dlr damag communiqu eln demand tax dollar per barrel crude oil pump foreign firm condit for maintain suspens assault foreign oil firm pump averag barrel per dai colombia colombian tax author investig occident own firm for alleg tax evas charg proven firm face fine mln dlr eln demand govern charg penalti reuter
acq	invest firm pct midwai mdwy two affili invest firm told secur and exchang commiss acquir share midwai airlin inc pct total outstand common stock firm boston base fmr corp and fidel intern bermuda base invest advisori firm bought stake acquir equiti interest compani pursuit invest object firm increas decreas stake compani plan seek control compani represent board reuter
acq	wick wix complet purchas wick co inc complet purchas dura corp for undisclos amount dura supplier automot equip had annual sale mln dlr reuter
copper	phelp dodg seek diversifi copper phelp dodg corp prepar make anoth larg copper acquisit and deal struck futur chairman robert durham durham told reuter compani examin potenti candid not talk acquisit econom cycl copper phelp dodg largest copper produc last year paid mln dlr for columbian chemic make carbon black us rubber and tire purchas part strateg plan diversifi and match earn copper and copper oper compani spend mln and mln dlr bui anoth copper firm durham cite mln dlr cash and mln dlr untap bank credit reuter
acq	ball corp bll complet acquisit ball corp complet purchas privat held verac inc san diego defens system and softwar develop compani term acquisit not disclos verac had sale mln dlr verac will oper san diego part ball technic product group reuter
strategic-metal	strong demand for peru bismuth jan strong demand market includ recent japan result peru bismuth export show impress increas januari peru state own mine industri market arm minpeco statement releas london offic minpeco peruvian custom figur for bismuth export for month tonn compar tonn period and tonn minpeco breakdown figur show peru export tonn bismuth jan compar recipi peopl republ china holland ussr and area tonn sale west germani franc and western and eastern european countri hidden head holland minpeco sell custom countri stock compani hold rotterdam statement reuter
acq	freedom frdm recogn gain unit sale freedom save and loan associ will record net gain mln dlr sale asset freedom mortgag subsidiari chase home mortgag corp subsidiari chase manhattan corp cmb freedom had complet sale compani mln dlr gain will recnog quarter end june remaind derfer and recogn remain life servic mortgag porfolio reuter
carcass	meat industri launch campaign japan meat industri launch aggress promot campaign japan increas consum awar beef and persuad japanes govern relax current beef import quota beef sale japan mln dlr annual increas two billion dlr and high six billion dlr year japanes quota remov and japanes consum made awar attribut beef offici meat export feder press confer todai partial fund mln dlr award made agricultur depart target export assist tea program year meat promot campaign japan launch meat export feder april promis japanes beef market bright spot for agricultur export philip seng asian director for feder suppli and japan bui high qualiti beef beef and want bui seng point japan beef quota system limit total japanes beef import tonn per year and import tonn major constraint expand beef shipment japan quota implement time heavi japanes foreign beef import current quota agreement expir march and beef quota negoti set underwai thi fall reagan administr call for end quota april japanes offici not liber import pressur offici meat export feder told reuter that not expect complet lift quota that hope for gradual increas quota high beef price japan caus protect market beef consumpt modest level meat industri offici japanes shopper pai averag dlr for tenderloin steak restaur and averag dlr for japanes produc restaur steak meat associ retail level striploin sell for dlr per pound japanes beef sell for dlr per japanes consum eat lb beef per year compar lb for averag american offici total beef consumpt japan tonn per year seng remov quota and decreas beef price consumpt increas mln tonn reuter
earn	comp card intern inc cucd qtr shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln note net includ ct mln dlr tax loss carryforward reuter
earn	merchant mchn report qtr loss merchant nation corp billion dlr asset will report loss mln dlr for second quarter due decis increas provis for loss mln dlr due uncertainti surround latin american debt second quarter last year merchant report net incom mln dlr ct share result increas loan loss provis bank allow for loan loss will increas pct pct bank total loan bank expect report estim net mln dlr for reuter
alum	venezuelan aluminum firm credit venezuelan state aluminum compani venalum negoti total mln dlr credit abroad for plan expans product faciiti financ minist manuel azpurua azpurua spoke report meet repres kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau kfw bank germani tommorrow will sign agreement grant mln mark mln dlr credit venalum agreement will and half year term and fix interest rate pct azpurua venalum negoti credit mln dlr swiss bank corpor mln dlr mitsubishi japan and mln dlr eksportfinan norwai thi prove achiev goal reestablish financi flow countri azpurua credit instal product line venalum state aluminum compani produc primarili for export market reuter
ship	hous pass mideast gulf bill hous todai approv bill requir reagan administr report congress mideast gulf polici not restrict action vote favor despit last minut revolt allianc liber democrat and conserv republican sought defeat signal that grow number legisl oppos presid reagan polici region senat lead republican senat senat appropri committe chairman mark hatfield oregon prevent consider bill will put call hold bill find whether war power act appli protect kuwaiti tanker congression leader complain not consult plan put flag kuwaiti ship and charg polici lead into iran iraq war conserv republican increas militari oblig gulf place imposs burden american servicemen and equip and warn lead war real snake pit and powder keg that will blow sky high worst wisconsin rep tobi roth reuter
money-fx	term strength for currenc futur currenc futur like move higher sharp ralli todai presid reagan announc that paul volcker not accept term feder reserv chairman and that alan greenspan nomin replac currenc analyst contrari predict volcker resign analyst call for higher currenc futur price and june venic econom summit uncertainti greenspan attitud dollar undermin sentiment currenc analyst greenspan todai that dollar appear near bottom market will bear mind remark chicago last week that dollar recent move upward technic reaction and that trade significantli lower analyst disappoint european central banker appoint will us opportun sell dollar lower manufactur hanov futur vice presid carol mackoff intern commun will not thi appoint suggest possibl that budget deficit burden monetari polici and that volcker unabl commit sought reduc deficit ad merril lynch econom analyst david horner that greenspan not name two month ago suggest that not administr choic and that statu appoint bridesmaid horner declin dollar scenario higher currenc futur prior and venic meet mitig concret action oppos jawbon summit financ minist judg recent statement impass analyst japan and west germani todai reiter that plan interest rate cut despit pressur mackoff hand not cut budget deficit japan and west germani urg member forc commit cut budget deficit two year declin dollar forestal horner impact venic will noth noth horner smith barnei harri upham and analyst craig sloan european currenc will like move higher end rang todai sharp advanc for two week sloan call for septemb yen futur advanc area septemb mark close upsid target swiss franc climb rang and reuter
interest	westpac drop zealand indic lend rate westpac bank corp wstp cut indic lend rate pct pct effect june westpac statement lend rate revis westpac move follow base rate drop zealand trade bank recent bank zealand base rate drop pct june and nation bank zealand rate fall pct june australia and zealand bank group anza rate remain pct reuter
wpi	korean wholesal price pct south korea wholesal price index base rose pct pct rise april and pct higher bank korea consum price index base rose pct pct gain april for year year rise pct wholesal price rose pct month consum price rose pct bank offici rise due strong yen made import japanes part raw and intermediari materi expens reuter
gas	ess lower premium petrol pump price esso singapor pte will lower pump price premium octan petrol price cent litr cent effect midnight tonight spokeswoman price similar oil compani price for grade esso price for octan remain unchang cent reuter
interest	citibank lower australian prime rate pct citibank lower australian prime rate pct effect tomorrow rate unmatch bank will lowest australian trade bank prime rang pct australian prime rate retreat recent peak pct octob line declin monei market level citibank reduct reflect declin reuter
strategic-metal	china move stabilis world tungsten price china move stabilis world price tungsten fluctuat price thi year affect countri export earn china daili paper quot industri offici fix export price basi world market stop smuggl and encourag produc reduc export current world price rang dlr per tonn unit china suffer heavi loss price slump dlr earlier thi year pct world tungsten export come china countri import high grade tungsten product reuter
acq	australia ansett pct america west australia ansett airlin will exercis option acquir pct america west airlin inc awal for mln dlr ansett transport industri manag director peter abel exercis involv purchas mln america west share for dlr each schedul finalis juli august statement abel ansett becom largest singl sharehold fastest grow airlin unit state america west base phoenix arizona term option agreement ansett maintain pct posit event futur stock sale not pct request america west abel america west retain refus ansett offer share for sale addit ansett gain board seat ansett transport industri wholli own ansett airlin australia two major domest airlin and turn own abel intern transport group tnt tnta and rupert murdoch new corp ncpa reuter
ship	japan foreign shipbuild order fall foreign shipbuild order receiv japanes yard fell vessel total gross ton ship april ship year earlier japan ship export associ backlog order end ship mln ship mln end april and ship mln year ago associ offici world ship recess and yen appreci dollar depress order reuter
trade	shultz predict rapid narrow trade gap secretari state georg shultz eras larg foreign trade deficit faster predict and consequ for trade partner traumat economi will inevit make adjust move deficit surplu trade balanc order servic grow foreign debt told confer attend six member associ southeast asian nation and lead western friend view thi will happen rapidli observ predict univers strategi aggress export led growth effect shultz not arithmet for countri world net export time deficit decri sens place into export led strategi for growth huge surplus japan and west germani fed thi deficit will give and will possibl traumat experi ad you pressur eschew protectionist polici you act shultz can job convinc congress leav door open import trade partner open door wider told group includ repres australia canada japan zealand and european commun reuter
acq	hong kong dairi farm bid for pct kwik save for mln stg
acq	dairi farm bid mln stg for pct kwik save dairi farm intern hold statement make tender offer for pct kwik save discount group plc kwik britain for total mln stg dairi farm will offer bui mln kwik save share stg each offer will bring dairi farm stake kwik save pct present pct mln share offer will begin mondai and end june requir that share tender will bring stake pct dairi farm will financ acquisit place mln share affili jardin strateg hold jar dlr each for total mln dlr placement will rais jardin strateg stake dairi farm pct current pct kwik save purchas will financ loan hongkong and shanghai bank corp hkbh not give size loan rais net bank borrow maximum billion dlr dairi farm reduc bank borrow proce previous announc sale offic build sydnei for mln dlr will rais addit capit placement convert prefer share euromarket ad compani chairman simon keswick market offer attract opportun for competit price food retail and that strateg invest kwik save offer vehicl pursu opportun reuter
earn	mazda motor corp mazt six month end april parent shr yen div yen net billion billion current billion billion sale billion billion oustand shr mln mln reuter
earn	berisford lift half profit mln stg six month march shr div turnov billion billion interest mln mln pretax profit mln mln tax mln mln minor mln extraordinari item mln credit mln debit note compani name and berisford plc brfd reuter
money-supply	south african april growth revis upward south african year year broadli defin monei suppli growth revis upward pct for april preliminari pct revis pct march reserv bank figur show rose revis billion rand april preliminari billion and march revis billion april last year stood billion rand preliminari figur for show billion rand for year year rise pct billion april rose year year pct billion rand rise pct billion march rose pct billion pct increas billion figur show rose pct billion april rise pct billion march reuter
interest	commonwealth bank cut australian split prime commonwealth bank australia will lower refer rate for loan pct pct and overdraft refer rate pct effect june bank offici bank regard overdraft refer rate base short term rate trend kei prime lend rate corpor custom loan refer rate base longer term trend bank latest cut prime rate recent dai continu declin market rate prime rate rang pct pct reuter
gnp	korea see gnp growth pct thi year south korea gross nation product gnp will exce pct real growth thi year and won will rise long current account surplu continu widen deputi prime minist chun yong told report chung minist econom plan gnp estim base assumpt that economi will remain stabl offici target for gnp growth pct gnp rose pct quarter and provision bank korea figur gnp rose pct calendar month thi year current account swung surplu billion dlr deficit mln dlr period minist not impli major econom polici chang ministri spokesman told reuter urg busi circl prepar for forseeabl econom futur high won era south korean manufactur insist won not rise pct thi year plan govern slow appreci dollar bank korea todai quot won unchang dollar pct gain thi year compar pct increas for won strengthen won dollar dai earlier thi month intern monetari fund team held talk discuss revalu reuter
crude	australian crude output fall month australian crude oil and condens output fell pct megalitr mln barrel month fiscal end june depart resourc and energi declin product month end march reflect sharp dip earli fiscal year low oil price and high margin excis rate led reduct output bass strait depart figur major energi statist public show megalitr barrel reuter
earn	british telecom rais profit pct year end march shr pct rise div make turnov billion pct increas oper profit billion pct increas pretax profit billion pct rise fourth quarter turnov billion pct rise oper profit mln pct increas pretax profit mln pct rise reuter
earn	johnson matthei rais pretax profit pct year march fin div make shr pretax profit mln stg mln net tax mln mln turnov billion billion extraordinari dbt mln mln note full compani name johnson matthei plc reuter
acq	govern sell pct air zealand zealand govern will sell pct state own air zealand public civil aviat minist richard prebbl prebbl statement govern appoint advis decid share sold time sale and price will gaug effect propos share issu enter market opportun prebbl rush sell share air zealand aim maximis benefit taxpay that mean wait for prebbl air zealand expect releas result for year march confid post excel profit prebbl air zealand success abil prosper futur hamper wholli govern own statu prebbl access sourc capit increas abil expand and develop thi sale announc follow public float march pct bank zealand govern will float part capit state own oper includ dfc zealand develop financ corp zealand and petroleum corp zealand reuter
wpi	african produc price inflat rise april south african year year produc price inflat rose pct april pct march central statist offic figur show item index base rose monthli pct april increas pct march and stand year earlier reuter
earn	london intern rais profit mln year march final dividend make share pre tax profit mln stg mln net profit mln mln turnov mln mln note london intern group plc lonl that sharpli increas sale condom had led strong start year and had consider confid for futur reuter
trade	toshiba sharp restrain lap top export toshiba corp tsba and sharp corp shrp decid maintain export lap top person comput european commun last year level despit halt shipment compani spokesmen told reuter voluntari restraint aim avert sanction urg european comput maker european fear japanes person comput flood market washington impos pct tariff last april toshiba and sharp togeth control pct person comput market sharp spokesman toshiba export and lap top comput continu unit month for time sharp export seri lap top person comput continu last year level unit year washington impos tariff japan alleg failur uphold agreement semiconductor trade reuter
interest	belgium cut treasuri certif rate belgian nation bank cut two and month treasuri certif rate point effect immedi cut month rate pct two month rate pct and kei month rate pct central bank telex nation bank spokesman modest cut made declin domest monei market rate yesterdai and not expect cut pct discount rate short term treasuri certif rate and month rate nation bank main monetari polici instrument for last two year discount rate market penalti rate guid rate sinc and advanc us liquid ampl bank economist bank last cut month certif rate june point reuter
crude	indonesia cut juli crude suppli japan indonesia state oil compani pertamina inform affili japanes compani that crude oil suppli will pct contractu volum juli spokesman for affili compani alloc line indonesia product ceil current opec quota increas opec ratifi product rise week alloc indonesia main trade crude mina had cut pct and duri pct last month contractu volum cut pct contractu volum assum product ceil oil trader indonesian grade trade offici sell price osp spot market due strong demand japan and and tight suppli cargo duri load juli reportedli trade yesterdai cent osp dlr per barrel and mina trade cent higher reuter
reserves	french offici reserv billion franc billion april offici
reserves	french offici reserv rise french offici reserv rose mln franc billion franc billion end april financ ministri slight rise partli reflect repay last month franc outstand billion franc debt ow european monetari cooper fund fecom reflect neg mln franc posit franc exchang stabilis fund intervent purchas billion franc foreign currenc hold fell billion franc billion ecu hold fell billion franc billion due repay part franc debt ow fecom and stabilis fund oper ministri claim imf rose billion franc billion includ mln franc increas franc reserv posit imf and mln franc rise hold special draw right gold hold unchang billion franc reuter
acq	french state sell off rais billion franc french govern privatis program began late last year earn french state billion franc date financ ministri sourc close financ minist edouard balladur revenu rais privatis program us prioriti pai public debt stood billion end ministri communiqu that return includ bank group societ general sgen began two week public flotat last mondai govern carri flotat privat sale telephon group cie general construct telephoniqu cgct sinc denationalis scheme began last decemb sell glass maker saint gobain sgep ad govern pledg privatis state own industri bank and insur compani compani sold privat sector futur televis network thi month and bank group cie financier suez fspp autumn ministri forthcom sell meant that govern programm complet month balladur sundai reject press and opposit charg that share price for privatis compani had pitch low that averag premium share trade bours and pct offer price thi compar premium and pct similar share flotat britain reuter
sugar	fiji make sugar payment harvest start fiji sugar farmer will receiv interim payment crop month ahead schedul move aim get harvest drought hit crop governor gener ratu sir penaia ganilau industri sourc latest forecast for crop output tonn record tonn tel quel product decemb crop year previou record set fiji produc tonn for past month fiji sugar farmer delai harvest crop pend respons governor gener demand coup ganilau statement fiji sugar corp make payment dlr per tonn final payment for crop understand that prepar grower for commenc harvest complet mill june crush commenc labasa and penang mill june and lautoka and rarawai mill june interim payment made june full amount grower share sugar proce receiv date balanc will paid octob grower had call for full forecast price dlr per tonn cane paid cash deliveri mill thi reject state control fiji sugar corp ganilau addit schedul deliveri payment dlr addit sum dlr pct forecast price paid decemb cane harvest novemb ganilau thi will month advanc expect date payment second payment cane balanc second payment will made six week end crush anoth demand fiji small farmer that estim mln dlr loan fiji develop bank fdb for cane crop rehabilit programm written fdb reject thi request ganilau bank prepar carefulli request for reschedul loan repay case hardship case case basi respons demand that soldier remov cane grow area ganilau armi restrict presenc cane area had direct author issu permit harvest gang cane grower and sugar industri trade union hold meet prepar for commenc harvest senior repres sugar cane grower had desir commenc crush ad reuter
jobs	adjust unemploy fall record mln pct offici
income	averag earn rose pct year april underli rise pct offici
ipi	april industri output rise pct manufactur pct offici
money-supply	adjust rise provision pct pct bank england
interest	ajust sterl bank lend billion stg billion april offici
jobs	unemploy fall below mln unemploy fell record provision season adjust total mln pct workforc employ depart april season adjust unemploy fell upwardli revis mln pct unadjust jobless total includ school leaver alo fell record mln pct april mln pct eleventh success declin peak last summer pct employ depart unemploy fallen mln for time year fall largest drop sinc record employ minist norman fowler region averag fall long term unemploy past year ad last time adjust total unemploi below mln juli unadjust total last below thi level june reuter
income	earn underli pct april averag earn rose season adjust pct year end april increas pct annual march employ depart april index base set provision season adjust march underli rise pct pct march and back level late last year underli rise adjust for factor such back pai and time variat unit wage cost manufactur industri rose pct year april upward revis rise pct period march depart employ ad month end april such cost pct higher year year compar rise pct month march manufactur product april pct higher year ago downward revis pct increas march last month period manufactur product pct increas pct quarter reuter
interest	citibank lower australian prime rate pct citibank lower australian prime rate pct effect tomorrow rate unmatch bank will lowest australian trade bank prime rang pct australian prime rate retreat recent peak pct octob line declin monei market level citibank reduct reflect declin reuter
trade	senat propos ban toshiba import senat will propos temporari ban import toshiba product due compani illeg sale sensit high technolog good soviet union senat jake garn john heinz and richard selbi hear senat bank committe export control will offer propos part major trade bill brought senat thi summer garn utah republican talk specif retribut compani that endang secur countri and our reuter
sugar	sugar cargo sold china yesterdai trade cargo raw sugar sold china yesterdai london trade supplement countri current nearbi bui programm trader sugar report sold dlr tonn and for juli august shipment arriv septemb trader recent chines purchas total tonn agre heavi volum had amount that figur involv china believ market for sugar trader reuter
earn	jame hardi industri haha march end march shr cent final div cent make net mln dlr mln turnov billion billion incom mln mln shr mln mln note div pai aug reg juli div unfrank and will not tax free dividend imput net tax mln dlr mln depreci mln mln interest mln mln and minor mln mln extraordinari profit mln loss mln reuter
interest	commonwealth bank cut australian split prime commonwealth bank australia will lower refer rate for loan pct pct and overdraft refer rate pct effect june bank offici bank regard overdraft refer rate base short term rate trend kei prime lend rate corpor custom loan refer rate base longer term trend bank latest cut prime rate recent dai continu declin market rate prime rate rang pct pct reuter
veg-oil	dutch parliament back stand oil tax dutch parliamentari parti affirm support for govern opposit propos european commun tax oil and fat parliamentarian broad cross section member parliament voic opposit tax debat lower hous yesterdai basi retali and potenti damag effect world countri state secretari for foreign affair rene van der linden govern tax note deepen financi difficulti difficult tax and extra financ member make choic van der linden deni govern had drop opposit propos tax alter posit reuter
acq	csr declar pioneer sugar bid uncondit csr csra had declar uncondit takeov bid for pioneer sugar mill pioneer recommend that sharehold accept thi meant pioneer sharehold paid for share tender dai csr statement csr statement follow industri equiti inea disclosur yesterdai that had built pct stake pioneer dlr share top csr cash bid csr offer share worth dlr cash for two pioneer share valu pioneer per share hold pct pioneer reuter
acq	sandvik diamant boart finalis drill merger sweden sandvik svik and diamant boart belgium societ general belgiqu belb hold indirect pct stake finalis negoti merg oil and ga drill tool activ offici compani staffan paue presid brussel base joint ventur compani diamant boart stratabit db told new confer that merg firm offer product for type drill oper sign that slow recoveri recess oil and ga industri stabil oil price lead renew invest paue db paue began oper todai bring togeth sandvik wholli own subsidiari strata bit corp houston and diamant boart petroleum activ europ north america middl and east and africa paue merger direct result sharp fall oil price month ago led oil firm cut back explor activ offici complementari charact two firm oper reason reuter
acq	thomson grand public take thorn emi audiovisu divis thomson
acq	thomson take thorn emi audiovisu thomson grand public subsidiari thomson thmp audiovisu consum good divis british group thorn emi thomson grand public chairman pierr garcin cost deal sign late yesterdai mln stg and thomson will financ mln thi equiti thorn emi leader british audiovisu market turnov last year mln stg garcin acquisit substanti increas thomson turnov sector reuter
acq	jwt group jwt sue wpp group plc jwt group inc file suit wpp group plc enjoin compani continu tender offer compani charg that jwt group unit execut john peter breach fiduciari duti disclos confidenti inform compani and client compani suit file york state suprem court seek halt ongo misus and misappropri highli confidenti and proprietari inform jwt and client defend suit wpp group and unit and peter januari director walter thompson jwt group main subsidiari and presid and chief oper offic jwt ask court enjoin defend acquir jwt stock make return confidenti and proprietari inform and disgorg profit gain compani ask court award jwt unspecifi damag reuter
acq	jwt group jwt grant golden parachut jwt group inc disclos file secur and exchang commiss that award call golden parachut top offic compani grant special bonus effect execut fire two year success takeov june grant offici sever payment time annual compens fire takeov for chairman don johnston payment limit twice annual compens jwt approv addit lump sum payment year compens unspecifi number highli paid compani offici compani alter employe retir and stock incent plan assur continu protect and benefit for employe event hostil takeov compani not disclos cost made sever retir stock plan reuter
acq	unilev declin comment gillett bid rumour spokesman for unilev plc declin comment market rumour that bid for health care group gillett gillett share trade counter market london and thi morn stood dollar higher dlr respons bid specul unilev dip gener depress market analyst dismiss rumour stori and comment that utter rubbish ad thought unilev not interest gillett gillett share rose sharpli begin month wall street rumour that sir jame goldsmith build stake compani gillett subject repeat rumour sinc ronald perelman chairman revlon group inc rev made unsuccess bid for compani last year reuter
acq	servic resourc src end sorg srg bid servic resourc corp withdrawn and termin dlr per share takeov offer sorg inc sorg fail respond bid sorg largest singl sharehold will evalu option includ make offer sorg dispos sorg share reuter
acq	halcyon stake research cottrel halcyon invest york firm report pct stake research cottrel inc alan slifka partner halcyon told reuter share purchas for invest purpos declin comment june research cottrel had enter into definit agreement acquir acquisit inc for dlr per share research cottrel close todai unchang previou close reuter
earn	cullinet softwar inc cul qtr earn april end shr loss ct shr profit ct net loss net profit rev mln mln avg shr month shr loss ct shr profit ct net loss mln net profit mln rev mln mln avg shr note and figur restat reflect april acquisit distribut manag system inc account for pool interest result includ quarter recur charg mln dlr tax impact ct per share attribut write remain asset acquri comput pictur corp novemb reuter
acq	allegi aeg meet unit employe group spokesman for group unit airlin employe oppos attempt takeov unit airlin pilot associ met chairman allegi frank olson william palmer group spokesman claim speak for thousand unit employe meet olson posit and friendli futur meet date set april pilot union offer bui unit allegi subsidiari employe stock ownership plan reuter
interest	nat west cut mortgag rate for borrow nation westminst bank plc nwbl announc pct reduct mortgag interest rate applic mortgag june rate pct apr annual percentag rate pct includ fee for normal repay mortgag and pct includ fee for endow and pension mortgag spokesman for nat west posit for exist mortgag activ review light market condit and announc will made reuter
veg-oil	rpt opposit oil tax intact minist minor group european commun countri strong block adopt tax veget and marin oil and fat intact commiss propos propos earlier todai british agricultur minist john macgregor told journalist britain west germani netherland and denmark continu oppos tax commiss propos make temporari and promis compens countri export suffer reuter
acq	harcourt brace hbj call special meet harcourt brace jovanovich inc call special meet for juli for vote increas author common share mln mln increas prefer share mln and provis allow payment prefer dividend stock properti cash compani june will record date for meet harcourt fight takeov bid british print and commun corp plc declar special dividend common stock dlr cash and pct prefer stock market dlr per share special dividend paid juli reuter
earn	penwest inc penw qtr net shr dlr ct net sale mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
coffee	rpt european trade propos ico formula european coffe trader and roaster propos formula for calcul intern coffe organ ico coffe quota end meet thi week trader and offici told reuter trader unwil reveal detail formula give brazil world biggest coffe produc unchang ico quota for two year and basi for renegoti main stick point quota brazil attitud and thi compromis solut european coffe trade feder meet began todai and continu end week reveal gap european posit introduc quota trader that trade side introduct ico quota roaster gener favour singl proviso that had formula basi for alloc quota share produc countri roaster posit gener fairli close and problem govern offici germani and itali cite extrem polar govern attitud countri fenc sourc germani extrem quota introduct italian favour nevertheless expect find common ground end week present common european commun view meet consum member intern coffe agreement ica juli trader hope can present compromis propos and that not consum side produc side will accept offici learn that can live quota that suspend februari last year prefer stabil can bring market long not simpli return and outdat statu quo quota alloc concern ad trader and roaster opinion likelihood success negoti mildli pessimist vari chanc and main difficulti will persuad consum side and brazil produc side agre quota introduct posit harden brazilian coffe institut presid adopt negoti posit predecessor trader produc start swing favour consum posit that quota alloc formula brazil increasingli isol hope compromis ico quota meet septemb offici reuter
acq	data manag fdmc complet merger data manag inc complet merger into firsst data manag hold sharehopld approv each share will exchang for dlr princip amount pct senior subordin debentur due june reuter
earn	frost and sullivan inc frsl qtr qtr end april shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mth shr profit ct profit net profit profit rev reuter
earn	culp inc culp qtr two net shr ct ct net sale mln mln year shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln note prior year net period includ gain dlr adjust lifo reserv compens relat accrual and revis effect tax rate reuter
jobs	time jobless claim rose week applic for unemploy insur benefit rose season adjust week end june prior week labor depart number peopl receiv benefit regular state program total week end latest period for that figur that previou week reuter
crude	opec differenti not pose major problem opec state unhappi price assign crude oil thi not pose great problem group review six month price and output pact vienna week oil analyst nigeria hold opec confer presid and qatar biggest grievanc price differenti make crude uncompetit specul japanes trader that opec want mark price high sulphur heavi crude correspond greater demand and higher fuel oil price expert agre that major overhaul price differenti avoid give market signal dent opec uniti opec member can make good case for chang differenti analyst major oil compani end dai attitud leav alon and noth like alter iran libya and saudi arabia sale problem earlier thi year trader diminish custom resist fix price and case market incent help sale produc can sell uncompetit price crude mean discount process deal sell alongsid price grade packag opec crude price for part year expert opec chang price quarterli monthli match season demand for fuel oil rich heavi crude and gasolin rich lighter grade last meet decemb opec agre reintroduc fix price februari dlr per barrel refer point offici price had effect drop member offer discount attract custom opec decid limit half output mln bpd and propos ceil mln for quarter and mln for fourth analyst expect will extend rais slightli current ceil for come month spot market and netback valu for crude not mirror offici price opec will dlr target and make minim differenti analyst dlr figur base basket six opec and opec crude opec assign price kei export crude dlr gap heaviest and lightest extra heavi crude left industri estim vari proport opec oil export sold offici price expert quarter total fact sell offici price rest includ process barter deal sold form refin product problem structur appear earlier thi year produc output fell due custom reluct pai price nigeria found gasolin rich bonni light crude opec highest price grade dlr barrel uncompetit spot market britain brent februari and march nigeria product shrank below mln bpd opec quota spot price sinc reviv due partli season demand for gasolin and output risen expert feel bonni light overvalu and price cut ct dlr barrel mehdi varzi chief oil analyst london kleinwort grieveson secur doubt nigeria will activ push differenti question vienna not good for opec uniti nigeria hold presid rais issu reuter
earn	gener instrument corp grl qtr shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln backlog mln mln reuter
acq	rooter root rescind unit western pact rooter corp rescind recent agreement call for unit western energi corp bui major rooter stock for dlr share compani demand repay dlr loan made unit western sinc announc agreement rooter discov addit inform relat unit western and unaffili privat held corpor had guarante unit western oblig agreement rooter agreement rescind light thi addit inform provid detail talk progress unit western regard repay term loan reuter
acq	gillett revlon ask board consent dlr per share offer
acq	liberti financi agre acquir equimark for dlr per share
earn	price pclb qtr june net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr ctsd net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note twelv and week period reuter
earn	medchem product inc mdch qtr net qtr end shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev dlr dlr mth shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev dlr dlr reuter
acq	loma and nettleton lnf make acquisit loma and nettleton financi corp agre principl acquir houston discount brokerag firm texa brokerag servic inc for undisclos term subject regulatori approv complet expect juli reuter
crude	shell canada rais crude oil post canadian ct bbl
acq	liberti financi announc merger equimark liberti financi group inc parent liberti save bank sign definit agreement acquir equimark corp eqk parent equibank for dlr share liberti transact structur merger liberti duli form unit equimark compani liberti sharehold will receiv dlr per share uopn merger compani compani acquisit conting approv liberti sharehold and regulatori author liberti acquisit unit liberti save bank equimark corp will result bank oper separ wholli own unit equimark charl cheleden chairman and presid liberti financi and liberti save will continu presid and chief execut offic liberti save headquart horsham compani liberti feel that price dlr cash per share attract and that advis shearson lehman brother that price fair reuter
acq	gillett get offer revlon rev gillett revlon group made unsolicit request ask gillett board revlon make cash offer for gillett share dlr per share gillett consent for bid requir standstil agreement revlon and gillett revlon can make move gillett stock novemb revlon made unsolicit offer for gillett share gillett subsequ revlon withdrew offer sold back gillett share own that time and enter into standstil agreement gillett board director regularli schedul meet thi afternoon and gillett anticip make statement that meet reuter
acq	becor western bcw talk fourth bidder becor western inc talk fourth bidder for compani compani lynch corp lgl renew offer for becor withdrawn last week talk bidder expect conclud shortli becor ad board will evalu exist offer that time meantim compani plan todai adjourn meet stockhold june that meet call act merger agreement call for buyout bcw acquisit inc identifi becor suitor davi mine and manufactur inc fairfield lynch latest propos call lynch pct becor stock and becor holder retain pct pevious lynch held pct becor holder receiv pct and becor manag half lynch propos chang believ becor manag guidanc term financi structur reuter
income	person incom rose pct spend pct
income	person incom rose pct person incom rose pct billion dlr season adjust annual rate billion dlr commerc depart increas revis pct rise april depart previous estim april incom rose pct depart revis march person incom rise pct previous report pct person consumpt expenditur rose pct billion dlr billion dlr rise pct billion dlr april depart depart april and increas person incom restrain lower subsidi payment farmer and initi payment newli establish retir fund for feder govern employe april wage and salari increas billion dlr billion dlr rise april manufactur payrol billion dlr fall billion dlr april farmer incom fell billion dlr decreas billion dlr april due lower farm subsidi payment depart reuter
acq	and berisford stai independ and berisford plc brfd attract takeov bid make effort remain independ deputi chairman henri lewi compani announc interim result specif step strengthen ourselv for thi purpos ad refer manag and corpor strategi concentr busi sector berisford aim produc balanc earn growth combin commod properti financi servic and food industri divis asset mln stg includ debt review and part sold reuter
money-fx	fed seger foreign exchang market show sign stabil
interest	fed seger thrift industri stabl interest rate
money-fx	fed governor seger see currenc stabil feder reserv board governor martha seger sign help stabil foreign exchang market recent week begin calm market seger told report speech leagu save institut healthi you can into period stabil market forc major influenc exchang rate and not for dollar yen mark seger told save and loan execut that concern financi market absorpt exchang rate influenc concern that nervou exchang rate seger fed take into account addit factor determin monetari polici dollar currenc economi seger call latest figur gross nation product modest upward revis reuter
livestock	indonesia turkei elig for cattl eep export will sell head dairi cattl indonesia and head turkei export enhanc program agricultur depart export sale will subsid commod inventori commod credit corpor ccc depart indonesia and turkei purchas and head dairi cattl program detail program and invit for offer export will issu futur reuter
crude	imperi oil rais crude oil post canadian ct bbl light sweet
crude	phillip rais crude oil post price ct bbl effect yesterdai wti dlr
acq	usair dot public counsel back merger usair group inc depart transport offic public counsel urg that expedit hear procedur us propos acquisit piedmont aviat inc pie compani that america west airlin inc awal parti voic opposit acquisit depart transport had ask parti submit statement june support oppos acquisit usair and piedmont request expedit approv for acquisit compani offic public counsel find evid that acquisit substanti lessen competit market reuter
acq	freedom feder frfe seek buyer freedom feder save bank hire salomon brother inc solicit offer for purchas bank part ongo review method enhanc sharehold freedom feder oper retail branch bank and had year end asset mln dlr assur bank will receiv accept offer sold feel thi prudent step thi time bank reuter
acq	arco arc spin mln dlr atlant richfield spin pct interest chemic oper gain mln dlr deal industri analyst estim yesterdai arco stock jump point rumor spin chemic oper base mln outstand share market frenzi valu spin mln dlr analyst atlant richfield awar rumor issu statement mid dai that sale pct unit lead investor profit announc compani stock retreat close todai smaller deal expect and somewhat disappoint analyst georg baker smith barnei rumor spin had for coupl dai baker unit profit wasn get type exposur atlant richfield sought and not reflect compani stock price industri analyst richard pzena sanford bernstein unit had oper earn mln dlr last year and expect earn mln dlr thi year base multipl time earn pzena chemic compani sell for entir unit worth billion dlr put pct interest mln dlr pzena thought compani sell stake chemic margin had peak and specul compani us proce pai debt ad possibl remain deal fall yesterdai arco propos had not present board chemic unit last year had revenu billion dlr reuter
crude	shell canada shc rais crude ct canadian shell canada shc major interest own royal dutch shell group compani rais post light sweet and sour crude oil edmonton swann hill canadian ct barrel effect todai price for light sweet crude oil canadian dlr barrel price for light sweet sour crude canadian dlr barrel royal dtuch shell group own pct shell canada and public sharehold primarili canadian remain pct compani shell canada spokesman reuter
crude	union pacif rais crude oil post ct bbl effect yesterdai wti dlr
crude	imperi oil imo rais crude canadian ct canadian imperi oil pct exxon own rais post for light sweet crude oil edmonton canadian ct barrel effect todai compani post for light sweet crude oil edmonton canadian dlr barrel reuter
earn	tultex corp ttx qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
veg-oil	dutch consum industri veg oil tax threat dutch consum and food processor hit hard propos tax oil and fat dick bruyn chairman commod board for margarin fat and oil mvo annual meet dutch second largest consum margarin and fourth largest consum veget oil fierc contest tax levi consum and steepli increas cost industri such potato process and cake and biscuit manufactur bruyn move industri countri cannot rule ad bruyn tax veget and marin oil and fat wide open fraud difficult polic and huge expens administr propos tax contraven not articl gener agreement tariff and trade gatt lome convent and unit nation food and agricultur organ fao guidelin treati propos tax not inflationari consequ for employ and invest ad reuter
crude	diamond shamrock rais crude oil post price ct bbl effect yesterdai wti dlr
earn	poco petroleum poc qtr net period end april shr not net rev mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
crude	coastal rais crude oil post ct bbl yesterdai wti dlr
crude	southland corp rais crude oil post ct bbl wti dlr bbl
crude	murphi rais crude oil post ct bbl yesterdai wti dlr
crude	permian rais crude oil post ct bbl wti dlr
earn	robert bruce industri bruca qtr loss qtr end march shr loss dlr loss ct net loss dlr loss dlr rev mln mln avg shr note full name compani robert bruce industri inc reuter
earn	evergood product corp evgd year loss oper shr loss ct loss ct oper net loss dlr loss dlr rev mln mln reuter
earn	calstar inc csar year april net shr primari ct dlr shr dilut ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr primari avg shr dilut note latest net includ tax credit dlr dlr reuter
earn	microdyn corp mcdy qtr net oper shr nil profit oper net profit profit rev six mth oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit dlr rev dlr mln note qtr and six mth exclud loss dlr and dlr for loss discontinu oper reuter
earn	major video corp majv year april net shr ct ct net rev mln note latest year includ cent per share loss discontinu oper prev year includ cent per share tax credit reuter
crude	southland slc unit rais crude ct bbl southland corp subsidiari citgo petroleum rais post price for crude oil across board ct barrel effect june citgo post for west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel light louisiana sweet post compani reuter
acq	holling hlg complet unimedia takeov holling inc complet previous report acquisit privat held unimedia inc owner french languag daili newspap and print plant ontario and quebec compani own pct daili telegraph plc name carl keef chief execut pierr de marai chief execut societ media quebec unit acquir unimedia appoint effect juli reuter
earn	edward inc ag qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
crude	murphi oil mur rais crude post murphi oil increas crude oil post price ct barrel effect june compani post for west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel light louisiana sweet crude dollar barrel compani increas follow gener trend industri start yesterdai sun reuter
crude	phillip petroleum rais crude post phillip petroleum rais crude oil post price for west texa intermedi and west texa sour ct barrel effect june compani post price for wti and wt dlr barrel increas reaction sun rais post similarli yesterdai reuter
nat-gas	mobil mob north sea natur ga find mobil corp wildcat block british north sea flow mln cubic feet natur ga per dai depth feet compani pct interest and interest holder includ atlant richfield arc sun sun and deminex pct reuter
crude	petro canada rais crude post ct canadian bbl sweet crude dlr canadian bbl
veg-oil	commiss defend oil and fat tax spokesman for european commun commiss defend controversi plan for levi oil and fat that consum allevi surplu problem pai propos tax norbert tangh head divis commiss director gener for agricultur told antwerp oil and fat contact dai commiss firmli believ that sacrific undergon commun produc oil and fat sector justifi ask consum make contribut solv problem that sector pai levi propos tax level budgetari cost result oliv oil and oilse product becom unaccept tangh recent estim put cost billion european currenc unit and rise anoth billion ecu commun standstil agreement spain and portug end and feel full impact enlarg commiss propos cost and product cut measur includ introduct maximum guarante quantiti system ad commiss system for stabilis consum price oil and fat sector refer price ecu per tonn for refin soi oil introduc tangh consum price rais lower regulatori amount market price below thi level revenu gener charg regulatori amount us financ common agricultur polici oil and fat regim commiss believ that hostil reaction propos tax for part base incomplet insuffici thorough analysi propos tangh propos system conform gener agreement tariff and trade gatt rule not discriminatori appli domest and import product and past experi show not declin consumpt oil and fat produc oilse not benefit present aid arrang competit oil whether produc import remain unchang and quantiti import countri not affect tax tangh propos system not alter nation requir import concern sinc effect stabilis commun product level affect demand propos object maintain current import level import soybean unaffect import primarili satisfi cake and meal requir not cover stabilis system half oil produc import bean export countri tangh ad reuter
crude	union pacif unp rais crude oil price union pacif resourc champlin petroleum rais post price for crude oil ct barrel effect yesterdai price increas bring west texa intermedi benchmark grade dlr barrel post price increas follow similar move oil compani sun rais crude oil post yesterdai afternoon and todai compani last price increas made oil compani reuter
crude	marathon rais crude oil post ct bbl wti dlr
reserves	italian net offici reserv fall itali net offici reserv fell billion lire previous report billion april bank itali gold hold total billion lire end unchang end april convert currenc total billion lire billion april european currenc unit hold billion billion reuter
acq	becor western bcw adjourn holder meet becor western inc reconven sharehold meet adjourn cdt june compani had previous announc plan adjourn meet receipt renew offer lynch corp lgl yesterdai meet origin conven june sharehold approv sale becor western gear corp subsidiari adjourn remain matter present propos acquisit becor bcw acquisit inc offer for compani reuter
iron-steel	steel firm studi usx unit price hike two major steel compani studi price increas announc yesterdai usx corp uss steelmak divis spokesman for armco inc and bethlehem steel corp propos price hike studi yesterdai uss plan rais base price plate product dlr ton pct effect shipment octob spokesman for ltv steel unit ltv corp qltv declin comment ad that compani not make heavi plate and make plate product spokesman for nation steel corp joint ventur nation intergroup inc nii and nippon kokan compani not product line affect reach inland steel industri inc iad spokesman compani studi price move usx increas will plate product includ carbon high strength low alloi strip mill and alloi plate plan dlr ton increas special plate width and thick analyst firm price for steel contribut result nation major steelmak reuter
crude	coastal cgp crude post ct bbl coastal corp cgp rais post crude oil ct barrel across board effect yesterdai june price for west texa intermedi dlr barrel for west texa sour price dlr barrel reuter
crude	nation intergroup nii unit rais crude price permian corp subsidiari nation intergroup rais crude oil post ct barrel effect june compani post price for west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel light louisiana sweet price hike follow increas industrywid reuter
iron-steel	steel firm studi usx unit price hike two major steel compani studi price increas announc yesterdai usx corp uss steelmak divis spokesman for armco inc and bethlehem steel corp propos price hike studi yesterdai uss plan rais base price plate product dlr short ton pct effect shipment octob spokesman for ltv steel unit ltv corp declin comment ad that compani not make heavi plate and make plate product reuter
earn	standard commerci stob qtr net qtr end march shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note full name standard commerci tobacco latest qtr and year includ tax loss carryforward dlr and dlr and loss dlr for discontinu oper prev qtr and year includ tax loss carryforward dlr and dlr reuter
crude	petro canada crude ct canadian bbl petro canada state own oil compani rais post price sweet and sour crude oil ct canadian per barrel effect todai compani chang bring price light sweet crude dlr canadian per barrel and price light sour crude dlr canadian barrel crude oil edmonton swann hill reuter
crude	court rule rtz oil field cost high court dismiss appeal rio tinto zinc corp plc rtzl rtz oil and ga unit and rule that financi provis compani make for futur cost abandon oil field not tax deduct press associ report compani appeal decis tax commission that such provis capit expenditur not revenu expenditur and not deduct court told that sinc compani had made annual provis stg for eventu cost abandon rig rtz spokesman rule not worri subsidiari had assum that provis not deduct corpor tax payabl bonu compani had won budget had assumpt that not oil analyst that rtz assumpt liabil share industri rule appear mean that tax relief expens process abandon rig appli expens occur not provis for futur expens built into account analyst ad reuter
acq	southmark acquir berg ventur southmark corp acquir berg ventur inc manag apart complex unit and shop center stretch jersei florida that control affili berg harmon associ term not disclos southmark acquisit make nation largest apart manag firm unit wing southmark becom manag partner berg harmon associ berg harmon limit partner made capit invest mln dlr properti manag southmark reuter
earn	klm net profit declin year amsterdam june year end march net profit mln guilder mln profit per guilder nomin ordinari share guilder unchang mln share oper revenu billion guilder billion profit sale fix asset mln guilder mln dividend pct guilder per ordinari share and pct for prioriti and preferenti share cost includ depreci billion guilder billion financi charg mln mln profit particip mln mln extraordinari gain mln nil note compani not requir pai corpor tax book year fiscal compens possibl full compani name koninklijk luctvaart maatschappij klm klm releas provision figur net profit mln guilder mln oper revenu billion guilder billion reuter
nat-gas	pan alberta unit ga settlement approv pan alberta ga propos settlement unit ga pipe line houston receiv uncondit approv feder energi regul commiss pan alberta approv deal author term two year interim contract amend cash payment and transport credit for pan alberta custom minimum yearli natur ga take unit and two year commod price unit will pai pan alberta produc mln dlr interim period and averag mln cubic feet dai ga pan alberta reuter
acq	won bui alli dei brother store depart store termin agreement alli store corp bui alli dei brother store syracus and alli condit for close not met had plan make acquisit expans siblei depart store oper syracus rochest and buffalo reuter
crude	unoc rais crude oil post ct bbl wti dlr bbl
crude	unoc ucl rais crude oil post ct bbl unoc rais post for crude oil ct barrel effect june compani post west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel unoc light louisiana sweet post price dlr barrel price move follow wave increas initi sun yesterdai reuter
pet-chem	reichhold rci rais waferboard resin price reichhold chemic inc reichhold subsidiari rais price cent per pound powder phenol waferboard resin effect juli due sharp increas cost phenol reuter
crude	diamond shamrock drm rais crude post diamond shamrock and rais crude oil contract price ct barrel effect june compani post for west texa intermedi crude dlr barrel price increas follow similar move compani reuter
acq	xerox xrx affili sell african unit xerox corp affili rank xerox sign definit agreement sell rank xerox south africa pty affili altron group alrn for undisclos term xerox preliminari agreement sell affili fintech altron unit had reach march xerox complet sale await approv fintech sharehold and review johannesburg stock exchang rank xerox south africa found wholli own unit rank xerox xerox affili that manufactur and market xerox product eastern hemispher rank xerox that man workforc rank xerox south africa pct black color asian compani will becom wholli own unit altron reuter
earn	monolith memori inc mmic qtr net qtr end june shr six ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
crude	dupont unit rais crude oil post ct bbl effect yesterdai
earn	appli solar energi corp solr qtr net qtr end oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit dlr loss rev six mth oper shr profit ten ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln note oper data not includ extraordinari gain dlr per shr qtr dlr ct per shr six mth reuter
earn	converg solut inc csol qtr net march end shr profit ct loss two ct net profit loss sale avg shr half shr profit ct profit nil net profit profit sale avg shr note prior half net includ dlr tax credit reuter
earn	barricini food inc qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale avg shr reuter
trade	european commun criticis trade measur european commun accus unit state violat polit commit free trade practic includ tax import gasolin and custom user fee ambassador tran van thinh made formal charg surveil bodi gener agreement tariff and trade gatt gatt spokesman david wood told report wood join unit state criticis brazil for extend list product for import licens temporarili suspend improv balanc payment unit state charg japan violat gatt rule restrict import agricultur product import licens system unit state ask for consult tokyo issu tran charg that trade measur contraven polit commit halt and revers trade barrier pledg minist punta del est last septemb minist establish year uruguai round negoti freer trade area set gatt surveil bodi monitor thi commit gatt jargon standstil and rollback tran criticis washington for superfund tax oil import custom user fee and remov special machin tool categori fsc govern procur list for reason nation secur warren lavorel trade offici defend polici not violat gatt trade rule surveil bodi will send record todai talk trade negoti committe overse round decid action charg oil tax and custom user fee subject formal gatt disput panel set uruguai round rule legal practic rule gatt council yesterdai adopt disput panel report and rule that superfund tax oil import breach trade rule call washington modifi legisl mexico and canada european commun brought disput gatt last year reuter
crude	dupont unit rais crude oil post conoco inc subsidiari dupont denemour rais contract price will pai for grade crude oil ct barrel effect yesterdai increas bring conoco post price for west texa intermedi dlr barrel west texa sour grade api stand dlr barrel light louisiana rais ct dlr barrel conoco last chang crude post reuter
acq	allegheni intern sell unit allegheni intern inc sold chemetron railwai product inc true temper railwai applianc inc and allegheni axl unit newli form chemetron railwai product inc for undisclos term compani form senior manag railwai product unit and kleinwort benson group london reuter
copper	zambian copper industri hope for steadi output zambia copper mine industri hope achiev and maintain product tonn year year despit low world price deterior or and shortag mine input industri offici zambia decis abandon last tough intern monetari fund imf econom recoveri program introduc element uncertainti into plan restructur ail industri and boost profit copper product govern control zambia consolid copper mine zccm for financi year end march improv slightli tonn record low tonn convinc that end financi year copper product tonn due greater avail spare and equip zccm offici zccm offici product cobalt anoth strateg incom earner will tailor meet demand finish product tonn tonn higher previou year and product achiev date protract low world metal price badli hit copper industri zambia world biggest produc mine monopolis zccm and account for pct countri foreign exchang earn product affect recent year equip breakdown deterior or and shortag spare part fuel and lubric tonn output last year compar peak output tonn year product and invest plan launch zccm fund european commun african develop bank and world bank plan forese shutdown mine and metallurg unit ground unprofit zccm second largest employ govern intend lai workforc part plan mln dlr channel into industri bid improv effici and profit year restructur plan compani offici reserv deplet zambia continu produc copper end centuri lower level product industri sourc zccm project pre tax profit for financi year end march mln kwacha current miner export tax level levi net loss like regist zccm record net loss mln kwacha compar net profit mln kwacha year foreign exchang auction system introduc zccm profit foreign exchang earn rose kwacha fell dollar two dollar presid kenneth kaunda abolish auction system inspir intern monetari fund and announc zambia pursu alon econom strategi base nation resourc zccm offici cautiou effect break imf will industri plan consult measur will affect earli fare situat peter hansen director oper and zccm hierarchi told reuter analyst offici fix exchang rate kwacha dollar will hit zccm export profit specialist talk break even point for zccm rate kwacha per dollar frederick chiluba leader zambian congress trade union high product cost continu bedevil zambian industri zambia mine copper rel expens rate cent per pound compar cent unit state and cent chile industri face transport problem due zambia landlock govern confirm thi year had stop sbend copper south south africa pct shipment tonn month rail tanzanian port dar salaam tonn zimbabw mozambiqu port beira transport hit shortag wagon spare and fuel reuter
ship	rio janeiro docker strike wage rio janeiro dockwork strike for indefinit period todai demand wage increas spokesman for docker rio docker not support colleagu santo brazil main port spokesman not return work demand met earlier thi week dockwork cancel schedul nation strike pressur port offici give wage increas and benefit rio port spokesman halt daili loss dlr reuter
pet-chem	fluor flr win gener electr contract fluor corp won contract gener electr design construct and deliv modul for methyl chlorid process addit contract not disclos fluor appli engin unit will construct modular section and deliv waterford silicon product divis plant methyl chlorid integr part silicon product reuter
acq	gencorp agreement sell rko pictur termin
fuel	tanzania rais fuel price tax budget tanzanian govern second annual budget sinc embark econom recoveri program inspir intern monetari fund announc increas fuel price and sale tax and higher levi govern servic financ minist cleopa msuya govern expect spend billion shill financi year pct thi year estim revenu provid billion shill leav deficit billion financ domest and foreign loan thi year budget initi project deficit billion shill mid year govern had impos tax deficit roughli target figur for final deficit avaialbl budget gave civil servant pct pai rise effect juli compens for inflat pct msuya regular petrol pct similar increas cost premium and kerosen diesel rise pct higher levi affect offici transact such road toll vehicl transfer and licenc fee ad reuter
acq	leasewai transport ltc complet unit sale leasewai transport corp complet previous announc sale leasewai puerto rico inc subsidiari cagua central feder save bank for undisclos term compani sale satisfi condit for propos acquisit investor group led citicorp cci reuter
coffee	ibc detail plan pai creditor brazilian coffe institut ibc gave detail plan pai compani that bought bag robusta coffe london market behalf last septemb ibc spokesman told reuter that mln dlr loan banco brasil us pai mln dlr month june juli and august creditor auction coffe rais addit monei and ad that reuter report june gave wrong impress that auction rais part mln dlr date set for auction reuter
acq	magellan set merger balzac invest magellan corp sharehold approv merger magellan balzec invest inc privat held compani base dalla magellan compani oper that form acquir oper entiti plan engag develop and market batteri charger product own balzac magellan not disclos term agreement merger balzac sharehold will hold pct outstand stock magellan compani magellan will surviv corpor merger compani expect merger will occur declar effect amend magellan registr statement relat common stock purchas warrant and underli share reuter
acq	gencorp rko unit sale termin gencorp agreement sell rko pictur subsidiari manag group termin group not rais financ compani will seek buyer for unit and librari film reuter
ship	rio janeiro docker strike rio janeiro dockwork strike for indefinit period todai demand wage increas spokesman for docker rio docker not support colleagu santo brazil main port spokesman not return work demand met earlier thi week dockwork cancel schedul nation strike pressur port offici give wage increas and benefit rio port spokesman halt daili loss dlr reuter
trade	unfairli protect defens industri britain defenc minist georg younger unfairli protect defenc industri and thi lead british firm demand counter measur younger told chamber commerc meet that legisl fail realis true natur two street term idea technolog and equip british parliamentari report that march british firm had award mln dlr worth contract for strateg defenc initi compar billion dlr britain had hope secur committe technolog export restrict and select foreign contractor had deni british competitor lucr order and larg exclud technolog research for sdi younger london had compani contract condit fair and open competit for compani similar opportun ad american legisl aim curb unfair subsidi us exclud foreign supplier not surpris british firm press for retaliatori measur younger reuter
earn	godfrei gdfy qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
strategic-metal	pinnacl west capit pnw bui miner right pinnacl west capit corp malapai resourc unit bought miner right for uranium mine acr northern wyom westinghoun electr corp properti adjac acr site compani own facil expect full oper earli annual product two mln lb uranium concentr compani site expect produc lb uranium full year product adjac properti expect begin reuter
cotton	west texa cotton crop unscath storm west texa cotton crop larg unscath isol thunderstorm that region last night that pack hurrican forc wind crop and weather expert isol storm noth damag charl stichler extens agronomist agricultur extens servic west texa rumor damag storm west texa help york cotton futur market ralli sharpli thi morn cotton for decemb deliveri cent higher cent midsess peak thi morn cent happen that storm hit lubbock airport and that happen see dale mohler senior meteorologist accu weather inc lubbock heart west texa cotton region produc pct that state crop storm produc wind mph that hurrican forc isol small portion west texa area pct mohler doubt damag had hit juli august fruit underwai wors mohler pct west texa cotton crop plant and remaind weekend weather remain hot and dry stichler temperatur west texa sinc mid week degre hot spell sore need heavier normal rainfal for week reuter
earn	rochest commun save bank rcsb second quarter end shr ct net mln six mth shr ct net note year ago per shr figur not bank convert stock ownership april quarter and six mth net exclud dlr ct share and dlr ct share for tax carryforward qtr and six mth net exclud dlr and dlr for tax carryforward reuter
acq	pennwalt psm make acquisit pennwalt corp agre principl acquir line fungicid insecticid and herbicidesand relat manufactur facil raffineri soufr reuni marseil for undisclos term subject approv both board and govern author compani acquir product sold franc for us grapevin wheat and sugar beet and sale mln dlr annual reuter
platinum	african union object plan matthei move south african trade union disput subsidiari britain johnson matthei plc compani propos move platinum refineri johannesburg black tribal homeland member black chemic worker industri union fear plan move bophuthatswana homeland south african union not recognis lead job loss and affect wage mass dismiss last year impala platinum hold ipla mine tribal homeland world platinum price rocket union talk manag propos move had broken earlier ballot refineri worker show that favour strike move ad that final decis had strike action refineri process platinum metal rustenburg platinum hold world largest platinum produc own matthei rustenburg joint subsidiari johnson matthei and rustenburg turn own mine group johannesburg consolid invest reuter
acq	leader develop ldco merger approv leader develop corp sharehold annual meet approv acquisit privat held clinton american corp and two relat partnership for common share transact account for pool interest compani clinton presid daniel ryan will becom presid leader reuter
acq	crane acquir asset marlei unit crane acquir asset chicago heater inc wholli own subsidiari marlei term transact not disclos chicago heater will intergr crane cochran environ system divis compani reuter
fuel	tanzania rais fuel price tax budget tanzanian govern second annual budget sinc embark econom recoveri program inspir intern monetari fund announc increas fuel price and sale tax and higher levi govern servic financ minist cleopa msuya regular petrol pct similar increas cost premium and kerosen diesel rise pct msuya govern expect spend billion shill financi year pct thi year estim revenu provid billion shill leav deficit billion financ domest and foreign loan reuter
interest	canada bank rate rise pct canada bank rate rose margin pct pct last week bank canada bank rate set quarter percentag point averag yield weekli issu dai treasuri bill thi week yield pct compar previou week pct tender accept for billion dlr dai bill averag price dlr dlr last week billion dlr dai bill price averag dlr dlr last week yield averag pct pct last week mln dlr dai bill price averag dlr dlr last week yield averag pct pct last week tender will receiv week for billion dlr dai bill billion dlr dai bill and mln dlr dai bill reuter
acq	pengo pgo sell wirelin oper pengo industri inc agre sell wirelin product manufactur divis fort worth texa wirelin servic divis oper locat and pengo intern inc subsidiari john wood group plc for undisclos term compani wirelin servic oper sold lafayett houma and harvei alvin odessa and longview texa and moor okla pengo kuykenbal slicklin oper moor and surplu wirelin equip oper fort worth and cleburn texa will sold separ reuter
acq	magic year kid acquir center magic year child care and learn center inc sign letter intent acquir profit dai care center south central pennsylvania for total price dlr privat own center had aggreg revenu dlr profit six thousand dlr compani transact schedul close earli juli compani reuter
nat-gas	brooklyn union hurt pipelin closur brooklyn union ga york ga util will ga cost sharpli result transco energi decis close pipelin transport spot ga sale energi industri analyst brooklyn union fourth largest ga util unit state purchas pct suppli spot contract market and proport spot suppli estim higher month analyst texa eastern pipelin tet compet pipelin deliv spot ga produc area south close gate station for summer and brooklyn union reli transco for spot suppli month brooklyn union paid two dlr per mln british thermal unit for spot ga contract ga cost dlr per mln btu industri sourc transco announc yesterdai longer provid open access transport spot natur ga custom for fear accumul pai liabil pai contract oblig pipelin pai produc for ga even deliveri not custom brooklyn union will continu receiv small amount suppli minor field grandfath claus brooklyn union offici foster corwith ga analyst dean witter reynold rise cost booklyn union will pass rate payer net effect compani will not for month time lag defer earn end user residenti and commerci custom will end pai for ga closur take place summer month ga demand season low impact cash flow small curt launer natur ga analyst donaldson lufkin jenrett situat persist into winter heat season high cost ga cut compani profit ga util eastern seaboard reli transco for spot ga such north carolina natur ga ncng piedmont natur ga pny will face high cost factor brooklyn union steve richard suppli manag end user suppli system houston base natur ga broker firm compani not unwit victim pai disput transco and produc distributor turn deaf ear transco request for inventori charg reserv pipelin facil for spot ga deliv compani spot suppli high cost system ga will threaten drive larg custom capabl shift altern fuel absenc guidelin inventori charg feder energi regulatori commiss matter negoti pipelin and custom richard that transco refus transport cheap spot ga for distributor like conciliatori inventori charg cool head will prevail dlj launer reuter
alum	reynold metal rlm restart idl potlin reynold metal plan restart last idl potuct line troutdal or primari aluminum plant restart thi metric tonn per year line reynold will oper pct consolid primari aluminum capac tonn per year reynold work will commenc potlin restart futur and expect that actual metal product will begin septemb compani start necessit continu strong demand for aluminum and dwindl worldwid inventori and that metal need suppli reynold fabric busi reuter
acq	cbc bancorp acquir union planter cbc bancorp inc will acquir memphi base union planter corp upcm merger agreement detail not disclos cbc hold compani own cookevil citizen bank sign agreement merg cbc union billion dlr asset cbc union report sharehold equiti mln dlr for period end march cbc merger will not affect citizen bank name manag board director employe reuter
acq	tie commun tie renew agreement tie commun inc renew agreement sell gte corp gte bell atlant corp bel nynex corp nyn and west inc usw for two year compani provid small mid siez kei telephon system gte and kei system hybrid and data star pabx system reuter
tin	itc contest us document court evid intern tin council itc interven high court hear attempt prevent present intern council document evid intervent shearson lehman action london metal exchang ring tin contract like implic for case council involv collaps buffer stock oper octob itc deleg itc case present professor rosalyn higgin and expect two dai week court not sit tomorrow essenc council claim that statu similar that foreign embassi and that archiv can not us english court law council end quarterli session todai ahead schedul meet had expect tomorrow european commun legal advis due attend deleg review progress legal action todai meet occupi intern administr matter deleg itc will continu oper reduc staff june two year extens sixth intern tin agreement deal ongo litig council will continu statist work and carri research studi staf research depart cut two previous thi week session council elect philip spark australia vice chairman for produc member and heinz hofer switzerland second vice chairman for consum for year juli futur quarterli session schedul for octob and decemb reuter
alum	reynold metal restart idl potlin reynold metal plan restart last idl potlin troutdal or primari aluminum plant restart thi tonn year product line reynold will oper pct consolid primari aluminum capac tonn per year reynold work restart will begin futur and expect that actual metal product will begin septemb compani start necessit continu strong demand for aluminum and dwindl worldwid inventori and that metal need suppli reynold fabric busi reuter
nat-gas	allegheni algh form subsidiari allegheni and western energi corp form subsidiari market ga smaller user west virginia compani complet negoti sell and mln cubic feet ga per dai larg unspecifi east coast util interst market will becom part subsidiari oper compani reuter
acq	gillett object global bid war ronald perelman head revlon group inc rev ignit bid war for gillett that draw big intern player and process make lot monei for wall street analyst hour regularli schedul board director meet gillett disclos that perelman request consent board for offer dlr per share perelman need consent agre novemb not bui stock for year permiss ronald perelman interest gillett and interest put gillett into plai stand make ton monei andrew shore analyst shearson lehman brother inc plai term us wall street describ happen compani becom unwil takeov target shore note that agreement revlon get paid acquisit gillett novemb thi year price higher dlr per share gillett rose todai gain yesterdai agreement calcul basi perelman previou hold mln share adjust for split for exampl deal gillett and compani dlr per share make revlon richer mln dlr formula perelman spokesmen return telephon call seek comment revlon stand make substanti amount monei take gillett analyst deepak raj merril lynch and not that happen gillett undervalu stock breakup dlr per share shore shearson lehman coupl reason perelman not interest acquir gillett perelman process take revlon privat acquir control cosmet compani two year ago concentr improv revlon oper overhaul and improv imag dearptment store busi anoth reason that revlon recent made two acquisit circumst shore not surpris compani such unilev plc procter and gambl decid gillett shore mention half dozen potenti buyer for gillett includ sir jame goldsmith hanson trust plc han rjr nabisco inc rjr american brand inc amb and ralston purina ral perelman put compani plai wall street arbitrageur get share upsid compani sold anoth arbitrageur expect gillett resist perelman overtur can board consent chang novemb and anoth arbitrageur not perelman never fair amount calcul ad gillett board care can su sharehold gillett board meet edt and half hour schedul start time copi perelman letter releas gillett prepar sign defnit merger agreement financ condit citibank lead lender and boston inc financi advis reuter
zinc	minpeco lift forc majeur zinc ingot shipment cajamarquilla spokesman
strategic-metal	trw inc trw set pact tektronix tek trw inc trw componenet intern inc unit set pact tektronix inc triquint semiconductor unit jointli suppli gallium arsenid devic for space applic part agreement two companyi work togeth establish procedur produc class stringent militari specif for space us gallium arsenid compon triquint make gallilum arsenid integr circuit reuter
zinc	forc majeur lift cajamarquilla peru state miner market arm minero peru comerci minpeco lift forc majeur zinc ingot shipment countri biggest zinc refineri cajamarquilla spokesman spokesman problem affect sulphur acid and roaster plant that had halt product sinc had resolv product zinc ingot thi year expect fall tonn thi year cajamarquilla tonn stoppag refineri optimum annual product capac tonn highest product tonn refin zinc ingot spokesman reuter
money-supply	asset monei fund fell mln dlr latest week billion
iron-steel	usx unit offer steel price directori usx corp uss divis comprehens sheet steel select and price system detail compani full line product compani complet updat year price book effect oct compani reuter
copper	inspir cut copper price ct inspir consolid copper subsidiari inspir resourc corp lower base price for full plate copper cathod cent cent effect immedi reuter
earn	agf manag six mth net shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	data med clinic support dmc qtr loss period end shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale note full name data med clinic support servic inc per share data adjust for for stock split payabl june sale reflect fiscal period sale record subsequ acquisit asset predecessor compani data med reuter
acq	nova corp takeov bid for dome petroleum
acq	carter hawlei chh set record date for vote carter hawlei hale store inc set june record date for sharehold vote compani propos restructur annual meet compani set date for meet will held end august propos carter hawlei split into specialti store compani and depart store compani sharehold dlr cash and share each two compani for each exist common share hold restructur announc decemb carter hawlei reject bui offer retail partner reuter
acq	allegheni sell industri unit allegheni intern inc sold industri unit serv railroad industri chemetron railwai product inc senior manag group allegheni term transact not disclos includ sale chemetron railwai product true temper railwai applianc inc and allegheni axl compani unit includ plant compani reuter
acq	nova nvaa bid for dome dmp nova corp takeov bid for dome petroleum alon part consortium nova chairman bob blair think make offer dome amoco canada petroleum creditor blair told report annual meet amoco canada unit amoco corp made billion dlr acquisit offer for dome ongo thought appli dome nova and huski decis substanc futur action compani blair nova own pct huski oil hyo blair that nova made decis whether want lead partner joint purchas dome ad that discuss parti dome includ transcanada pipelin trp refus name particip reuter
acq	invest firm rais tvx tvxg stake wedg group inc houston invest firm rais stake tvx broadcast group inc share pct total outstand common stock share pct file secur and exchang commiss wedg bought tvx common share price rang dlr share reuter
acq	group rais nash finch nafc stake group includ member sobei famili nova scotia and empir compani rais stake nash finch share pct total outstand share pct file secur and exchang commiss group bought nash finch common share april and june reuter
trade	canada ti wors trade pact canadian ti worsen two nation unabl reach free trade pact studi publish two nonpartisan public polici research group cato institut washington and fraser institut vancouv remov remain tariff cross border trade benefit countri cato chairman william niskanen ad two nation gener harmoni trade relat not sustain agreement unit state and canada cross border trade total billion dlr last year hold talk sinc last june pact end trade barrier remain two countri put deadlin talk octob side agreement like despit tough bargain remain niskanen pact reach bilater trade ti deterior congression pressur presid reagan implement trade law aggress and thi hit canadian trade practic note canada seek foreign invest auto industri put strain consider bilater free trade and canadian auto and part niskanen canadian govern vulner resurg econom nation restrict export canada free trade pact back presid reagan and prime minist brian mulronei open market for canada and enabl industri achiev economi scale widen export worldwid increas gross nation product countri niskanen goal pact end tariff year lower subsidi export set rule for trade servic and invest end curb govern procur and agre wai resolv trade disput reuter
gnp	southern europ strong domest demand growth strong growth domest demand kei featur economi southern european countri growth slow thi year and organis for econom cooper and develop semi annual report oecd portug total domest demand growth declin pct last year pct and pct slower wage growth restrain privat consumpt turkei economi grew faster expect and domest demand surg pct thi growth expect halv pct year spain buoyant domest demand led fix invest had drive forc rapid growth gross domest product fix invest and privat consumpt expect eas remain strong oecd forecast that spanish import rise sharpli year reflect strong demand entri european commun and declin competit greec inflat forecast turn increas earli thi year link introduct ad tax and surg food price due cold weather reuter
gnp	oecd high wage deal harm nordic state high wage settlement nordic countri threaten cut export and reduc intern competit industri organis for econom cooper and develop oecd denmark oecd wage settlement conclud earli like contribut mark deterior competit sweden competit posit risk acceler wage oecd predict that domest demand come pressur tight fiscal polici denmark norwai sweden and finland econom growth will vari countri and oecd semi annual report strong rise pct total domest demand norwai fall pct and pct year denmark expect slump domest demand report growth gross domest product gdp like speed slightli sweden and finland and declin denmark and norwai iceland harder implement econom strategi progress made sustain and balanc inflationari growth oecd reuter
earn	mark work wearhous mww qtr loss period end shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln note full name mark work wearhous reuter
gnp	oecd see pct west german real gnp growth
acq	squibb sqb not interest bui cetu robert fild presid and chief execut cetu corp ctu told reuter that squibb corp not interest bui cetu earlier compani squibb bui cetu pct equiti postion cetu for mln dlr thi not attempt squibb becom major major holder cetu fild told reuter interview squibb not approach indic that want acquir and wouldn interest that kind arrang fild squibb not reach comment late comment fild squibb cetu pharmaceut partner and equiti posit cetu eastman kodak and grace joint ventur cetu own equiti posit compani fild cetu ventur kodak develp diagnost product and grace develop agricultur product earlier squibb and cetu announc joint statement agreement principl form joint ventur develop biotechnolog product field part deal squibb will licens cetu anticanc agent includ interleukin develop squibb will sell drug japan and market not north american and western europ wouldn thi deal had not understood that cetu build fulli integr busi north america and europ fild squibb good partner squibb major joint ventur japan and sale capabl that market fild cetu shun licens arrang pharmaceut compani want build busi larg corpor invest small biotech firm squibb invest cetu made biotechnolog fild that attract cetu want partner that didn relationship larg number biotechnolog compani fild strategi partner drug area diagnost and agricultur biggest develop anticanc drug ourselv fild partnership squibb us broaden compani reach such big monei make area cardiovascular anti infect and anti inflammatori market squibb investm mln dlr cetu research year squibb put mln dlr research and develop make happen equiti posit part packag simpli demonstr serious thi partnership fild reuter
earn	tri star pictur inc trsp qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note compani chang fiscal year decemb last dai februari result oper for year ago period restat reflect thi chang current quarter includ result oper loew theatr manag corp tri star acquir decemb reuter
gnp	fall canadian budget deficit slow financ minist michael wilson tax reform will not affect determin reign expenditur forecast show slow declin budget deficit late respons tax reform fiscal respons wilson speech prepar for hous common wilson estim deficit will fall billion dlr year end march level forecast februari budget and year end thi past march deficit expect billion dlr lower billion dlr shortfal origin forecast wilson wilson current fiscal year higher anticip spend farm incom support program will offset higher anticip revenu financ depart document show pace deficit reduct expect slow temporarili fiscal and result lower oil and grain price and transit reform taxat system deficit expect total billion dlr fiscal and billion dlr and fall billion dlr wilson optimist outlook for canadian economi forcast gross domest product expand pct thi year and pct economi grew actual pct inflat meanwhil expect stabil current pct level two year reuter
interest	anz bank group will cut prime rate pct june
interest	anz bank group cut prime rate pct australia and zealand bank group anza will cut prime rate pct effect june cut take anz prime lower end rang prime rate offer australian trade bank highest rate pct cut follow announc cut yesterdai citibank pct effect todai and commonwealth bank australia pct effect june reuter
earn	nation semiconductor corp nsm fourth quarter shr profit six cent loss net profit mln dlr loss mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln year shr loss cent loss dlr net loss mln dlr loss mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note current year figur includ previous announc mln dlr restructur charg figur includ extraordinari credit tax benefit mln dlr quarter mln year earlier and mln for year mln year earlier year net reflect mln dlr gain cumul effect account chang reuter
trade	shultz warn asean loom trade problem secretari state georg shultz warn member associ southeast asian nation asean longer reli increas export for growth import export export manufactur your countri you work hard diversifi your market you maintain your current market share you will not major increas your export ad shultz told foreign minist brunei indonesia malaysia philippin singapor and thailand cut huge foreign trade deficit rapidli believ asean loom trade problem not necessarili stem protectionist legisl contempl congress simpli adjust economi will make order servic larg and grow extern debt shultz deficit had result not fall export higher import that had fuell world growth reuter
alum	indonesia rais stake aluminium plant indonesia increas share billion yen aluminium smelter joint ventur japan pct asahan project author director suhud japanes export import bank indonesia had rais share indonesia asahan aluminium compani capitalis billion swap billion yen govern loan compani for equiti stake japanes sharehold oversea econom cooper fund and compani invest anoth billion yen rais capitalis billion yen asahan report total loss billion rupiah and suhud compani billion yen debt had caus fall tin price and appreci yen dollar aluminium sold dollar price improv dlr tonn six month ago dlr todai plant suppos break even price stai dlr tonn sahud plant capac tonn year lose monei plant situat north sumatra produc for japan reuter
alum	japan approv aid for indonesia brazil aluminium japan cabinet approv plan financi troubl aluminium ventur indonesia and brazil offici ministri intern and trade industri miti japan will invest billion yen indonesia asahan aluminium addit billion yen invest compani govern and privat interest will equal share addit invest will provid equal share billion yen invest albra amazon aluminium project brazil addit billion yen invest japan export import bank will cut rate loan asahan and albra pct pct offici interest rate loan japan privat bank two project expect reduc pct current pct agreement reach industri sourc rescu scheme for asahan billion yen invest indonesia will extend anoth billion yen compani thi will rais indonesia invest ratio pct current pct brazilian govern agre invest addit billion yen albra invest total billion yen stake will not chang pct offici sourc rescu program for two project larger earlier expect reflect japan desir develop economi indonesia and brazil and stabilis sourc aluminium japan depend import for pct aluminium demand total mln tonn year reuter
acq	mitsui bui pct stake chip maker mitsui and mit paid mln dlr earli for pct stake zoran corp california base maker larg scale integr circuit lsi comput graphic commun and medic applic mitsui spokesman told reuter two firm will form market compani japan earli year detail joint ventur not fix mitsui expect last year billion yen japanes lsi market grow quickli zoran found and employe reuter
trade	japan june interim trade surplu narrow japan custom clear trade surplu narrow billion dlr dai june billion year earlier financ ministri june interim surplu compar billion dlr surplu period fob export dai june rose pct year earlier billion dlr cif import rose pct billion averag yen dollar rate us for figur yen year earlier reuter
earn	itoh and citt year end march group shr yen net billion billion pretax billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion reuter
acq	sainsburi take control shaw supermarket for dlr share
acq	sainsburi take control shaw supermarket sainsburi plc snb agre control shaw supermarket inc combin share purchas and tender offer dlr share sainsburi bought pct stock subsidiari chene invest inc bought mln common share control davi famili yesterdai dlr share for mln dlr lift stake pct tender offer for outstand share will launch dlr share for maximum cost mln shaw board and davi famili agre accept offer assur sainsburi total hold pct compani had allot mln ordinari share warburg secur suffici financ mln dlr maximum mln dlr payabl shaw oper chain supermarket massachusett main and hampshir produc sale billiob dlr and pretax profit mln end had net asset mln dlr last septemb sainsburi increas stake shaw pct year march report rise pretax profit mln stg mln sale that increas billion billion sainsburi share had fallen penc announc last night close unmov new deal reuter
earn	isuzu motor isum six month april parent shr loss yen profit interim div nil nil net loss billion profit billion current loss billion profit billion oper loss billion profit billion sale billion billion outstand shr mln mln reuter
trade	japan harder cut surplu minist japan harder reduc trade surplu yen will come renew upward pressur econom plan minist tetsuo kondo told press luncheon hope japan cut current account surplu billion dlr year reduc billion dlr fiscal year end march surplu total billion dlr pct gnp billion yen econom stimul packag govern unveil late last month slash japan current account surplu six billion dlr reuter
tin	thai smelter face tin concentr suppli shortag thailand major tin export and produc thailand smelt and refin thaisarco unabl meet oversea order insuffici suppli tin concentr thai mine local mine cut combin daili tin concentr sale thaisarco royal dutch shell group unit tonn earlier thi month previou tonn averag commerci manag yoot eamsa ard told reuter cut result govern decis temporari busi and municip tax reduct export tin laps june tax levi tin mine rose pct thi month pct valorem past year lower level had introduc last year temporari move aid tin industri price collaps late yoot thaisarco had dig into stock meet larg portion oversea order averag tonn per dai result thailand fail fill tonn tonn tin export quota alloc associ tin produc countri atpc for year end februari reduc tin export thi year atpc alloc lower quota year yoot suppli shortag prove temporari thai cabinet expect review miner resourc depart propos reinstat low tax late thi month yoot depart thailand export tonn tin januari compar tonn year ago reuter
crude	sri lanka plan renew abu dhabi oil contract ceylon petroleum corp cpc decid renew year contract abu dhabi for tonn upper zakum crude oil cpc offici told reuter cpc made recommend cabinet and await approv cpc year contract abu dhabi expir thi year and renew contract begin june govern sell price deliveri will determin year last year shipment parcel tonn each and tonn each cpc offici compani agre egyptian govern for suppli tonn gulf suez crude for deliveri two shipment thi year govern sell price last year cpc bought tonn gulf suez itoh offici plan bui tonn basra light iraq not finalis constraint cpc not accept tonn parcel and propos lift tonn shipment iraq nation oil inoc told cpc red sea port lift place not accept small ship inoc propos deliv shipment tonn each cpc inoc plan ship oil indian port for deliveri indian requir colombo offload cpc cpc consid thi unsuit cpc had not receiv repli inoc sinc decemb sri lanka import annual mln tonn thi year plan bui tonn spot market compar mln tonn last year reuter
ship	taiwan evergreen line public liner ship specialist evergreen marin corp taiwan largest privat compani appli secur and exchang commiss public month compani spokeswoman told reuter evergreen had doubl capit billion taiwan dlr sinc last august capit increas will boost oper evergreen will us fund rais stock market bui ship and step global servic spokeswoman compani post tax profit billion dlr last year total revenu billion compar tax profit billion revenu billion evergreen newbuild order for teu twenti foot equival unit fulli cellular contain ship state own china shipbuild corp for deliveri late evergreen fleet contain vessel total two mln dwt spokeswoman reuter
ipi	dutch industri product fall pct april dutch season adjust industri product fell pct april compar previou month and pct period last year figur offici statist bureau cb show april index base stood march industri product rose pct februari unadjust april index figur fell pct march compar pct rise march februari reuter
cpi	canada consum price index rise pct statist canada
cpi	canada consum price index pct canada consum price index rose pct base pct rise april and pct rise statist canada year year rise pct compar pct rise april reuter
wpi	german produc price rise pct west german produc price rose pct compar april stand pct lower last year feder statist offic april produc price fell pct march and drop pct level year earlier statist offic produc price for liquefi ga fell pct april and heavi heat oil price declin pct lead price rose pct and silver price increas pct reuter
gas	japan firm launch sale octan gasolin japanes oil compani start campaign market octan gasolin meet grow domest demand for higher qualiti motor fuel oil sourc ten compani plan offer unlead gasolin thi summer start idemitsu kosan june showa shell sekiyu shol introduc formula shell octan gasolin japanes market januari thi year formula shell achiev strong sale japan despit higher price regular octan gasolin prompt oil firm offer rival product sourc receiv good respons consum formula shell term smoother ride and effect fuel consumpt showa shell shell product sell for yen per litr yen higher regular gasolin and achiev pct share japan high octan gasolin market high octan gasolin account for pct shell total gasolin sale japan ad idemitsu hope rais high octan sale pct total gasolin sale pct immedi launch idemitsu nippon oil npol will launch octan gasolin juli aim for increas high octan sale pct six pct total gasolin sale rush compet for high octan gasolin market share spur expect that govern will lift gasolin product quota and restrict gasolin station construct two year major oil compani boost gasolin sale network ahead propos lift gasolin product quota offici major oil compani advisori panel ministri intern trade and industri miti recommend thi week that govern press ahead deregul oil industri includ lift gasolin product quota oil compani increas intern competit japan biggest gasolin market nippon oil idemitsu and showa shell suffer suppli shortag product quota guidelin fiscal end last march domest gasolin demand year pct previou year miti report reuter
acq	bpcc plan sale packag oper british print and commun corp plc bpl sell specialist packag and label oper spokeswoman gave date price for transact unit sold negoti declin give turnov profit figur for packag and label oper that profit form contain part group analyst packag and label divis sold for mln stg earlier thi week group chairman robert maxwel expect float mirror group newspap subsidiari bought reed intern plc reed for mln stg spokeswoman that bpcc intend major share newspap group float bpcc lock legal battl result attempt publish harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj earlier thi week bpcc launch two for right issu rais mln stg and monei rais enabl renew assault harcourt express interest dutch publish kluwer kluw reuter
ship	belgian dai strike hit transport ship hour strike belgian public employe protest govern pai offer disrupt transport and hit ferri servic and ship port and union offici cross channel ferri servic ostend cancel local new agenc belga antwerp port author spokesman electrician support reduc ship movement trickl union ghent and major belgian port hit train run and earli morn flight sabena belgian nation airlin cancel reuter
ship	china resum ussr ship repair year gap china resum repair soviet ship year break caus ideolog split two countri china new agenc agreement resum busi sign two side wednesdai shanghai soviet commerci vessel repair china daili two soviet ship repair china sinc left port dalian and xingang last month yueran manag director china state shipbuild corp ship repair depart told newspap soviet union lack adequ repair facil for ship deploi east china yard offer competit price guarante qualiti and prompt deliveri reuter
acq	fidelcor ficr bui england bkne stake fidelcor inc acquir substanti portion asset bank england corp lazer financi corp subsidiari for undisclos term compani transact includ lazer loan portfolio and asset includ lazer miami offic reuter
acq	chrysler agre acquir electrospac system for mln dlr
interest	top discount rate bill tender rise pct
ship	spain cargo firm hire docker offset strike cargo handl compani hire twice usual number docker offset intermitt strike spanish port spanish docker began dai strike wednesdai work altern hour protest govern plan partial privat port servic reuter
acq	chrysler tender for electrospac el chrysler corp electrospac system inc agre acquir merger agreement chrysler will tender dlr share for pct richardson texa base defens electron contractor total cost chrysler bui outstand stock mln dlr electrospac system design develop and instal commun and electron system and equip for special militari and commerci custom worldwid chrysler electrospac will gulfstream oper grow militari and commerci aircraft sale plan merg gulfstream and electrospac will oper sister compani chrysler tender offer expect begin june and will manag boston corp for fiscal year end april electrospac system had earn mln dlr sale mln dlr compani emploi peopl pct sale militari reuter
crude	opec presid lukman expect short calm meet opec confer presid rilwanu lukman expect week ministeri meet vienna and calm and that opec current price and product agreement slight review expect meet vienna short and calm lukman nigerian oil minist told report ahead departur sundai for confer start june agreement slight review lukman agreement reach long session opec minist decemb last year peg group crude oil output mln bpd for half fix price dlr barrel sinc price risen dlr decemb offici opec level oil industri analyst firmli convinc organis will maintain agreement market stabl that opec will tend posit strengthen gain made lukman declin current ceil maintain rais mln bpd for quarter and mln for fourth provision agre last decemb decis arriv will guid collect will market strong opec member norwai visit two week ago had pledg cooper group and thi signific for member lukman heavi destock consum earli thi year opec fix price regim into effect and restock for winter respons for current market strength reuter
acq	davi mine revis offer for becor bcw becor western inc davi mine and manufactur inc amend offer for compani becor cash portion offer remain unchang dlr share princip amount debentur increas dlr dlr becor share amend offer includ dlr face surviv corpor pct nonvot cumul prefer not includ previou offer and reduc amount surviv corpor common held present sharehold pct pct becor western amend davi mine offer suject confirm due dilig inform becor discuss continu bidder not identifi compani expect discuss investor conclud shortli that time board will evalu exist offer for becor ad reuter
acq	mtech mtch commerci share mtech corp receiv share commerci resourc corp respons dlr per share tender offer for share compani extend offer juli expir yesterdai reuter
earn	micron technolog inc dram qtr june shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	nat comput nlc bui data card stake nation comput system inc agre acquir delux check printer inc dlx pct stake data card corp nation comput plan issu mln dlr year subordin convert debentur purchas share data card delux complet propos transact subject regulatori approv expect mid juli debentur will bear increas rate interest term pct weight averag rate and will convert into nation comput common stock dlr share separ delux data card invest longer fit busi strategi delux held interest data card sinc provid fund for data card bui troi comput product corp novemb data card plan sell troi divis reuter
acq	microsemi mscc acquir hybrid compon microsemi corp supplier semiconductor product and assembl acquir oper asset hybrid compon inc for mln dlr cash microsemi purchas includ fix asset softwar inventori technolog intellectu properti and busi oper hci compani hci will continu oper beverli plant subsidiari microsemi reuter
trade	reagan trade bill face veto present form presid reagan veto hous pass trade bill requir mandatori retali for unfair trade reach desk present form statement white hous meet senat republican legisl choic veto that bill present form measur move exactli wrong direct high tariff trade barrier trade distort subsidi slow growth and crimp world market and destroi job reuter
interest	central bank warn excess rate cut bank england governor robin leigh pemberton lower interest rate fast jeopardis recent econom achiev remark prepar for deliveri businessmen birmingham prospect return real invest favour rel financi asset for good number year sure foolish put that favour conjunctur risk lower interest rate prematur excess enjoi short term boost activ risk damag return uncertainti and acrimoni high inflat ad leigh pemberton recognis argu that interest rate high and deter invest industri not forget that year ago interven support sterl and had temporari difficulti persuad market that pct increas base rate pct suffici tighten polici time ad base rate pct reuter
earn	american corp agrea qtr net period end shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	american corp agrea qtr net period end shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	texa util txu mo net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg share mln mln reuter
earn	boston digit corp bost qtr net period end april shr profit nil loss ct net profit loss sale year shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale mln mln note earn each period includ provis for unreal loss market secur dlr reuter
acq	coloni bancgroup clbga bui destin bank coloni bancgroup agre bui nation bank destin for undisclos sum compani approv sale will mark second move acquir florida bank sign letter intent bui liberti bank pensacola april reuter
acq	chrysler plan rais bid chrysler corp intent increas offer for electrospac system inc el chrysler agre purchas texa base defens electron contractor tender offer dlr share for total mln dlr eletrospac share close yesterdai nyse intent increas offer compani spokeswoman adequ and will accept propos transact unanim recommend board director and princip sharehold electrospac note that dlr tender offer price pct price electrospac share april put for sale reuter
crude	texaco canada rais crude oil post canadian ct bbl light sweet dlr bbl
interest	lender offer fix rate mortgag lender offer homebuy fix interest rate mortgag borrow make monthli payment matter happen interest rate and mortgag rate lowest level year loan snap eager home buyer lock into cheap monei decis offer fix rate loan industri offici reflect increasingli competit natur home mortgag busi fix rate mortgag uncommon mainstai busi year ago earli interest rate soar lender save and loan associ earn rate low pct year fix rate mortgag held portfolio had pai depositor rate high pct induc retain account result hundr institut collaps forc merg survivor decid offer mortgag rate move line cost fund exampl thrift mind spokesman for abbei nation build societi explain institut for time offer variabl rate mortgag rash advertis solicit busi help homebuy becom even choosier loan and lender conced forc undercut each sharp cut variabl rate mortgag announc earlier thi week nation two largest build societi and nation westminst bank plc reflect grow competit for busi offici institut fix rate mortgag offer carri interest rate even below variabl rate loan profit variabl rate mortgag spokesman for midland bank plc earlier thi year earmark mln dlr for fix rate mortgag loan bank will offer profit loan anoth attract peopl mortgag product truste save bank plc tsb offer year fix rate mortgag pct earlier thi year mln stg that tsb set for loan exhaust dai spokeswoman love pct mortgag note that dai bank loan equival pct volum short appeal fix rate mortgag that offer opportun gambl direct interest rate interest rate fall mortgag made lender earn averag return asset interest rate rise homebuy won benefit cheap monei household mortgag had plan offer year fix rate mortgag june elect assumpt that conserv parti victori monei market rate fall duncan young manag director young explain that compani had plan protect chanc rise interest rate bui complic hedg instrument monei market rate risen contrari expect and compani shelv plan for time monei market rate high arrang mortgag and hedg profit that household mortgag make fix rate mortgag like securitis thi mean bundl mortgag togeth resembl bond and sell investor for technic reason securitis simpler and effici fix rate float rate mortgag fix rate mortgag popular securitis provid bulk mortgag monei past year reuter
crude	texaco txc canada rais crude oil post texaco inc texaco canada will rais post for edmonton swann hill crude canadian ct barrel effect june compani post for edmonton swann hill will dlr barrel price hike follow round crude oil price increas start late june sun major canadian crude supplier rais price june reuter
reserves	norwegian central bank reserv fall norwai central bank reserv total billion crown billion april and billion central bank monthli report foreign exchang reserv total billion crown compar billion april and billion year ago gold reserv unchang april mln crown and unchang year ago figur central bank special draw hold billion crown compar billion april and billion reuter
ship	high water extend rhine river blockag rise water level rhine caus heavi rain delai oper karlsruh rais two sunken boat block river main navig channel sinc earli last week karlsruh water author spokesman two float crane unabl begin lift sunken tug orinoko and lighter water level had reach centimetr and forecast rise tomorrow unabl oper begin meanwhil high water cologn forc vessel travel reduc speed water author spokesman cologn water author spokesman duisburg km north cologn vessel move reuter
acq	greyhound line agre acquir remain rout trailwai corp
acq	greyhound agre acquir trailwai rout greyhound line agre acquir rout trailwai corp greyhound had petit interst commerc commiss for author acquir and oper trailwai rout buse and termin and garag trailwai abandon servic state past year and half sevic state compani intervent collasp trailwai immin fred currei chairman and presid greyhound reuter
heat	court uphold apex decis favor nymex court appeal for second circuit upheld lower court decis dismiss suit apex oil york mercantil exchang and oil compani court rule that apex oil pursu anititrust and commod market manipul alleg belcher oil unit coastal corp cgp apex oil primarili trade compani charg that compani includ belcher and nymex conspir forc deliv heat oil had sold mercantil exchang know apex not make full deliveri nymex order apex deliv mln barrel heat oil sold februari heat oil contract apex eventu fulfil thi oblig claim damag richard wiener attornei for apex cadwalad wickersham and taft compani not decid whether pursu case belcher oil nymex meanwhil counterclaim pend apex oil seek unspecifi amount attornei fee and mln dlr punit damag nymex spokeswoman reuter
ship	rhine block for week salvag dutch salvag firm smit tak week lift swiss tug orinoko and lighter pavo sank dai ago karlsruh west germani block rhine river smit tak west german subsidiari harm bergung gmbh commiss local water author rais vessel lift fleet posit and diver had made inspect smit prepar final salvag plan and work begin sundai reuter
acq	stifel financi receiv unsolicit merger propos
acq	harcourt hbj mum reed reed rumor harcourt brace jovanovich inc offici not for comment market rumor that interest acquir reed intern plc reed offici boston inc harcourt financi advis declin comment wall street arbitrageur own harcourt share rumor not make sens harcourt announc recapit plan ward takeov attempt british publish robert maxwel complet inconsist recapit drop recapit call harcourt seek comment not return harcourt recapit will come scrutini court orlando fla mondai compani sought declaratori judgment convert debentur due light recapit harcourt statement thi week that salomon brother inc and mutual share corp interven case claim ownership mln dlr face amount debentur addit british print and commun corp head maxwel own mln dlr face amount harcourt salomon file secur and exchang commiss todai that debentur court decid convert par dlr convert into mln share harcourt ask court rule compani not requir issu common debentur holder not convert prior june increas reed share london todai attribut broker rumor harcourt interest and rumor that maxwel buyer advis maxwel york basi that reuter
earn	england electr system ne mth net mth end shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	minnesota anti takeov amend minnesota governor rudi perpich call special legisl session amend state anti takeov statut governor offic spokesman for governor noth will decid todai governor will evalu whether call special session dai governor offic action trigger propos dayton hudson corp subject takeov rumor spokesman for governor compani propos amend perpich design make takeov attempt state difficult dayton hudson suggest amend pass and institut fridai spokesperson press report minneapoli newspap thi morn quot legisl inclin support legisl that dayton hudson governor spokesperson senat major leader roger moe quot inclin support action that compani spokesperson robert vanasek hous speaker design quot minneapoli star and tribun take dayton hudson concern and can reuter
acq	boe merger wait period expir boe hart scott rodino wait period requir connect pend tender offer for argosystem inc argi expir midnight june boe began dlr per share cash tender offer for defens electron firm june two reuter
acq	megavest acquir comput trade develop megavest industri inc agre principl acquir unlist comput trade develop corp exchang for mln share common stock compani mln share outstand comput trade had revenu mln dlr last year reuter
sugar	cold wet weather slow beet growth europ cold and wet weather northern western and central part europ continu slow beet growth plant densiti report good countri sugar statistician licht temperatur low for season and rain hamper field work and occasion led water log field eastern and southeastern europ warmer weather boost sugar beet growth weather soviet union allow good beet develop licht sweden beet growth delai plant popul report regular and good cool and raini weather slow beet growth denmark and crop prospect rate slightli below normal unit kingdom and ireland cool heavi rainfal place delai beet growth franc belgium netherland and west germani cool frequent and heavi rainfal continu slow beet growth and made field work imposs austria warm rainfal favour for beet growth licht czechoslovakia and poland warm favour beet develop heavi rain caus damag european beet grow region soviet union warm shower area and weather gener good for emerg and growth beet south eastern europ warm weather rainfal boost beet develop labour troubl threaten beet crop spain disput factori and trade union threaten delai start process southern area beet matur earli thi year reuter
acq	fbt reiter specul prematur citi bancorp texa inc solicit bidder reiter that prematur specul action will pursu stori todai wall street journal that attract potenti acquir citi articl not confirm compani and caution that absotlu noth report statement journal report that bidder for citi robert carnei and robert abboud chicago banker reuter
earn	chancellor corp chcr qtr march loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss dlr loss dlr rev dlr dlr mth shr profit dlr profit dlr net profit dlr profit dlr rev mln mln reuter
acq	chevron chv cut unc unc stake pct chevron corp sold mln share unc inc common stock june leav mln unc common share pct total file secur and exchang commiss chevron sold share for dlr each total mln dlr agreement had unc stock sold underwrit syndic manag dillon read and inc and donaldson lufkin and jenrett secur corp underwrit pai mln dlr and unc pai mln reuter
acq	safewai agre sever for dalla worker unit food and commerci worker union unlist safewai inc agre provid sever pai worker dalla area result closur divis last april union total sever payment will mln dlr divis close result billion dlr debt incur leverag buyout last year union file suit leverag buyout protect claim union member leverag buyout implement ward bid dart group corp darta reuter
trade	african state agre region tariff cut fifteen countri eastern and southern africa agre cut tariff region trade pct two year statement preferenti trade area pta seek creat common market stretch ethiopia north lesotho south govern make tariff cut year assess impact tariff reduct and work timet for complet elimin barrier trade year pta set group burnudi comoro djibouti ethiopia kenya lesotho malawi mauritiu rwanda somalia swaziland tanzania uganda zambia and zimbabw pta sourc agreement avert split member want progress free trade and weaker state concern effect custom revenu reduct cover common list wide trade commod and good pta sourc organis plan expand list includ item reuter
acq	galaxi gtv sell west texa asset galaxi cablevis sign letter intent sell asset cabl televis system west texa serv basic subscrib cabl televis system term not disclos and galaxi not identifi buyer compani will make cash dividend cent per unit august holder record june march galaxi complet public offer mln unit for mln dlr and acquir asset cabl televis system for mln dlr reuter
acq	north american commun weigh sale merger
acq	stifel financi receiv merger propos stifel financi corp receiv unsolicit merger propos privat held laidlaw adam and peck inc for dlr share cash for outstand share propos expir juli valu stifel mln dlr stifel mln share outstand compani manag and board director will propos not set date meet propos studi goldman sach and and legal counsel condit propos includ obtain financ satisfactori complet due dilig investig laidlaw and execut employ contract kei employe design laidlaw reuter
money-supply	canadian monei suppli fell mln dlr week bank canada
crude	oil price strong ahead opec meet crude oil price highest level year ahead week opec meet even industri analyst not expect polici session price steadili climb sinc organ accord decemb risen technic factor market and concern suppli iran iraq war disrupt deliveri gulf benchmark crude west texa intermedi trade dlr juli contract york mercantil exchang energi futur and spot market that highest level sinc januari opec confer presid rilwanu lukman nigeria oil minist fridai expect meet vienna and calm and that opec current price and product agreement slight review industri expert expect reaffirm decemb agreement oil price continu climb due desir hedg posit case surpris analyst expect higher price continu opec meet that point bar increas tension gulf opec polici price begin eas opec will not hasn agre decemb oil price firm john hill vice presid merril lynch futur opec agre decemb maintain offici oil price dlr barrel and rais group product ceil mln barrel per dai quarter and mln barrel fourth quarter thi agreement help send price sharpli higher rise dlr barrel earli decemb opec member price hawk includ iran algeria and libya will seek higher offici price and reduct output and west texa intermedi crude continu trade dlr barrel greater chanc that opec will rais offici dlr price nauman barakat analyst smith barnei harri upham and analyst expect moder produc such saudi arabia block polici meet will event chang offici price opec and saudi commit stabil market rosario ilacqua analyst rothschild analyst opec hold meet septemb evalu market condit overproduct opec will becom real problem fourth quarter quota rais mln barrel dai and iraq pipelin turkei bring anoth barrel market each dai john lichtblau presid petroleum industri ressearch foundat expect saudi arabia oppos price increas thi meet for increas year end dlr offset declin dollar oil price denomin world dollar currenc declin produc receiv monei for oil real product restraint opec saudi arabia sanford margosh analyst shearson lehman brother second half year expect saudi not produc mln barrel dai quota and act vehicl stabliz market and pave for two dlr barrel price increas decemb meet uncertain factor iran iraq war wild card increas tension persian gulf frank knuettel analyst prudenti bach securit oil tanker take oil iraq and kuwait regular target for iranian plane reagan administr plan put kuwait tanker protect flag naval escort extra oil inventori need time crisi thi and gener nervous incid that disrupt oil suppli drive price knuettel reuter
acq	time nyt bui gwinnett daili new york time had agreement bui gwinnett daili new even newspap publish lawrencevil term not disclos compani gwinnett weekdai circul and sundai circul york time gwinnett counti northeast suburb atlanta fastest grow counti countri purchas agreement includ forsyth counti new publish wednesdai and sundai and winder new weekli public reuter
acq	reed comment harcourt rumour reed intern plc reed had comment make stock market rumor that harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj make bid for compani order escap unwelcom offer robert maxwel british print and commun corp bpcl spokeswoman for reed earlier analyst forecast that bid for reed will mln stg total unrealist ad that current market billion stg reuter
crude	unoc ucl scrap fluidiz bed boiler project unoc corp told treasuri depart that will not includ fluidiz bed combust technolog method for effici burn solid parachut creek oil shale project colorado due high cost agreement defunct synthet fuel corp unoc studi technolog oil shale plant return compani elig for mln dlr loan gaurante and price support treasuri depart contract synthet fuel corp unoc unoc studi show cost for fluidiz bed combust facil exceed mln dlr compar origin estim mln dlr fluidiz bed facil provid heat and electr for oil shale project unoc last year fall oil price and loss invest tax credit tax reform act made project uneconom even govern price support and loan guarante unoc parachut creek oil shale plant produc barrel per dai crude shale oil unoc reuter
trade	civil servic strike delai trade figur civil servic industri action start earli thi month will delai public oversea trade figur had due thursdai trade and industri depart statement depart spokesman figur will put back month june trade figur due late juli will delai ad reuter
money-supply	canadian monei suppli fall week canadian narrowli defin monei suppli fell mln dlr billion dlr week end june bank canada daili interest chequabl and person deposit fell mln dlr billion dlr and notic and person fix term deposit fell mln dlr billion dlr person fix term deposit and foreign currenc deposit resid book charter bank canada fell mln dlr billion dlr charter bank gener loan outstand fell mln dlr billion dlr canadian liquid short term asset rose mln dlr billion dlr and total canadian dollar major asset charter bank fell mln dlr billion dlr charter bank net foreign currenc asset fell mln dlr minu billion dlr note circul total billion dlr mln dlr week govern cash balanc rose mln dlr billion dlr week end june govern secur outstand fell mln dlr billion dlr week end june treasuri bill rose mln dlr billion dlr and canada save bond fell mln dlr billion dlr reuter
platinum	platinum demand estim pct higher demand for platinum reach mln ounc compar estim offtak mln chri clark platinum market director for johnson matthei plc clark told meet miner research organis milton keyn foresaw ounc increas consumpt for us autocatalyst largest singl applic for platinum jewelleri consumpt set rise ounc clark predict speech text releas london todai clark forecast allow for modest increas invest bui and cautiou south africa like sourc addit suppli and will increas output ounc meet increas demand capit invest requir produc addit output billion dlr and polit climat make difficult rais monei soviet union export declin sinc increas sale west ounc clark probabl growth demand set massiv invest requir for expans and that expans viabl south africa russia lead conclud that price platinum will substanti underpin medium long term clark reuter
acq	metro airlin mair make acquisit metro airlin inc agre principl acquir privat held chaparr airlin inc for dlr cash chaparr regularli schedul servic dalla fort worth region airport affili carrier amr corp amr and had revenu mln dlr reuter
earn	telco system inc telc qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale mln mln avg shr mth shr loss dlr profit ct net loss profit avg shr reuter
acq	altu bank alt fail reach agreement altu bank not reach definit agreement bui horizon financi corp horizon fund and billion dlr loan servic victor save and loan associ altu southern feder save and loan associ earlier announc sign letter intent make acquisit horizon financi and horizon fund unit victor save and loan associ reuter
earn	mar graphic servic inc wmd qtr shr ct ct net sale avg shr reuter
acq	marcad group inc mar bui europ craft marcad group had agre bui europ craft import inc for combin cash and common stock compani europ craft design import and distribut menswear and sportswear member brand name compani europ craft had sale mln dlr last year marcad thi latest deal part ongo acquisit phase reuter
coffee	european coffe trade propos quota formula european coffe roaster and trader agre propos formula for calcul intern coffe organ ico quota dutch coffe trade associ chairman chairman frit van horick van horick council member european coffe feder speak end ecf annual meet formula base six year move averag and give brazil world biggest coffe produc unchang quota for remain two year current coffe agreement van horick accept consum and produc member ico formula basi for negoti agreement van horick coffe quota suspend februari last year price shot fear drought induc crop disast brazil price consider lower consum and produc unabl agre introduct brazil strongli chang formula fear lower quota propos leav object van horick exist quota system rigid and not reflect suppli and demand realiti formula build flexibl into system and will benefit almost full implic formula work initi estim suggest countri such colombia kenya indonesia and costa rica slightli higher quota such ivori coast salvador and nicaragua lose quota share van horick propos that futur quota distribut reflect current demand and actual suppli prevent shipment quota countri automat prejudic year quota ico consum accept propos stand fair chanc accept produc septemb meet gener favour quota formula van horick time will depend brazil attitud brazil increasingli isol produc side frost damag coffe crop two month and produc favour propos agreement van horick ad reuter
acq	american commun nac weigh sale north american commun corp option maxim sharehold includ sale merger corpor restructur leverag buyout trade compani stock halt pend announc compani own and oper cabl televis system minnesota and wisconsin retain commun equiti associ financi advis explor altern reuter
acq	murphi oil propos acquir remain pct canadian subsidiari
alum	alcan rais aluminum price two cent alcan aluminum corp subsidiari alcan aluminium increas primari aluminum price two cent effect yesterdai price cent for ingot and cent for extrus billet compani reuter
acq	primerica complet smith barnei takeov primerica corp complet previous announc acquisit smith barnei inc for mln dlr cash primerica ich chang name april american can smith barnei harri upham and inc wholli own smith barnei inc will add domest and oversea branch offic reuter
acq	king world kwp financ for offer king world product inc will financ repurchas share announc earlier todai cash hand and mln dlr bank borrow for receiv commit chicago corp fnb and bank york compani todai start tender offer for share dlr each and agre bui share member king famili and manag togeth total mln share share repurchas amount pct king world stock reuter
acq	murphi oil mur acquir canadian subsidiari murphi oil corp board propos reorgan acquir pct common share canadian subsidiari not own parent propos undertaken court approv plan arrang sharehold murphi oil calgari alberta canada offer option receiv dlr canadian share cash equival market common share parent compani reuter
acq	investor sell pct rbi stake jeffrei neuman santa monica calif told secur and exchang commiss sold entir industri inc stake share pct total outstand neuman transfer stock two year ago tudor trust truste trust sold entir stake privat deal june dlr share reuter
acq	fortun fin forf unit make acquisit fortun financi group inc fortun save bank acquir financi secur save and loan associ branch sunris fla term not disclos fortun save bank offic had mln dlr deposit june meanwhil acquisit marin save and loan associ florida offic napl fla await regulatori approv reuter
acq	group pct american physician amph group led hill investor natali and paul koether told secur and exchang commiss acquir share american physician servic group inc pct total koether group bought stock for mln dlr for capit appreci and bui group paul koether met june manag repres for talk that includ compani busi potenti acquisit for compani opportun expand compani and possibl koether name board group not whether talk result agreement sec file compani had stake koether reserv action deem maxim share current plan take action bui american physician share koether decid sell stake compani reuter
acq	barco director approv buyout offer senior manag
acq	irwin jacob hold pct gillett
earn	costco wholesal cost qtr net oper shr two ct ct oper net sale mln mln mth oper shr six ct ct oper net sale mln mln note oper data not includ extraordinari gain tax loss carryforward dlr per shr dlr per shr qtr and dlr ct per shr dlr ct per shr mth reuter
cocoa	icco buffer stock manag bui tonn cocoa mondai june offici
acq	sith rais energi factor efac stake sith energi sign agreement will increas interest energi factor inc pct pct invest mln dlr energi factor stock reuter
acq	barco brc board approv leverag buyout bacro california board approv offer chairman kenneth donner and presid michael donner purchas outstand barco common share dlr per share leverag transact donner pct compani outstand share barco vice chairman david grutman and famili member pct barco share agre sell stock for offer price reuter
acq	irwin jacob gillett stake investor irwin jacob invest gillett amount pct consum product compani stock jacob made comment respons enquiri not comment yesterdai gillett rebuf takeov propos revlon inc agreement two compani revlon permiss gillett board make offer sharehold board declin grant that permiss gillett topic takeov specul for week stock trade heavili and arbitrag jacob not investor sizeabl posit compani reuter
earn	rapitech system inc rpsy qtr loss april end shr loss not net loss loss rev mth shr loss not net loss loss rev reuter
acq	vrbb close stock sale acquisit busi broker inc close sale control interest comon and prefer stock acquisit corp delawar corpor control invest group led robin relph london agreement date april busi agre sell share common stock and share pct cumul stock busi issu share common stock and share prefer stock remain share common list week dai reuter
acq	microwav laboratori inc mwav qtr net april end shr ct ct net sale avg shr year shr ct ct net sale avg shr reuter
lumber	world bank loan uganda mln dlr world bank loan uganda mln dlr intern develop associ ida bank concessionari lend affili ida loan will support project that hope preserv countri natur forest and meet demand for wood product rehabilit uganda forestri manag agenc bank project plan increas area and manag protect forest establish pilot wood farm and nurseri and rehabilit soft wood plantat reuter
sugar	fairli hectic week raw sugar woodhous fairli hectic trade week raw sugar china pai market level for nearbi shipment london trader woodhous drake and carei weekli report juli shipment thai raw trade china earli week fob level equival point discount juli york futur mid week sale cover trade point discount enquiri for juli sep raw sugar filter and trade valu rose quickli point premium york juli woodhous western hemispher dominican republ and mexican nearbi raw bid point discount juli york and offer point limit trade action past week east raw market white market fresh prospect nearbi offtak whitehous ad reuter
earn	passport travel inc ppti qtr net shr profit six ct loss net profit loss rev mln mln six month shr profit ct loss net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	savoi industri inc savo qtr loss oper shr loss ct loss ct oper net loss loss sale mln mln avg shr note oper loss exclud profit dlr ct share discontinu oper reuter
trade	latin caribbean nation oppos trade bill group latin american and caribbean nation formal oppos trade legisl pend congress curb export slow develop and hinder abil repai foreign debt mario rodriguez montero presid organ american state special committe trade awar larg trade deficit ad region not affect trade bill deficit strong dollar and budget deficit and regrett solv trade bill that serv privat interest rodriguez made comment new confer two dai meet offici trade bill congress that design reduc trade deficit last year hit record billion dlr congression observ bill aim japan taiwan south korea and nation larg annual trade surplus unit state mexico brazil and venezuela latin nation larg trade surplus last year unit state even mexico largest had surplu billion dlr japan billion dlr european commun oppos bill rodriguez latin and caribbean nation back reagan administr opposit section legisl includ curb import and requir retali for foreign unfair trade practic told report committe like mount campaign fight legisl come for debat senat floor expect week rodriguez region trade continu develop hope thi will not affect neg trade legisl rodriguez market open market obtain foreign exchang not servic debt continu nation develop progress presid reagan veto legisl term protectionist and aid mount effort water objection provis legisl ask whether reagan readi cast veto rodriguez administr not veto frame mind reuter
acq	reed intl deni bid approach reed intern plc reed deni rumour stock market that target takeov bid and had receiv approach view increas share price todai want make clear that not receiv bid approach reed chairman lesli carpent statement rumour that publish harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj bid for reed paper and print compani push reed share stage todai eas back close background widespread declin equiti price share market analyst specul bui stock belief that harcourt bid for reed effort escap unwelcom two billion dlr bid robert maxwel british print and commun corp bpcl such move made harcourt big for bpcc analyst ad specul that bpcc bid for harcourt unsuccess turn attent reed reuter
acq	appli data adcc bui datelin appli data commun agre acquir privat held datelin technolog inc redmond wash for undisclos amount cash and stock datelin technolog design and sell high capac high speed comput peripher subsystem primarili for data storag appli data reuter
acq	gulf and western up interest network usa network todai acquir time inc interest network network joint ventur time gulf and western inc and mca inc mca that gulf and western and mca each previous held interest will jointli usa network basi term not disclos usa network usa network advertis support entertain basic cabl network reach mln home cabl system reuter
acq	tektronix tek begin dutch auction tender tektronix inc began previous announc dutch auction cash tender offer for mln common share term offer compani will select singl cash purchas price for stock base number share tender not exce dlr per share lower dlr per share tektronix compani not intend spend mln dlr for share tender state that tender offer expir juli extend reuter
acq	kai kai acquir specialti fasten firm kai corp balfour maclain intern subsidiari sign letter intent acquir asset privat own distributor specialti fasten for mln dlr manag incent not disclos kai firm annual sale mln dlr kai pursu privat placement debt secur for number corpor purpos reuter
acq	england critic care necc bui npo england critic care inc complet purchas npo therapi inc salt lake citi compani that npo therapi presid and founder kelli mutchi join england critic care region vice presid cover western unit state npo therapi home infus therapi servic reuter
coffee	colombia help coffe quota uncertain govern trade offici respons for coffe polici prospect for accord coffe quota uncertain despit recent colombian effort bridg differ produc and consum jon rosenbaum assist trade repres back trade talk colombia produc countri accept sort standard criteria agre reintroduc coffe quota countri evid not rosenbaum obviou refer brazil neg recent reintroduct quota rosenbaum stanc brazil outlook for agreement reintroduc coffe quota septemb intern coffe organ meet hard predict that visit bogota held technic discuss colombian offici not meet jorg cardena head colombian coffe produc feder europ cardena left posit letter rosenbaum cardena letter respond letter last month prais colombia for find compromis formula for reintroduct quota outlin concern technic detail colombian plan rosenbaum not reach dai for comment formula for calcul ico quota agre european coffe roaster and trader dutch coffe trade associ chairman frit van horick amsterdam formula base six year move averag and give brazil unchang export quota for remain year current coffe agreement will not agre coffe quota object criteria reflect recent coffe market us set export limit reuter
acq	dayton hudson told buyer stock not interest acquir
acq	pacif basin acquir pct pacif basin develop corp base vancouv british columbia reach agreement bui pct pacif corp and market arm for mln dlr pacif expect earn mln canadian dlr for year end june and mln canadian dlr for year end june signet corp unit assembl integr circuit southeast asia and bui assembl pacif expect earn mln canadian dlr per year acquisit complet reuter
earn	andersen group inc andr qtr shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	dayton hudson not interest acquisit dayton hudson corp letter employe told aggress buyer compani stock that not want acquir dayton hudson spokeswoman not identifi buyer wall street sourc dart group corp darta compani interest bui dayton hudson stock wall street sourc dart group expect file statement secur and exchang commiss accumul dayton hudson stock letter compani employess dayton hudson manag move two direct fend takeov letter chairman kenneth mack express group bui stock compani desir remain independ dayton hudson thursdai night met minnesota governor rudi perpich appeal for legisl spokesman for governor perpich earlier governor expect todai recommend stiffen state anti takeov law minneopoli retail defend minnesota hous speaker design legisl languag similar that contain indiana and york law amend propos design thwart compani dismantl compani for profit dayton hudson peopl feel statut not protect vanasek reuter
acq	barnett bank bbf file feder board barnett bank inc and home feder bank florida file suit feder home loan bank board and feder save and loan insur corp compani suit ask jacksonvil fla feder district court enjoin enforc interpret rule adopt fhlbb last year seek give jurisdict barnett propos acquisit home suit thi rule arbitrari and caprici reuter
money-supply	busi loan fall mln dlr june week fed
money-fx	busi loan fell mln dlr busi loan book major bank exclud accept fell mln dlr billion week end june feder reserv board fed that busi loan includ accept fell mln dlr billion dlr reuter
acq	judg rule mondai burlington bur case manhattan feder court judg shirlei wohl kram rule mondai whether grant request block dlr per share merger agreement burlington industri inc and morgan stane group inc request bar merger made samjen acquisit corp partnership form financi asher edelman and dominion textil inc samjen made hostil dlr per share takeov bid for burlington reuter
acq	saur sell asset reed intern saur german base publish databas and legal and bilbiograph refer materi sold asset butterworth group divis reed intern plc reed for mln dlr saur klau saur presid and owner compani will remain presid saur oper munich london and york reuter
earn	ael industri inc aelna qtr net shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr note quarter end reuter
earn	nation video inc nvi year net shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr note fiscal year end march reuter
acq	archer daniel adm deni rumor archer daniel midland deni report that interest acquir intern miner and chemic corp igl interest intern miner divis spokesman told reuter had convers usa todai report that archer daniel midland seek hostil takeov intern miner reuter
earn	kaufel group kgl qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	group cut zondervan zond stake pct investor group associ london investor christoph moran unsuccess bid zondervan corp last year cut stake compani pct file secur and exchang commiss group led investor lawrenc altschul and jame apostolaki cut zondervan stake share pct total share pct group earlier thi month sec file want join group maxim share valu sold share june and for mln dlr group had join moran group last year assembl combin pct stake zondervan unsuccess takeov last month moran group broke and splinter into faction moran withdrew takeov effort and last report person stake pct group led miwok capit corp california broker pct stake and anoth led minneapoli stockbrok jeffrei wendel pct made recent sec file seek agreement parti want seek control compani reuter
acq	leader come sec challeng era presid reagan nomine top policeman for nation secur market will inherit agenc challeng insid trade scandal wild stock price gyrat and host uncertainti stem global financi market david ruder year republican law professor northwestern univers evanston ill name thursdai chairman member secur and exchang commiss confirm senat expect will succe john shad left agenc earlier thi week record six year chairman becom ambassador netherland sec limelight for past year investig probe into coloss insid trade scandal uncov wall street investig activ mushroom recent month grow number trader and promin invest bank firm charg wrongdo pace probe pick markedli novemb ivan boeski wall street success stock specul agre cooper govern investig and pai record mln dlr penalti and illeg profit charg insid trade agenc wrestl vex phenomenon huge and rapid swing stock price spur comput driven trade strategi that span market secur option and futur price gyrat combin rise trade volum bring unpreced volatil secur market time sec press lawmak put stop abus tactic corpor takeov contest unrel wave such takeov steadili reshap corpor landscap and agenc push and foreign exchang intent expans lai regulatori groundwork for intern secur marketplac trade occur across border world clock such worldwid trade network offer vast invest opportun strain sec abil enforc secur law and guard investor fraud leadership shad sec eas financi disclosur requir for publicli trade compani elimin minor investor protect rule attempt spur competit exchang and streamlin agenc review hostil corpor takeov shad had vice chairman hutton invest bank firm brought wall street perspect agenc name chairman line view top administr offici favor marketplac determin takeov battl feder regul sec shad stress prosecut insid trade violat corpor wrongdo case that top agenc enforc agenda administr presid jimmi carter democrat secur lawyer and industri offici acquaint ruder chairman design significantli alter commiss current prioriti sec employe lawyer and annual budget mln dlr that figur like will significantli higher year agenc move beef enforc staff agenc govern that monei spent past year fee charg public compani invest bank and secur firm regul sec structur independ regulatori agenc mean that commission appoint presid fix year term and protect fire for polici differ alon law commission polit parti and agenc prepar budget request each year leav thi white hous establish congress sec trace origin great stock market crash attribut larg part widespread trade credit and attempt market manipul larg invest firm agenc requir public compani and invest vehicl such mutual fund issu period report financi condit and disclos condit time issu secur requir broker dealer and invest bank regist and compli investor protect rule and polic exchang and regul trade practic chairman joseph kennedi industri magnat father john kennedi becom nation presid chairmen includ william dougla serv appoint suprem court and william casei serv presid nixon term and reagan director central intellig agenc death earlier thi year reuter
trade	ask congress revis tariff categori administr ask congress replac tariff schedul system bring into line intern tariff categori trade repres clayton yeutter system will add such item fiber optic and accur defin composit item not wide trade current schedul devis year ago yeutter harmon system schedul call will chang tariff categori and definit meet present dai export and import pai rate duti yeutter american export will find easier deal standard worldwid system varieti differ system face system end year multin negoti creat unifi tariff schedul yeutter govern and busi move base data tariff schedul and system will improv knowledg trade flow and qualiti decis make nation pledg bring standard system half expect join system januari reuter
acq	servic resourc src unit cut sorg srg stake group led cha young subsidiari servic resourc corp cut stake sorg inc share pct total outstand common stock share pct file secur and exchang commiss young yesterdai withdrew dlr share takeov propos group member sdi partner partnership sold sorg common share june and dlr each reuter
earn	dwi corp dwic qtr march net shr profit nil loss two ct net profit loss rev mth shr loss nil loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
acq	firm suprem equip seqp stake towl and loui invest advisori firm told secur and exchang commiss acquir share suprem equip and system corp pct total outstand towl bought stock for invest purpos behalf advisori client reuter
acq	sico sic bui reichold rci unit asset sico inc agre principl bui asset reichold chemic inc sterl group manufactur electr insul compound and industri resin and develop coat for electron industri term undisclos sico acquir sterl group canadian asset februari acquisit add mln dlr annual sale volum reuter
acq	investor group dump silicon slcn stake group boston investor and invest partnership told secur and exchang commiss sold entir stake silicon system inc share pct total outstand group includ hlm associ hlm associ and gener partner sold stock april and june dlr share result invest decis reuter
earn	shirmax fashion shx qtr net qtr end oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln note latest qtr exlud writeoff dlr store renov reuter
acq	group up stake tandi brand tab pct group compani includ chicago base coronet insur and sunstat corp jacksonvil fla real estat firm rais stake tandi brand inc share pct total file secur and exchang commiss group bought tandi common share and june for dlr addit share pct had held previous reuter
acq	gatewai gmsi recind offer for westworld gatewai medic system inc withdrawn offer acquir westworld commun healthcar inc compani remain interest acquir westworld hospit and will attempt continu negoti westworld reuter
coffee	rio janeiro ibc estim coffe crop mln bag
earn	bower industri inc qtr net shr profit six ct loss ct net profit loss rev reuter
acq	wpp group extend expir merger propos jwt group june
acq	joe franklin and asset develop merg privat held joe franklin product inc enter into preliminari agreement merg asset develop corp public compani term not disclos compani expect merg group qualifi for list nasdaq reuter
nat-gas	tenneco becom open access transport natur ga
acq	dart group declin comment dayton hudson dart group corp darta comment report compani accumul share dayton hudson corp dayton hudson letter sharehold told aggress buyer stock that not want acquir wall street sourc identifi buyer dart earlier thi year thwart takeov attempt for privat held supermarket gener corp reuter
earn	rise technolog inc rtek qtr loss shr loss ct loss net loss loss rev reuter
acq	wpp group plc extend offer for jwt jwt wpp group plc extend dlr share offer for jwt group inc middai june compani temporarili extend offer june not give expir date dlr share offer for jwt reject jwt expir juli reuter
nat-gas	tenneco tgt transport ga open access tenneco inc tennesse ga pipelin largest interst natur ga pipelin will transport natur ga open access rule feder energi regulatori commiss ferc open access ga pipelin serv pure transport compani move ga supplier custom pipelin transport ga custom earlier thi week transco energi reject ferc guidelin not offer open access regulatori bodi offer solut exposur face for ga bought not sell exposur face industri stem pai contract pipelin bought ga long term contract not sell problem grew sever custom won cheaper sourc ga open access industri analyst specul earlier thi week that tenneco follow transco lead and close pipelin open access pai issu tenneco todai open access step ferc take restructur ga industri ferc move industri thi restructur even transit problem solv spokesman tenneco face billion dlr exposur pai contract had specif figur for tennesse ga run mile pipelin louisiana and texa england remain convinc that critic transit issu face industri pai resolv ferc futur failur grave consequ for industri continu abil provid custom reliabl natur ga tennesse ga transmiss presid thoma reuter
acq	maxicar maxi end plan sell unit maxicar health plan inc end negoti sell maxicar alabama complet health inc compani last week had reach agreement principl for complet health purchas health mainten organ largest alabama maxicar term not interest heatlh care provid built alabama hmo intend work health care provid alabama develop hmo reuter
earn	chiron corp chir qtr april loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev year shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev reuter
earn	method electron inc meth qtr net qtr end april shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
gnp	economi slowdown rais recess fear economi face lacklust growth and risk recess thi year recent improv export falter economist growth will slow sharpli month due weak kei hous and auto sector and hamper consum spend pick factor rais question strength economi tip into recess lyle gramlei chief economist mortgag banker associ and feder reserv board offici commerc depart thi week that economi grew robust pct annual rate quarter monetari offici call weak report hous start fell pct and consum spend rose weak per cent two largest visibl industri auto and hous falter export pick slack martin mauro senior economist for merril lynch econom told reuter gramlei worri that consum spend slow inflat rise faster real wage offset thi export continu rise return job manufactur sector boost person incom and consumpt expect improv real net export recess happen close call gramlei feder reserv board governor martha seger told report that appar strength pct growth figur result temporari buildup inventori that will not last and recoveri show anemia seger that recoveri stumbl pace economi and lack robust factor into monetari polici possibl signal that fed will accommod economist predict growth slower pct forecast reagan administr for and warn that dollar drop suddenli higher inflat will result and add risk recess mauro pct rise industri product despit cutback output auto industri inventori overhang exist boost product smaller industri paper chemic and lumber improv sale oversea due drop dollar not for kind surg econom activ will recess mauro speech financi planner thi week beryl sprinkel chief white hous econom advis predict trade deficit will continu improv prospect for continu econom growth and into quit favor privat economist rais concern resurg inflat allen sinai chief economist shearson lehman brother inc told congress thi week that inflat rise pct thi year and stai that level pct increas rise come sharpli lower dollar higher oil and energi price and rise price for servic lesson histori that onc inflat geni get bottl continu persist ad fed tighten credit major factor affect inflat dollar continu fall and feed inflat promin intern banker rainer gut chairman credit suiss told nation press club that dollar downward trend yen and mark will continu for year unit state world largest debtor nation swiss banker econom indic point slacken activ and call naiv belief that year boom world equiti market will forev difficult optimist gut reuter
coffee	brazil export mln bag coffe ibc brazil coffe export amount mln bag thi year excel crop estim mln bag ibc spokesman export surpass averag annual mln bag mark final harvest conduct octob and novemb confirm crop mln bag averag limit error for offici crop harvest set pct below estim offici publish todai ibc agre request produc for institut govern for monthli index guarante minimum price reuter
acq	invest partnership up facet fct stake charter oak partner connecticut invest partnership rais stake facet enterpris inc share pct total outstand common stock share pct file secur and exchang commiss charter oak bought facet common share june dlr each reuter
interest	uptrend remain intact for debt futur six basi point rise past month debt futur extend week seri econom report analyst long dollar hold firm interest rate declin approxim basi point last month larg indic that inflat not high peopl had fear and narrow trade balanc nomin term samuel kahan chief financi economist kleinwort benson govern secur kahan recent govern report shown strength economi quarter concern whether economi will sustain that strength longer term weak econom growth hurt dollar becom import direct debt futur benefici impact interest rate sluggish economi median trade expect for tuesdai consum price index and durabl good report pct and pct meanwhil billion dlr drop monei suppli announc thi week surpris larger expect kahan quickli revers such trend will ensur that june growth will neg kahan conjunct and aggreg kahan slow crawl below feder reserv board annual target consequ hint econom weak road base chart format bond futur pois for gain advanc slow recent analyst septemb bond almost six point sinc merril lynch debt analyst jim duggan note septemb bond futur climb low month ago mid june duggan follow bui aid advanc and bout short cover prohibit slide chart support ralli septemb bond thwart level level formid resist and thi activ trade rang market carrol mcente and mcginlei futur debt analyst brian singer dollar remain kei fundament factor and currenc made headwai late analyst critic variabl remain market dollar kahan addit influenc week will develop ahead opec member meet and impact and size budget deficit will not forefront market earli week kahan ahead treasuri mini refund auction billion note tuesdai wednesdai and thursdai singer market will like greet result excit success auction prove turn point depend prevail market psycholog reuter
interest	shanghai bank standard charter bank rais prime point pct
money-fx	venezuela probe alleg foreign exchang fraud bank author and polic investig alleg fraud second largest trade hous caraca free foreign exchang market financ minist manuel azpurua told report superintend bank and technic and judici polic begun probe cambio guiara azpurua fridai night polic owner firm mario muggia and brother luigi muggia left venezuela cambio guiara oper part parallel market trader bui and sell dollar venezuelan central bank june suspend licenc foreign exchang oper parallel market blame specul for constant rise dollar juan domingo cordero vice presid caraca stock exchang and owner foreign exchang trade hous fridai had begun legal action cambio guiara for issu check fund for total amount almost mln dlr cambio guiara exchang hous had oper venezuela for year reuter
ship	kuwait full gulf arab support kuwait ship come repeat attack iran full support saudi arabia and gulf alli senior govern offici cabinet spokesman abdul aziz otaibi quot kuwaiti new agenc kuna yesterdai foreign minist sheikh sabah ahm sabah had told cabinet had found complet support thi delic phase visit gulf cooper council gcc state gcc econom and militari allianc gener support iraq iran compris bahrain kuwait oman qatar saudi arabia and unit arab emir reuter
crude	santo signific oil find santo sto had made signific oil discoveri mawson moomba block cooper basin south australia flow oil sand averag rate barrel per dai metr choke santo case and suspend pend evalu proxim discoveri exist product facil gidgealpa south field mawson brought into product rapidli santo pct stake block delhi petroleum pty pct and south australian oil and ga corp pty pct reuter
crude	east trader expect dlr oil januari opec agreement limit output mln barrel per dai bpd for rest year boost spot price and enabl group rais offici refer price dlr barrel januari current dlr east oil industri sourc fundament market situat bullish and offici price will dlr januari japanes refin sourc that spite product opec member such iraq unit arab emir kuwait and qatar demand exce suppli fourth quarter spot oil price surg fridai late trade market anticip opec agreement second half output earli tokyo trade level firm dlr for mideast dubai cargo load month and dlr for brent trader expect foreign crude suck into market benchmark crude west texa intermedi wti trade dlr wti dlr refin will import mideast and east crude and thi will strengthen grade japanes oil trader tokyo trader cautiou whether thu spot market upward potenti short term risen strongli opec new fridai you argu that york rose that basi reason for price todai intern oil trader tokyo sign dip will bought back pretti quickli ad oil industri analyst concur reason expect weak market expect opec rais price dlr meet decemb oil sourc spot price surg strongli month due cheat opec member and likelihood that saudi arabia will act swing produc maintain steadi price iraq produc two mln barrel per dai compar second half quota mln export capabl will rise mln bpd pipelin turkei come onstream septemb qatar achiev sale bpd opec assign quota discount cent barrel offici price sourc iran unit arab emir and kuwait cheat opec agreement product and effect price discount counter purchas industri sourc agre that saudi arabia will unoffici act swing produc cut product compens for higher output member boost output spot price rise high fast saudi arabia float oil stockpil mln barrel saudi arabia oil price stabil stockpil util cool market rise oil industri analyst reuter
cocoa	japan ratifi intern cocoa agreement japan will ratifi intern cocoa agreement icca effect juli and will renew membership intern cocoa organis icco foreign affair ministri offici japan particip icco meet juli london revis icco buffer stock polici icca effect sinc januari govern approv particip icco delai parliamentari debat sale tax issu offici reuter
acq	willi faber make agre mln stg bid for stewart wrightson
crude	saudi oil compani get act governor act governor saudi arabia state own oil compani petromin jamal hassan jawa retir request oil industri sourc ali ibrahim rubaishi head organis plan petromin act governor jawa held post sinc predecessor abdul hadi taher left major oil industri shake last decemb sourc rubaishi had not expect hold post perman govern remov taher and oil minist ahm zaki yamani post late last year move industri sourc aim come grip buyer oil market two men had run saudi oil industri for year industri sourc that despit huge resourc saudi arabia had unabl mould oil market strategi tune competit realiti glut hisham nazer replac yamani successfulli led opec engin return fix oil price dlr barrel last decemb nazer believ review saudi oil oper lead thorough overhaul saudi arabia busi sourc sourc had candid for governor job includ princ abdul aziz ibn salman ibn abdul aziz earlier ran research center saudi arabia univers petroleum and miner and deputi plan minist faisal beshir list abdulla bakr presid univers petroleum and miner economist ali jonahi ahm shinawi and zuheir masoud director jeddah islam port reuter
crude	uae oil minist oteiba visit egypt agenc uae oil minist mana oteiba arriv alexandria last night for visit egypt nation middl east new agenc mena oteiba had attend opec ministeri meet vienna stai for dai gave detail opec egypt pledg restrain output support opec move boost oil price oil minist abdel hadi kandeel last week egypt plan leav oil product barrel per dai unchang for year egypt produc mln bpd reuter
acq	willi faber bid for stewart wrightson willi faber plc wifl will make agre mln stg offer for fellow insur broker stewart wrightson plc joint statement offer basi willi share for two stewart valu each stewart share willi own mln share pct and receiv accept stewart director for share full accept offer involv issu mln willi share pct enlarg total compani propos merger bring togeth busi that larg complementari believ combin permit effect competit world and enahnc servic provid client merger two compani signific opportun for growth brokerag incom and consider scope for improv oper effici willi share suspend fridai trade restart drop sharpli stewart wrightson share rose gmt suspens price reuter
crude	norwai extend pct oil output cut ministri norwai will extend pct cutback plan north sea oil output support opec juli end thi year oil ministri spokesman egil hell told reuter posit view opec meet vienna accord reach mean stabil oil market and continu make contribut cut origin brought februari offici approv juli parliament hell ministri had written norwai oil compani and discuss implement cut opec agre thi weekend vienna output ceil mln barrel per dai bpd for rest and retain fix price that set decemb accord base dlr per barrel refer point opec half output ceil mln bpd and decemb pact had provision set quarter ceil mln bpd rise mln fourth quarter norwai pump mln bpd offshor field previous continu output curb plan product for rest year opec remain decemb accord output and price norwai oil product rose pct averag bpd sinc risen mln bpd and expect reach mln bpd pct cut plan product implement sinc februari reduc norwai oil output bpd norwai oil minist arn oeien iceland for meet nordic minist made offici statement latest oil product cutback past year lead opec produc includ soviet union mexico china malaysia and egypt pledg support for opec bid price stabl norwai decid initi round cut opec agreement last decemb boost oil price dlr per barrel dlr last decemb norwai reli oil for pct total export earn and hit hard collaps oil price half firmer oil price sinc brought stabil economi and help narrow foreign trade deficit norwai north sea neighbour britain consist refus cooper opec output cut produc oil compani set level product reuter
acq	brent bui lonrho divis propos right brent walker group plc had agre bui group compani compris lonrho plc lrho metropol casino divis togeth freehold central london for mln stg payment will cash complet for mln stg payabl decemb brent propos rais mln stg net issu mln convert share stg each share can convert and rate ordinari share for convert held full convers issu ordinari share capit compani increas pct birdcag walk compani control walker famili own pct share and entitl mln convert share offer truste had that intend sell convert nil paid enabl remaind brent bui casino compani and freehold park lane london arrang arrang for repay mln stg inter compani debt brent walker share firm sharpli announc fridai close lonrho firm reuter
interest	bank japan determin easi monei polici bank japan bought billion yen certif deposit cd repurchas agreement todai show determin maintain easi monei polici central bank offici todai bui oper design seek announc effect reassur market fact that not chang polici stanc senior central bank offici told reuter bank bought billion yen two month commerci bill smooth tight credit condit interbank market todai offici central bank concern grow market expect higher interest rate part respons for recent plung stock and yen bond price offici monei trader market gener shrug bank oper small and rate below prevail market rate rate kei month cd primari market pct bank bid pct bank bill bui oper had impact regard routin oper monei trader regard central bank bui oper simpli gestur live japan pledg guid interest rate lower and stimul economi not expect central bank eas credit grip bank manag ad that prevail market expect higher rate will remain thi case month rate will stai pct for time reuter
interest	bank japan sell billion yen bill bank japan will tomorrow sell billion yen bill hold absorb project monei market surplu billion monei market trader total billion yen will yield pct sale monei hous bank and secur hous dai repurchas agreement matur august billion yen will yield pct dai repurchas accord matur august remain billion yen will yield pct dai repurchas agreement matur august repurchas agreement yield compar pct month commerci bill discount rate todai and pct two month bill attribut project surplu billion yen govern tax alloc local govern and public bodi reuter
cpi	german june cost live pct year ago rise pct offici
earn	ricoh rict year end march group shr yen net billion billion pretax billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion note forecast for current year reuter
interest	uae central bank yield unchang yield certif deposit cd issu todai unit arab emir central bank unchang last mondai offer bank month yield set last week pct two and month cd remain unchang pct six month yield set pct reuter
veg-oil	presid prepar drop oil and fat tax belgium current holder european commun presid appear readi drop controversi oil and fat tax thi year hotli contest farm price packag diplomat discuss document prepar for todai summit meet leader belgium propos call stabilis mechan subject studi and consult commun main trade partner propos for tax ecu per tonn import and domest produc veget and marin oil and fat attract storm intern critic discuss document aim prevent cash row summit and break deadlock thi year farm price talk contain formal refer drop measur britain and denmark assum presid june led opposit measur support west germani and netherland and lesser extent spain paper not univers welcom diplomat propos postpon consider tax for six month surviv redraft reuter
trade	bangladesh trade gap widen bangladesh trade gap expect widen fiscal begin juli govern relax restrict import includ luxuri car countri set export target for year billion dlr import billion dlr compar billion dlr export earn and billion dlr import commerc minist mohammad abdul munim aim encourag export orient industri boost foreign exchang earn and import essenti machineri and raw materi increas industri product govern eas procedur enhanc incent for export textil and frozen food and import industri machineri and raw materi munim told report commerc ministri offici told reuter import polici cover commerci import amount billion dlr import capit machineri and foodgrain govern not includ polici ad countri total import bill commerci and import expect reach billion dlr year compar billion dlr minist end restrict import car and drop pct sale tax small car not harm economi munim bangladesh fear drop price for main export jute will affect export earn come year bangladesh jute export fell mln dlr mln offici figur munim export tradit item account for pct total export thi year plai kei role achiev export target reuter
alum	china aluminium ventur aim south korea china and australia victoria state sign joint ventur contract for mln dlr aluminium process plant china that will export south korea australian offici told journalist china offici direct trade govern ti seoul maintain close link north korea china intern trust and invest corpor citic pct equiti bohai aluminium industri compani build roll mill and extrus plant northeast china coast china largest joint ventur joint ventur open potenti for penetr market that not for china victoria state treasur rob jolli australian diplomat citic eager pursu south korean market indirect trade china and seoul grow not offici publicis victoria aluv behalf state govern will hold pct equiti stake project intend sister plant victoria portland aluminium smelter citic agre invest mln dlr portland china base joint ventur process portland aluminium and aim sell aluminium product domest chines market for export jolli australian side invest limit mln dlr aluv appoint kei manag australian offici hope goodwil gener particip lead citic invest victoria chines group enjoi high level independ peke central govern and extens oversea invest reuter
interest	bank franc cut intervent rate pct pct offici
trade	remain divid pasta disput top level talk last week european commun and unit state fail resolv disput pasta provok trade friction month diplomat sourc insist compli regard unambigu rule world trade bodi gatt and dismantl export subsidi system led itali take increas share pasta market sourc subsidi cent pound offer compromis last week talk brussel that thi reject assist special trade repres jim murphi return washington ahead theoret juli deadlin for agreement set last august two side resolv relat disput restrict citru import diplomat sourc citru issu reopen pasta disput not solv quickli reimpos pct tariff pasta lift citru row settl two side agre extend deadlin for dai commission willi clercq and fran andriessen due visit washington juli reuter
interest	bank franc cut dai repurchas rate pct pct offici
veg-oil	farm minist meet tomorrow summit european commun agricultur minist will meet tomorrow even end two dai summit meet head govern attempt agre farm price packag commiss spokesman ad that tomorrow offici journal will notic special agricultur measur pure technic natur will come into effect juli minist reach accord spokesman declin detail special measur not sort dynam move farm commission fran andriessen case complet deadlock farm minist move tomorrow meet minist brussel fail reach accord sourc andriessen thought prepar cut cereal price pct and drastic action trade sourc farm minist end last meet june split commiss propos for tax veget and marin oil and fat addit west germani veto plan for cereal price cut and for chang green currenc system earlier todai diplomat belgium current holder european commun presid appear readi drop plan for controversi oil and fat tax reuter
crude	extract opec communiqu extract communiqu issu conclus opec confer confer express satisfact posit result agreement sign decemb opec establish system fix price level dlr per barrel support opec product ceil distribut into nation product level confer note that market indic includ spot price market and netback valu opec crude firm significantli consolid opec price structur defin agreement confer examin suppli demand outlook for second half year and decid that order secur continu firm price market opec product fourth quarter will equal that quarter mln barrel per dai bpd distribut into nation product level defin mention agreement for that quarter confer decid establish committe head deleg monitor price evolut market relat opec offici price order secur price stabil opec price structur signific chang market price committe immedi call for extraordinari meet confer view decid opec product level second half year secur desir market stabil confer reiter necess member countri strict adher agreement sign decemb term offici price and nation product level for thi purpos confer decid establish committe head deleg undertak visit member countri order motiv compli term agreement confer stress necess cooper oil produc export countri opec essenti prerequisit for last market stabil confer decid reinstat group head deleg establish extraordinari meet confer april undertak contact countri confer observ continu fall dollar and agre that matter studi and report meet confer confer discuss appoint secretari gener and decid discuss matter ordinari meet confer extend term offic fadhil chalabi deputi secretari gener for period year octob ordinari meet confer will conven vienna decemb reuter
interest	poehl speak german interest rate cut bundesbank presid karl otto poehl west germani badli advis lower interest rate and that believ economi continu recov six month lull ask newspap bild sonntag lower interest rate boost domest economi poehl badli advis forc interest rate cut thi circumst releas inflationari fear like lead higher interest rate ad poehl germani had practic growth past six month mark surg and cold winter sinc april statist show that economi find growth expect thi develop continu come month ask expect european commun trade war poehl such event disastr for thi reason europ avoid us protectionist forc pretext ad thi includ elimin exist restrict protection not found reuter
crude	kuwait see opec output ceil end year opec output for second half includ that iraq will offici mln barrel per dai bpd output ceil agre opec saturdai kuwait oil minist sheikh ali khalifa sabah iraq refus sign pact opec maintain ceil mln bpd for and fourth quarter decemb opec set provision fourth quarter level mln bpd cut back quarter target ali told new confer that includ iraq opec quarter output will and mln bpd fourth quarter output will mln bpd ali not detail effect thought product level price iraq offici half quota mln bpd rise mln second half refus adher and recent produc two mln barrel per dai export pipelin saudi arabia and turkei iraq export capac will boost bpd oil pipelin turkei come stream septemb iraq insist quota equal gulf war enemi iran quota mln bpd rise mln second half ali posit bpd product neutral zone saudi arabia and kuwait suppli iraq war relief crude fix will not discuss will not chang ali confer began thursdai and end saturdai even had short for problem adress overdo hold short meet sweep lot carpet ali problem price differenti price opec crude had not dealt properli meet ali problem differenti real hate produc todai light crude and that problem not dealt properli light crude overpr rel heavi crude ask issu differenti rais opec meet held vienna decemb ali crude affect will rais issu will not work anoth minist kuwait crude rang medium heavi grade opec reintroduc fix price februari spread dlr barrel lightest and heaviest crude reuter
crude	iraq reject opec oil quota iraq reject opec product quota set vienna for second half thi year offici iraqi new agenc ina report quot oil minist issam abdul rahim chalabi return sundai iraq will continu adher posit not includ agreement last decemb iraq reject assign half quota mln bpd and demand share equal mln bpd quota set for iran enemi year gulf war accord reach opec minist vienna saturdai set output ceil mln bpd for group member juli decemb rais iraq share mln bpd and iran mln reuter
earn	fraser and neav frnm half march shr cent cent int div six cent group net mln dlr mln turnov mln note div pai aug regist juli expect result for second half year similar half reuter
earn	mitsui real estat develop mrea year end march group shr yen net billion billion current billion billion oper billion billion sale billion billion note compani pct increas group current profit year earlier due drop two billion yen interest payment reuter
bop	german current account surplu billion mark april surplu billion offici
trade	german trade surplu billion mark april surplu billion offici
earn	tata iron and steel pre tax fall pct year march share rupe pre tax profit mln rupe billion net profit mln billion sale billion billion dividend pct tax mln mln note full compani name tata iron and steel tata dividend payabl sharehold aug reuter
acq	kraft kra complet bui quaker oat unit kraft inc complet previous announc acquisit anderson clayton food divis quaker oat for mln dlr cash reuter
cpi	french inflat confirm pct french retail price rose confirm pct compar pct rise april and pct last year nation statist institut inse rise year year inflat rate pct pct april and brought cumul inflat month thi year pct compar pct for period reuter
acq	martin process accept dlr share bid courtauld plc
acq	frontier frtr bui malpractic busi frontier insur group inc acquir malpractic book busi gener medic quadrangl inc and medic profession liabil agenc produc medic malpractic coverag acquisit will enabl frontier medic malpractic coverag servic intern reuter
earn	helen curti industri inc qtr net period end shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	group videotron ltee vdo mth net period end shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	inter tel inc intla qtr oper net oper shr ct oper net rev avg shr six mth oper shr ct two ct oper net rev mln mln avg shr note earn exclud gain util tax loss carryforward dlr share quarter and dlr two ct share for six month reuter
acq	gener product make acquisit gener product inc acquir pct ownership person protect technolgi inc gener person protect develop group person care product effect kill varieti virus and bacteria contact for and export market reuter
earn	town and countri jewelri tnc qtr net shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr note quarter end compani full name town and countri jewelri manufactur corp reuter
earn	data architect inc dai qtr net shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr six mth shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr reuter
acq	martin process mpi accept courtauld bid martin process inc board approv agreement acquir courtauld plc cou for dlr share compani transact valu mln dlr base share stock outstand courtauld privat agre purchas major martin common trust establish juliu herm for dlr share courtauld intend conduct tender offer for martin stock not begin document prepar reuter
earn	lifetim corp lft year march net shr ct net mln dlr rev mln dlr note compani year ago figur not compar due revers merger last year reuter
earn	univers genet ugen qtr loss shr loss two ct loss ct net loss dlr loss dlr rev dlr dlr mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss dlr loss dlr rev mln dlr dlr note quarter end april reuter
cpi	annual inflat fall european commun annual inflat rate fell margin pct pct april statist offic eurostat price nation bloc rose pct pct april annual rate stai below that for second month success releas figur show inflat pct april and eurostat beaten japan price provision pct lower year earlier reuter
acq	bsn bsn purchas macgregor mg stock bsn corp purchas macgregor sport good common stock recent open market transact bsn posit pct ownership requir specif disclosur compani will continu review posit and nelect increas decreas number share own ad reuter
earn	telecommun network tnii year net shr ct ct net dlr dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr note year end march reuter
earn	hovnanian enterpris hov qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
trade	armistic elud and spaghetti war talk european commun and unit state fail settl trade disput pasta commiss spokesman diplomat sourc disput provok trade friction settl washington insist that compli regard unambigu rule world trade bodi gatt and cut export subsidi allow itali increas share pasta market subsidi cent pound pasta export spokeswoman talk founder question subsidi cut reuter
acq	utilicorp ucu unit bui stake power plant utilicorp unit inc utilco group subsidiari complet purchas pct interest westwood energi properti limit partnership for mln dlr compani partership build and will oper megawatt electr gener facil schuykil counti penn schedul begin commerci oper juli pct interest sold westwood fund corp wholli own subsidiari combust engin inc csp westwood fund retain interest partership and serv gener partner reuter
gas	exxon xon extend mid grade unlead market exxon extend market mid grade unlead gasolin exxon into houston and dalla fort worth metropolitan area begin earli month exxon corp domest subsidiari market octan unlead gasolin east coast introduc unlead grade exxon note longer offer lead gasolin market rural area lead gaoslin will made distributor substanti for product serv custom equip design for lead fuel reuter
acq	coradian cdin stake acquir sage coradian corp group led privat held sage equiti group agre bui pct interest coradian connect agreement compani sold share ct share that addit common stock sage equiti will receiv warrant exercis dlr share reuter
earn	sike corp ska qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net sale mln mln note share result reflect two for stock split paid juli reuter
earn	inter tel inc intla qtr net shr ct net rev mln mln avg share six month shr ct two ct net rev mln mln avg share note qtr includ extraordinari gain dlr share six month net includ gain two ct share reuter
acq	entertain market demand crazi eddi sharehold list pursu merger
acq	datacard datc adopt dividend right plan datacard corp adopt dividend right plan respons delux check printer inc dlx agre sell pct interest datacard nation comput system inc nlc datacard declar dividend distribut prefer stock purchas each outstand share common stock dividend design deter nation comput potenti suitor prevent datacard evalu altern maxim sharehold datacard nation comput told reuter june make bid for datacard june datacard file suit hennepin counti district court minnesota block sale pct stake stock nation comput announc right plan datacard not design deter takeov that consist object maxim stockhold datacard stockhold right will not becom exercis dai announc that person group acquir benefici ownership pct datacard common stock onc exercis each entitl holder bui share datacard seri junior particip prefer stock for dlr holder acquir entitl purchas for six month becom exercis number share prefer stock market equal twice exercis price right right dividend distribut payabl juli sharehold record juli reuter
earn	sheldahl inc shel qtr net shr ct cent net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note per share figur adjust for for two stock split paid april reuter
acq	feder resourc fdrc acquir retail feder resourc corp acquir capit stock and relat real estat asset gener inc region consum electron specialti retail term acquisit not disclos gener annual sale volum mln dlr feder resourc feder resourc will search for addit acquisit includ not limit specialti retail reuter
acq	entertain seek crazi eddi crzy enetertain market inc and presid elia zinn demand list crazi eddi inc sharehold compani and pursu merger edison electron retail file secur and exchang commiss zinn demand for sharehold list made june desir commun crazi eddi sharehold affair compani zinn and firm disclos hold pct stake crazi eddi common stock acquir share negoti merger tender offer entertain market inform june shearson lehman brother inc act behalf crazi eddi that provid inform crazi eddi told sec entertain market houston base firm involv electron wholes and televis home shop sale propos dlr share merger acquisit crazi eddi and modifi propos june includ particip crazi eddi manag entertain market told sec expect meet crazi eddi repres futur entertain market disclos that retain drexel burnham lambert inc financi advisor and invest banker light june announc crazi eddi that chemic bank longer fund mln dlr credit facil compani declin price stock entertain market and zinn continu evalu altern respect invest crazi eddi stock depend evalu compani includ action crazi eddi board and parti bid for compani entertain market and presid hold present stake compani sell share purchas share open market privat purchas connect merger tender offer sec file entertain market and zinn bought current hold crazi eddi common share and june dlr dlr share total mln dlr reuter
acq	cyclop cyl merger approv cyclop corp sharehold approv previous announc merger compani subsidiari dixon group plc dixon held pct cyclop stock tender offer and purchas earlier year complet transact dixon will proce pai dlr share remain cyclop sharehold reuter
zinc	amax zinc rais dyecast alloi price amax zinc divis amax inc increas price dyecast alloi and cent effect immedi dyecast alloi cent alloi cent compani reuter
acq	vernitron vrn set record date vernitron corp set record date juli for sharehold entitl vote propos merger vernitron hold corp origin record date vernitron that expect special sharehold meet merger will held august tender offer novemb hold hold pct vernitron maker electromechan compon and relat product and servic reuter
acq	energa ega bui texa american tae unit energa agre principl purchas western kentucki ga texa american energi corp for mln dlr cash assumptrion liabil western kentucki ga distribut compani serv custom town and commun kentucki reuter
acq	gibraltar gfc bui thrift for mln dlr gibraltar financi corp gibraltar save unit agre principl bui feder save and loan ridgecrest for mln dlr cash compani actual price will determin close base net book feder locat kearn counti northeast lo angel and asset mln dlr transact subject definit agreement sharehold and regulatori approv reuter
acq	winlei bui land hold inc mdc winlei home builder inc complet land purchas agreement hold inc mdc for dlr note and prefer stock compani bought lot colorado richmond home unit return for dlr promissori note and dlr prefer stock compani option convert winlei prefer stock into pct winlei common year reuter
earn	star classic inc scl qtr march net shr ct two ct net rev avg shr reuter
acq	gabelli firm pct stake digiorgio corp seek control
earn	cleopatra kohliqu inc cleo year net year end march shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	interst bakeri ibc bui mexican food firm interst bakeri corp royal american food subsidiari agre bui asset landshir food product inc mexico base produc packag mexican food product term propos transact not disclos reuter
earn	feder group inc fegp qtr loss period end shr loss ct profit six ct net loss profit sale mln mln reuter
acq	gabelli firm hold digiorgio dig stake group firm led gabelli group inc told govern regul hold pct stake digiorgio corp common stock and two partnership make part group seek control compani file secur and exchang comiss group firm hold share digiorgio common stock total share held gamco investor inc and gabelli fund inc for invest purpos group gabelli rosenth and partner and and partner hold remain digiorgio common share told sec purpos ultim obtain control digiorgio conting approv digiorgio sec file previous report gabelli and inc act invest advisor group includ gabelli rosenth propos june acquir digiorgio common share for per share price dlr cash subordin note face dlr pct redeem prefer stock and common share post buyout compani june buyout propos remain open juli that kei member digiorgio manag and director invit remain firm and particip group acquir compani propos subject due dilig review execut merger agreement arrang financ and receipt govern approv gabelli and complet dai april and june entir group led gabelli group inc made net purchas digiorgio common share dlr dlr share reuter
acq	unicoa merg into unit insur unit unicoa corp agre merger wholli own subsidiari unit insur america agreement each outstand share unicoa common stock will convert into share unit common stock agreement subject sharehold and regulatori approv teledyn inc tdy own pct unicoa outstand share sharehold meet expect held august reuter
earn	hovnanian enterpris inc hov qtr earn end shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note quarter report reuter
acq	fed approv citicorp purchas asset sear calif thrift
acq	health properti hrp bui properti health and rehabilit properti trust reach understand purchas nurs facil mass and conn for mln dlr greeneri rehabilit group inc grgi build will leas back greeneri for initi term year subject renew option for addit year health and rehabilit properti transact expect close august reuter
acq	bsn bsn bui stake macgregor mg bsn corp hold pct macgregor sport good compani stock acquir recent open market purchas and stake not requir specif disclosur reuter
acq	vernitron vrn set record date for merger vote vernitron corp set record date for sharehold entitl vote propos merger vernitron corp hold corp for juli vernitron manufactur electromechan compon and relat product and servic expect that special meet sharehold will held august vernitron that hold hold pct vernitron result tender offer novemb reuter
acq	fed citicorp cci sear thrift deal feder reserv board approv citicorp applic purchas subsidiari citicorp save oakland calif asset and assum liabil sear save bank glendal calif citicorp save propos assum two billion dlr deposit and liabil and purchas billion dlr asset branch offic sear save propos involv asset and liabil sear save own sear roebuck and fed that gener determin potenti advers effect allow affili bank and save and loan associ allow bank hold compani acquir fail thrift citicorp propos properli view permiss acquisit asset and liabil and branch acquisit and citicorp save successor fail fidel save and loan associ asset billion dlr and oper branch california north sear save billion asset and branch predominantli southern california applic approv unanim will not elimin sear save competitor fed reuter
acq	icn icn bui stake eastman kodak icn pharmaceut inc purchas remain share viratek inc vira own eastman kodak own part previous announc program compani paid kodak dlr share mln dlr previous announc icn author addit purchas mln share viratek common date icn bought total mln share viratek includ share purchas kodak compani own pct viratek result transact reuter
earn	rite aid corp rad qtr oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln note quarter net exclud gain mln dlr dlr share for discontinu oper reuter
acq	maxtor corp mxtr bui privat firm maxtor corp bought privat held storag dimens inc for undisclos sum compani storag dimens incorpor maxtor high capac inch winchest and optic disk drive into famili data storag subsystem for ibm pc xt at and compat storag dimens creator speedstor softwar util program that integr high capac disk drive into pc maxtor purchas reflect desir compet high capac segment market reuter
earn	super rite food inc srfi qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	sec charg campeau alli store disclosur violat recent takeov
acq	group support cardi corp cd buyout group compani control brookehil partner inc told govern author support buyout cardi corp maxim compani stock file secur and exchang commiss group disclos that hold pct stake cardi common stock and like support acquisit compani part anoth parti term such move like mean for compani sharehold maxim invest group character cardi stock hold princip for invest intend contact parti interest acquisit cardi lo angel base auto part distributor group ad had contact compani understand reach cardi common share continu offer opportun for price appreci basi compani asset and earn momentum brookehil group told sec group hold cardi common share consist york base brookehil partner and two subsidiari brookehil equiti inc brokerag and moor grossman and deros inc invest advisor walter grossmman edward moor and robert deros york each interest brookehil partner sinc april member brookehil group made net purchas cardi common share approxim dlr share group told sec continu purchas addit cardi stock reserv sell share compani reuter
acq	caremark cmrk vote baxter bax merger caremark inc and baxter travenol laboratori inc jointli announc that caremark sharehold will vote juli approv previous announc merger baxter compani caremark sharehold record june will entitl vote meet held newport beach calif pdt baxter and carmark announc definit agreement for baxter acquir carmark stock transact valu mln dlr reuter
acq	sec campeau unit violat disclosur rule secur and exchang commiss charg alli store corp fail promptli disclos kei step take last septemb thwart takeov attempt campeau corp administr complaint sec alli and legal advis fail promptli inform sharehold and agenc that had begun talk youngstown ohio shop center develop edward debartolo respons campeau takeov offer campeau acquir alli for estim billion dlr jan battl debartolo sept dai alli disclos that board had urg reject campeau sept tender offer for dlr share alli began negoti sale six shop center debartolo sec alli legal advisor and director georg kern head merger and acquisit group york law firm sullivan and cromwel decid amend alli sec file disclos talk even had result sale price mln dlr for shop center secur law requir takeov target compani promptli disclos such thing sale major asset dai campeau increas tender offer pct alli stock pct and rais bid dlr share dlr sept alli and partnership head debartolo began negoti takeov deal aim thwart campeau sec kern decid disclos talk amend sec file agenc charg alli disclosur debartolo takeov made oct even board approv merger oct and merger agreement execut oct complaint debartolo and campeau engag bitter battl for control alli campeau win octob bought block mln share alli stock pct total controversi move made minut drop hostil tender offer acquisit addit pct feder judg allow complet gave campeau major stake alli campeau bought rest dlr share sec had plan file court join alli charg that campeau had engag illeg tender offer sec never file sinc case drop agreement campeau and debartolo administr proceed alli and kern sec ask for administr order that compli report provis secur law futur alli longer publicli trade sinc subsidiari campeau file annual and quarterli report sec outstand debt reuter
earn	great countri bank gcbk year net shr ct net dlr dlr year shr dlr net mln dlr mln dlr asset mln dlr mln dlr deposit mln dlr mln dlr loan mln dlr mln dlr note compani not give per share earn convert mutual save bank stock save bank januari reuter
acq	alli signal ald complet unit sale alli signal inc complet sale busi electron and instrument sector for billion dlr cash and debt assum purchas compani last decemb sell unit mid not identifi buyer compani proce will us reduc debt continu compani share buyback program and increas strateg invest core busi and corpor purpos unit sold ampex corp amphenol prodcut linotyp group neptun intern mpb corp rever corp and sigma instrument inc reuter
acq	cycar cycr bui control data cad unit cycar system inc inform process system compani purchas asset control data corp medtec unit for undisclos term medtec provid patient account and schedul system for larg scale group medic practic reuter
acq	becor bcw adjourn delai holder meet becor western inc busi will transact sharehold meet schedul for cdt tomorrow and meet will perman adjourn definit agreement transact result offer pend for compani stock becor date for sharehold meet will establish reuter
acq	univers commun uc sell asset univers commun system inc tent agre sell substanti asset for mln dlr cash and note limit profit particip compani term sale approv board and prime motor inn inc pdq owner pct univers outstand stock describ purchas subsidiari compani commun field largest corpor compani transact involv payment mln dlr cash interest bear payment mln dlr equal instal year and two promissori note guarante affili purchas mln dlr pct note payabl equal instal year mln dlr pct note due dec includ particip profit acquir compani universd profit element can termin payment purchas mln dlr six mln dlr mln dlr mln dlr reuter
acq	union uel end pact sell canbra cbf union enterpris agreement sell interest canbra food macluan capit corp termin union macluan fail make offer for union pct interest canbra june deadlin union longer bound agreement and continu seek buyer for interest reuter
acq	ssmc ssm bui cutter exchang divis ssmc inc execut letter understand acquir part catalog divis cutter exchang inc for undisclos amount ssmc spun singer smf year ago that part catalog divis wholesal part and needl industri sew trade agreement kei manag and employe part catalog divis nashvil tenn will reloc ssmc facil murfreesboro ssmc reuter
interest	end netherland antil tax treati treasuri depart notifi netherland that termin incom tax treati appli netherland antil and aruba termin effect januari treasuri two sentenc announc treasuri decid end treati negoti unit state and netherland past year had fail reach accord treasuri spokesman decis mean sale parent compani eurobond netherland antil subsidiari will longer free pct withhold tax spokesman termin tax treati netherland antil bond issuer call bond earli matur year and issu spokesman treasuri not expect action advers effect issuer bond gener declin interest rate mean will refin lower interest rate holder bond will face lower yield reuter
acq	carolco pictur crc orbi agreement carolco pictur inc sign letter intent exchang mln share for orbi commun inc stock dai carolco share us exchang valu dlr share total mln dlr and will adjust base price carolco share close date orbi manag will remain place for year reuter
copper	cipec studi copper market backward pari base intergovernment council copper export countri cipec close studi current backward world copper market price not envisag take correct action present cipec sourc organis execut and market committe review current market situat seri meet late last week major decis sourc note that backward premium nearbi suppli forward deliveri date back week and longest record unusu offici ad cipec not recip remedi situat meet featur gather director cipec region copper develop and promot centr base europ japan india and brazil main aim prepar ground for annual ministeri meet cipec schedul for zair late septemb last ministeri meet held pari cost reuter
earn	canadian home shop cw qtr loss shr loss ct net loss rev mln note full name canadian home shop network period end april compani quarter oper reuter
copper	outokumpu copper deal iberica del cobr finland state own mine compani outokumpu statement enter spanish market sharehold iberica del cobr manufactur copper product outokumpu will acquir pct share spanish compani and compani will set agent for outokumpu spain deal await approv spanish govern iberica del cobr make tube rod roll and drawn copper and alloi product and sale tonn output amount billion peseta outokumpu turnov billion markka reuter
earn	concord fabric inc ci qtr oper net period end oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net sale mln mln note period end june note earn exclud gain dispos discontinu oper dlr ct share loss dlr ct share quarter and gain dlr ct share loss dlr ct share for month earn exclud loss discontinu oper dlr six ct share quarter and dlr ct share for month reuter
earn	gener public util gpu mth net period end shr dlr dlr net rev billion billion note full name gener public util corp reuter
earn	comtrex system corp comx year loss year end march shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit sale avg shr reuter
acq	seton sel director approv merger agreement seton board director unanim approv agreement and plan merger provid for merger seton unit acquisit corp jersei compani seton board director unanim approv merger meet held todai seton agreement and plan merger that share seton common stock not held acquisit corp unit will convert merger into receiv dlr per share cash reuter
acq	giorgio dig evalu gabelli offer giorgio corp plan respond unsolicit recapit plan propos gabelli and inc compani board and invest banker evalu propos earlier gabelli file secur and exchang commiss that hold pct stake digiorgio and that togeth gamco investor inc seek control compani addit june gabelli group propos acquir giorgio common share for combin dlr per share cash subordin note face dlr and common share post buyout compani june buyout propos remain open juli reuter
gold	gunnar gold ggg ventur agreement gunnar gold inc and mill citi gold inc sign option and joint ventur agreement tyranex gold inc tyranit gold properti ontario gunnar and mill citi can earn pct interest tyranex option bui tyranit gold mine spend mln dlr explor develop and feasibl studi compani form joint ventur partnership bring mine full commerci product reuter
earn	data architect inc dai qtr net shr ct ct net rev six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
coffee	dauster consum quota consum countri not interven distribut coffe export quota brazilian coffe institut presid jorio dauster distribut export quota hand produc tradit dauster deleg recent coffe symposium told journalist consum want involv talk difficult main consum countri unit state and main produc brazil fail reach agreement quota distribut intern coffe organis ico met februari dauster brazil role ico meet london septemb will support world coffe pact defend market share and argu for distribut quota hand produc countri sacrif great deal thi year crop mln bag econom problem and not posit favour reuter
gold	gunnar gold ventur agreement gunnar gold inc and mill citi gold inc sign option and joint ventur agreement tyranex gold inc tyranit gold properti ontario gunnar and mill citi can earn pct interest tyranex option bui tyranit gold mine spend mln dlr explor develop and feasibl studi compani form joint ventur partnership bring mine full commerci product reuter
acq	british petroleum complet standard oil merger british petroleum compani plc complet merger standard oil srd rais hold pct pct statement acquisit made wholli own subsidiari america inc pct stake standard rais stake pct and pct chairman sir peter walter will chairman america robert horton vice chairman and chief execut offic frank mosier presid detail releas juli reuter
earn	thor energi resourc thr year jan loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev note full name thor energi resourc inc reuter
earn	hei corp heic qtr march loss oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit rev mln mln year oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit rev mln mln note revenu exclud medic publish and retail oper compani decid dispos fourth quarter had fiscal year revenu mln dlr mln dlr oper result exclud discontinu oper had year loss dlr profit dlr reuter
acq	rte rte bui emhart emh asset rte corp complet purchas aluminum electrolyt capacitor busi and relat asset emhart corp for undisclos term reuter
acq	rochest rtc acquir canton telephon rochest telephon corp complet acquisit canton telephon and oper compani term acquisit not disclos canton telephon serv access line northwestern pennsylvania and had oper revenu dlr rochest telephon reuter
acq	san francisco not region hurt restructur corpor merger and acquisit and san francisco past year had modest effect metropolitan area economi lead busi back organ bai area council group busi firm that studi corpor restructur counti area found that san francisco had suffer ill effect corpor shake up that surround commun had not seventeen fortun compani area left due corpor restructur and anoth firm ad list ten depart compani base san francisco period six locat citi achiev fortun statu ted hall council director and local manag director mckinsei and conduct survei studi grew concern that merger and acquisit had hurt econom climat northern california hall that job had lost region job creat period time region experienc greater rise per capita incom and lower unemploy rest unit state and california council presid georg keller chairman and chief execut offic chevron corp told new confer that region had difficulti persuad compani locat fragment local polit system that amen live san francisco envi chief execut metropolitan area great place run busi ad hell place busi govern studi conclud that chevron merger gulf oil benefit long run restructur activ corpor headquart lost period crown zellerbach memorex southern pacif castl cook and rolm compani that grew period make fortun list includ appl comput pacif telesi mckesson tandem comput leas and amfac studi manag consult firm that partli due corpor restructur rate job growth san francisco slow sinc addit that loss corpor leadership had advers affect bai area civic and charit activ reuter
acq	wtc sharehold approv pittston pco buyout pittston wtc intern sharehold approv acquisit compani pittston term transact call for pittston exchang common share for each outstand wtc share pittston wtc engag domest intern air freight ocean and surfac freight forward and consolid and distribut servic reuter
acq	home feder hfbf set sharehold meet home feder bank florida hfbf schedul special sharehold meetng for juli approv propos bank charter and merg barnett bank inc barnett bank pinella counti home feder meet approv definit agreement sign call for each share home feder common stock exchang for dlr market barnett common stock exchang base convers home feder share not share barnett stock dlr share home feder total market transact mln dlr home feder notic meet and relat proxi materi file previous secur and exchang commiss and feder home loan bank board mail june holder record june reuter
crude	chevron sea find hold mln bbl analyst north sea oil find announc chevron corp chv chevron explor north sea field recover crude oil reserv mln barrel industri analyst chevron sidetrack block continent shelf test barrel per dai bpd api crude oil tertiari alba sand inch surfac choke estim amount oil alba field mln barrel paul sped stockbrok kleinwort grieveson and told reuter industri estim put total reserv field billion barrel low graviti oil recoveri rate expect pct analyst result encourag potenti difficulti oper and recov oil field shown fact that had plug and sidetrack drill field shallow and widespread will requir multi platform develop recoveri push cost christoph osborn stockbrok hoar govett analyst that low graviti oil found requir addit cost recoveri test show that flow graviti oil field low flow quit and mln barrel recov carol bell phillip and drew told reuter chevron offici declin comment analyst reserv estim that research and drill area thi summer not disclos reserv figur analyst that field declar commerci and develop readi local market for heavi crude produc refineri upgrad refin heavi oil and price differenti heavi and light crude lot narrow todai osborn chevron oper block behalf compani includ british petroleum develop dsm hydrocarbon enterpris oil tn marathon int pet and phillip petroleum reuter
acq	arden group ardna plan issuer tender arden group inc file registr statement secur and exchang commiss cover two issuer tender offer offer direct class common stock holder and anoth holder pct debentur due march plan offer for common stock holder call for compani exchang dlr cash dlr princip amount pct subordin debentur due septemb share class common stock for each class share held arden group cash payment subject prorat addit compani plan offer exchang dlr princip amount pct debentur due septemb for each outstand dlr princip amount pct debentur reuter
acq	loma lnk sharehold approv acquisit loma and nettleton financi corp sharehold approv special meet compani acquisit equit life leas corp for mln dlr equit life leas corp subsidiari equit invest corp own equit life assur loma acquist price will consist mln cash mln share compani common stock share seri prefer stock and mln dlr princip amount pct senior note due compani ad that acquisit will close june reuter
acq	almi group acquir interest clearview bake almi group chairmen michael land and albert schwartz and vice chairman michael spiegler acquir pct equiti interest clearview bake corp for undisclos term dale mayo clearview presid and chief execut offic will retain pct interest compani almi group reuter
crude	ecuador produc opec quota minist ecuador will produc crude oil excess bpd opec quota second half thi year energi minist fernando santo alvit told new confer ecuador plan produc bpd august rise bpd januari minist will produc quota pai crude and product lent venezuela nigeria and kuwait and compens for crude unabl produc past month earthquak damag pipelin sharpli cut ecuadorean product march thi year santo move had explain fellow opec member last week meet vienna increas ecuador quota bpd approv understood posit and remain spirit quota agreement immedi march quak ecuadorean product bpd bpd export product venezuela nigeria and kuwait loan ecuador total mln barrel crude and mln barrel product santo reuter
earn	laidlaw transport ldmf qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	morrison inc morr qtr net oper shr ct ct qtly div ct ct oper net rev mln mln year oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln note oper net period exclud loss mln dlr ct share discontinu oper reuter
acq	wal mart wmt complet acquisit wal mart store inc complet acquisit super saver warehous inc and super saver wholli own unit wal mart reuter
acq	kraft kra complet frostex acquisit kraft inc complet acquisit frostex food inc for undisclos term kraft last month had sign letter intent acquir austin texa base foodservic distributor reuter
earn	precis target market ptmi qtr net qtr end april shr profit loss ct net profit loss rev year shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev note full name precis target market inc latest year and quarter includ extraordinari gain dlr ct share and dlr share reuter
acq	rte corp rte bui emhart corp unit rte corp complet purchas emhart corp unit state aluminum electrolyt capacitor busi for undisclos sum compani capacitor busi part emhart electr and electron group market mallori brand name compani product line acquir had sale mln dlr last year reuter
earn	oak intern inc qpon year net period end april shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	unit medic corp sell unit unit medic corp will sell trotter treadmil inc unit compani sale line strategi refocus health care servic busi had receiv interest parti agreement reach trotter treadmil make motor treadmil for exercis enthusiast and fit club market sale for thi year project mln dlr reuter
veg-oil	franco german parlei fail unblock farm talk special conven franco german meet sidelin summit leader fail make progress farm price packag that deepli split two alli diplomat meet attend farm minist and foreign minist countri and french presid francoi mitterand prime minist jacqu chirac and chancellor helmut kohl west germani stalem farm price kei provid solut long term settlement commun worst budget crisi german not want budg aid chirac told report ad french prime minist visibl anger hour long meet bonn and pari diametr oppos propos for brussel execut commiss overhaul radic complex green currrenc system design translat common farm price into nation currenc pari support move for oil and fat tax west germani britain denmark and netherland farm minster due resum negoti packag agre april deadlin tomorrow diplomat had hope that summit inject fresh impetu into talk commiss propos packag save billion dollar rise farm budget summit domin lengthi talk move alter entir system financ nation group and plug billion dollar budget shortfal for reuter
acq	cycar system inc cycr bui medtec cycar system inc bought control data corp cda medtec unit for undisclos sum compani medtec client base signific impact long term revenu expect minim posit impact earn six month asset purchas includ process agreement softwar mainten contract and support softwar reuter
acq	bass led group pct bell and howel stake for invest
acq	mcchip mc acquir reserv hold mcchip resourc inc agre exchang interest oklahoma oil and ga properti oper reserv explor rexc for restrict reserv common share compani will pct stake reserv outstand share result exchang reuter
acq	bass group stake bell and howel bhw investor group led robert bass fort worth texa own share bell and howel common stock equal pct compani common stock outstand file secur and exchang commiss group purchas bell and howel common share april and june dlr dlr share stock acquir for invest purpos group ad purchas sell addit share futur reuter
ship	reassert plan for deterr role gulf unit state respond appar escal iranian rhetor continu assur that expand militari forc gulf plai pure deterr role can emphas that role deterr that assur safeti for american ship and that that ship not relat war state depart spokesman charl redman told report ask iranian claim that unit state move brink arm conflict iran tehran radio quot defenc spokesman ali akbar hashemi rafsanjani tell visit nicaraguan deleg yesterdai moment unit state move brink arm encount not concern thi and that presenc war will make nation even determin stand firm and will win unit state disclos last week beef gulf fleet warship and send refurbish battleship missouri patrol strateg strait hormuz entranc gulf buildup ti plan escort kuwaiti oil tanker regist fly american flag and gain naval protect iranian attack ask iranian rhetor white hous spokesman marlin fitzwat won comment respons iranian statement posit made clear statu event gulf want end war winner and loser and activ statement that tend prolong war increas hostil not help redman not independ confirm report that iran offer halt attack gulf ship reuter
earn	hartmarx corp hmx qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln six mth shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
acq	cxr cxrl torotel trtl settl suit cxr telcom corp and torotel inc agre principl settl pend litig sale torotel halcyon commun inc unit cxr march two compani joint statement agreement call for cxr pai torotel dlr exchang for return mln dlr note and mln cxr common share valu mln dlr compani june cxr file suit san francisco feder court charg that mln dlr price paid for halycon excess torotel that suit cxr ask for mln dlr damag unspecifi punit award reuter
acq	cablevis system cvcc bui station cablevis system corp bought cabl televis system six dutchess counti commun dutchess counti cablevis associ compani acquisit system will add presenc york will add subsrib subscrib base reuter
acq	austec ail complet purchas privat firm austec intern north american unit austec inc complet purchas privat held ryan mcfarland corp for undisclos sum compani two unit combin expect net revenu mln dlr ryan mcfarlnad develop cobol and fortran languag compil for micro mini and mainfram comput market austec intern base melbourn australia ryan mcfarland locat roll hill estat calif reuter
acq	tecsyn intern termin takeov talk investor group
acq	campeau not part sec proceed campeau corp not involv secur and exchang commiss administr proceed alli store corp campeau acquir end last year statement compani sec action involv event that occur prior campeau acquisit alli relat alleg failur alli make disclosur campeau not subject proced reuter
acq	fortun system fsy approv unit sale fortun system corp sharehold approv sale comput hardwar busi sci technolog inc transact expect close thi week annual meet fortun sharehold vote chang fortun name tigera inc princip subsidiari tiger corp reuter
acq	tecsyn tsna termin takeov talk tecsyn intern inc termin takeov discuss base investor group group unabl establish access fund complet propos transact contrari previou assur tecsyn previous and control sharehold accept principl propos group offer dlr share for pct tecsyn outstand share investor group plan invest mln dlr privat placement mln vote tecsyn common share compani reuter
acq	goodyear sell stake toyobo petcord goodyear sell pct interest toyobo petcord japan partner ventur toyobo reuter
earn	washington scientif wsci qtr net shr ct two ct net sale six mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln note full compani name washington scientif industri inc second quarter end june reuter
acq	gencorp inc sell gener tire continent gummi for mln dlr
crude	venezuela budget see dlr oil price venezuela govern tomorrow present budget propos for billion bolivar base oil price dlr per barrel financ minist manuel azpurua azpurua told report cabinet meet budget project ordinari incom billion bolivar and extraordinari incom billion oil revenu expect produc billion pct total financ minist oil revenu project base averag price dlr per barrel venezuelan oil half averag dlr per barrel state oil compani petroleo venezuela reuter
acq	gencorp sell gener tire gencorp inc and continent hanov west germani jointi announc sign agreement for continent bui gencorp gener tire inc subsidiari for mln dlr cash agreement compani continent will acquir gener tire includ relat domest and foreign oper and gencorp will retain liabil for medic benefit retir gener tire employe retir novemb sale expect complet novemb and subject meet condit continent europ second largest tire produc last year compani had sale billion dlr billion dlr gener tire oper last year gener tire had oper profit mln dlr sale billion dlr and gencorp had oper profit mln dlr sale billion dlr gencorp spokesman rip tilden compani will retain mln dlr liabil for gener tire employe agreement tilden gencorp will us proce sale reduc billion dlr debt april gencorp sucessfulli thwart takeov partnership form afg industri inc afg and wagner and brown restructur program that includ purchas pct mln share common dlr share for total billion dlr part restructur gencorp plan sell tire busi bottl oper rko gener inc subsidiari and rko remain broadcast properti focu compani aerospac and automot compon busi tilden gencorp expect realiz mln dlr tax proce end result sale piec nonbroadcast asset compani includ gener tire price paid for gener tire not reevalu that estim tilden gener tire emploi peopl worldwid and tire manufactur plant and canada statemnet william reynold gencorp chairman sale gener tire repres critic accomplish plan restructur gencorp reynold gencorp previous announc sale busi proceed satisfactorili piec gencorp empir that remain sold rko bottl oper gencorp agre sell rko khj station walt disnei di for mln dlr that deal await approv feder commun commiss gencorp receiv dlr tax sale rko wor reuter
earn	advanc institut aim year loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss mln dlr profit dlr rev mln dlr mln dlr note year end march compani full name advanc institut manag softwar inc reuter
acq	kellwood kwd bui compani kellwood sign definit agreement acquir robert scott inc david brook inc and andrew harvei dedham mass term not disclos combin sale compani mln dlr deal expect complet juli kellwood reuter
acq	robin rorer group merger propos merit consider
acq	digit commun dcai bui fox unit digit commun associ inc agre fox technolog inc foxt bui fox research inc unit for cash payment and assumpt liabil mln dlr compani part agreement includ payment addit mln dlr base perform unit year close compani deal expect close mid august fox research develop make and market local area network for person comput reuter
acq	robin qrah rorer offer robin board conclud that merger propos submit rorer group inc ror merit consider request board rorer agre extend edt juli deadlin for respons robin rorer announc second bid for compani last thursdai analyst forecast that robin famili hold control compani vigour oppos merger analyst ad that robin desir emerg independ two year bankruptci proceed thwart robin sharehold perceiv merger expedi deal compani dalkon shield relat liabil fail attempt earlier thi year rorer latest merger plan call for share swap worth mln dlr rorer set two trust cover estim billion dlr liabil deal claim women suffer maladi us dalkon shield interuterin devic reuter
acq	citicorp cci save extend california reach citicorp extend reach into california market citicorp save acquisit sear roebuck sear save bank branch bring presenc branch commun citicorp save thrift industri analyst move approv feder reserv board todai for citicorp and show intent penetr california market acquisit extend citicorp reach into southern california branch locat citicorp save predominantli northern california thi mark major expans california south citicorp save presid edward valencia statement thrift industri sourc not major term impact southern california thrift market expect citicorp aggress competitor sear that market will competitor sear jame stutz execut vice presid home feder save and loan associ hfd base san diego bank industri sourc move view groundwork establish citicorp california market law chang that will oper bank state citicorp like convert branch bank that time term analyst billion dlr asset citicorp save not major forc thrift market such larg california thrift home feder great western financi corp gwf ahmanson and ahm golden west financi gwd and great american save bank gta reuter
acq	contel ctc unit sale analyst contel corp telecommun equip unit like candid for sale atlanta base telecommun compani wall street analyst executon top list analyst refer contel loss riden telecommun equip unit question ad compani forecast pct drop oper earn last year late todai that review oper effort aim maxim long term stockhold analyst contel feder system divis hit execut defect put block contel offici declin comment possibl sell oper compani statement that close evalu telecommun and feder system unit reuter
earn	royal gold and silver corp rg six mth net shr profit two ct loss two ct net profit loss rev mln nil note period includ dlr extraordinari gain reuter
acq	cdc life scienc lsi stake sold canada develop corp cdc agre sell pct interest cdc life scienc inc caiss depot placement quebec provinci pension fund manag and institut merieux french biolog laboratori compani for mln dlr caiss and institut merieux will each bui mln common share compani for dlr share transact caiss will hold pct cdc life scienc canada develop purchas not plan acquir remain publicli held share reuter
acq	cyclop cyl holder approv dixon merger dixon group plc sharehold special meet cyclop corp approv previous announc merger cyclop dixon term merger dixon remain public cyclop sharehold receiv dlr share dixon previous announc sale cyclop steel and nonresidenti construct busi alleghani corp subsidiari expect complet june sale cyclop will retain specialti retail busi and chang name silo inc dixon reuter
acq	ste geneviev up offer for sullivan sum ste geneviev resourc increas cash takeov bid for sullivan mine inc share dlr share not give origin bid offer for minimum mln common share and maximum six mln share compani gave detail reuter
grain	soviet grain meet thi summer prospect slim for summer meet and soviet offici two countri enter final year bilater grain agreement agricultur depart offici two side meet each year agreeement approach last meet delai last februari delai thi year not endang year grain agreement that extend septemb usda offici will difficult pull togeth peopl for meet juli aid usda undersecretari daniel amstutz sinc last meet month ago talk coupl month grain industri specul that usda will offer moscow anoth wheat subsidi market year usda offici even consult held subsidi offer not made doubt that subsidi offer thi summer agreement year begin usda sourc cite limit subsidi fund and uncertainti year crop variabl uncharacterist make offer nonbind pact moscow agre purchas minimum mln tonn grain per year soviet and offici meet summer start agreement year discuss grain qualiti ship logist and product outlook reuter
acq	credit will bui kraft inc and financi corp
earn	wall and redekop corp wrk mth net shr ct net rev mln mln note period end april reuter
acq	justic oppos quick greyhound trailwai merger justic depart ask govern proce cautious plan allow nation two largest interc bu compani merg oper move firm derail deal justic opposit quick feder approv bid greyhound line inc control trailwai corp prompt greyhound threaten file interst commerc commiss icc drop merger plan greyhound offici told reuter late todai compani hope for icc action merger tomorrow greyhound line will forward transact permit assum uncondit control trailwai oper and integr oper greyhound file icc feder regulatori agenc final merger interst bu compani justic had earlier file icc that want agenc move slowli plan and turn greyhound request begin oper trailwai immedi depart begun receiv relev inform trailwai financi condit and process assess correct compani alleg act assist attornei gener charl rule comment submit icc greyhound announc june that want icc begin oper trailwai immedi continu evalu merger for antitrust problem greyhound pai mln dlr for trailwai termin buse and garag two compani paper file icc that trailwai collaps matter dai trailwai ow supplier six mln dlr anoth six mln dlr due june supplier forc trailwai into bankruptci time trailwai ow consortium bank mln dlr and consortium threaten call loan trailwai fail pai interest due june reuter
acq	alli signal ald sell schlumberg slb alli signal inc and schlumberg jointli announc that schlumberg had acquir alli signal neptun intern unit term weren disclos atlanta base neptun make water meter and flow measur equip had sale last year mln dlr reuter
earn	lennar corp len qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln six mth shr dlr ct net mln rev mln mln reuter
acq	digit dcai acquir fox foxt unit digit commun associ inc dcai enter into agreement acquir substanti asset fox technolog inc fox research inc subsidiari compani will assum mln dlr fox liabil provis for mln dlr base futur financi perform fox year period close deal acquisit subject approv fox sharehold and expect close mid august reuter
tea	state control pct pakistan tea import pakistan announc tea import polici pct import will futur made state trade corpor pakistan tcp commerc minist mahbubul haq televis broadcast that remain pct alloc privat sector permit come countri polici announc month govern suspend import licenc and order inquiri into tea purchas polici trader move design put pressur kenya provid pct pakistan mln kilo annual tea import bui pakistani manufactur good exchang lipton and brook bond two unit britain unilev plc control pct pakistan hard pack tea market trader haq plan minist outlin year trade polici start financi juli reuter
acq	gener electr bui kraft kra unit gener electr credit corp agre bui capit stock kraft inc wholli own subsidiari and financi corp term acquisit not disclos and asset billion dlr lead compani involv leas fleet car credit jim aht spokesman for credit public relat firm man selvag and lee inc emphas that term acquisit had not approv reuter
acq	iep lift ultramar and ogelbai norton stake industri equiti pacif iep hong kong list unit brierlei invest brya lift stake british oil compani ultramar plc umar and firm ogelbai norton iep told stock exchang hold mln ultramar share repres pct issu capit hold share ogelbai repres pct delawar base compani detail reuter
jobs	japan unemploy record pct pct april offici
jobs	japan unemploy rise record pct japan season adjust unemploy rate rose record pct worst level sinc govern start compil unemploy statist govern manag and coodin agenc rate surpass previou record pct mark set januari and april thi year sharpli pct year earlier unadjust unemploy total mln peopl mln april and mln year earlier agenc offici blame industri restructur and strong yen for rise unemploy season adjust male unemploy rate rose record pct surpass previou record pct set juli thi compar pct april and pct year earli unadjust male unemploy total mln year earlier femal unemploy rate unchang april record pct year ago rate pct unadjust femal unemploy rose yen appreci continu affect employ manufactur industri and total emploi fell pct year earlier mln reuter
money-fx	miyazawa support louvr accord japanes financ minist kiichi miyazawa group nation support louvr accord stabilis currenc told new confer cabinet meet that group and not plan meet for talk financ minist that oversea stock market plung will not lead freefal tokyo stock market special worri stock market tokyo ad miyazawa tokyo stock market not grave affect downturn market york and london clear sign econom recoveri japan and stabil exchang rate ask had contact japan stock market plung york miyazawa not contact reuter
money-fx	miyazawa baker remark aim reaffirm louvr agreement
money-fx	baker remark aim confirm accord miyazawa japan financ minist kiichi miyazawa that remark treasuri secretari jame baker sundai that nation not abid spirit louvr accord aim reaffirm that agreement agreement cooper stabilis currenc reach pari februari thi year financ minist made remark new confer morn cabinet meet reuter
crude	venezuela see flat oil price despit attack world oil price remain stabl despit attack iranian oil platform and grow tension gulf venezuelan energi minist arturo hernandez grisanti mondai describ situat extrem tens gulf militari activ not significantli affect price suppli and demand roughli equal demand for opec crude final quarter mln barrel per dai bpd and group member pump mln bpd told new confer hernandez grisanti suppli demand balanc precari and price danger fall current averag dlr per barrel overproduct continu member nation organis petroleum export countri overproduc exagger manner assign quota opec ceil mln bpd reuter
money-fx	dollar follow wall street japanes will divest dollar wall street japanes will final move dollar invest japan invest manag japanes domin foreign investor dollar secur sold equiti dollar fall steepli not happen yesterdai japanes investor will withdraw signific fund share akira kawakami deputi manag nomura invest trust and manag intern invest depart unstabl lower dollar affect japanes invest bond japan interest rate differenti wide mean noth absenc dollar stabil kawakami bond benefit due gloomi econom pictur estim huge loss stock major institut and individu investor effect rule interest rate rise japanes investor bond wiat dollar stabl dollar hold firm yen tuesdai morn japanes investor sold huge amount stock york yesterdai for chanc lighten stock inventori hiromitsu sunada manag meiji mutual life insur intern invest depart sale help send wall street stock point market biggest percentag drop sinc invest stock and bond difficult danger katsuhiko okiyama deputi gener manag and chief advis yamaichi secur fix incom secur market group japanes invest home start pick onc market stop react wall street manag tokyo yen bond market like stabilis two week investor wait for bottom for yen bond pct yield for pct bond basic background support stock and bond market not chang norio okutsu assist gener manag nikko secur bond depart outflow fund will decreas thi evid month ago reuter
cocoa	asian cocoa produc expand despit critic asian cocoa produc expand output despit depress world price and dismiss suggest london market that cocoa inferior lead cocoa produc protect market product spokesman for indonesia director gener plantat happi long term futur malaysian grower expand sale asia and unit state malaysian cocoa not suitabl for european tast respond comment london trader that larg tonnag unwant cocoa bean malaysia indonesia and papua guinea png help depress cocoa price london trader asian cocoa consid unsuit for western palat acrid odour and high level free fatti acid siew kee chairman malaysia cocoa grower council malaysia expand sale asia and unit state not produc type suitabl for western europ spokesman for png cocoa industri board london market mistaken link png cocoa high acid malaysian and indonesian bean market declin buyer seiz talk price spokesman that png sell cocoa produc png export tonn cocoa cocoa year end septemb pct export west germani pct and rest netherland and britain indonesia spokesman agricultur ministri offici wish not identifi indonesia had problem qualiti and continu expand sale describ critic qualiti indonesian bean trade polit and jakarta tradit link dutch buyer meant not difficulti export indonesia and malaysia asia two biggest commod produc expand cocoa output and intern cocoa organ icco offici malaysian product expect total tonn calendar thi tonn partli end year drought sabah countri largest cocoa grow area product indonesian cocoa bean tripl tonn calendar tonn output project rise tonn tonn thi year young tree matur malaysia and indonesia low cost produc and trader last low price longer west african countri kuala lumpur trader world price fall anoth ringgit per tonn stg make cocoa product malaysia uneconom trader main qualiti problem harvest and ferment techniqu trader malaysian cocoa virtual indistinguish west african output treat thi not larger malaysian estat reuter
crude	malaysia advis rais crude oil output malaysia nation oil compani petrona advis govern rais crude oil output barrel dai bpd current bpd senior compani offici capac produc amount rastam hadi petrona vice presid for upstream sector govern will announc decis fridai unveil countri budget malaysia rais output thi month current level bpd review world oil market malaysia cut output bpd respons call opec boost price reuter
money-fx	sumita welcom west german joint confirm louvr accord
money-fx	sumita welcom japan agreement louvr bank japan governor satoshi sumita welcom mondai and west german joint confirm commit louvr accord sumita statement that world stockmarket excess concern econom futur bank japan will continu adher system polici coordin base louvr accord februari accord call for stabil foreign exchang rate exchang rate gener regain stabil and economi industrialis nation head for steadi recoveri reuter
money-fx	zealand will continu firm monetari polici reserv bank zealand evid suggest fall share price had affect financi stabil and maintain firm monetari polici governor spencer russel statement central bank not accept argument that battl inflat low second prioriti sharemarket plung russel bank had two statutori respons implement govern monetari polici bring inflat and ensur financi sector stabil bank direct firm monetari polici will continu nation interest that and evid bank suggest that fall share price affect stabil financi sector barclai share index fell record point tuesdai declin pct reuter
money-supply	japan septemb monei suppli rise pct year year aug
cotton	tanzanian cotton threaten lack storag tonn harvest raw cotton spoil rain tanzania northern shinyanga region store open crude villag shed radio tanzania report cotton worth billion shill cannot move ginneri region mill warehous full mill not work lack spare part ad agricultur ministri offici forecast cotton harvest tonn reuter
interest	aquino manila watch interest rate close presid corazon aquino philippin close monitor interest rate wake mondai record drop wall street and steep declin manila and asian stock market will monitor develop close and will continu hope that not precipit larg declin econom activ world aquino told meet major philippin busi group philippin trade countri world economi depend continu health and growth world economi and world trade system manila stock exchang composit index plung point pct middai close depress record point fall dow jone industri averag mondai philippin addit larg borrow nation affect develop interest rate level world and will carefulli monitor impact develop interest rate gold and commod price aquino statement world leader that urg calm present difficult situat ad reuter
money-supply	japan monei growth stai pct offici growth japan certif deposit monei suppli octob decemb period not expect acceler will remain high level and pct senior bank japan offici central bank will watch high growth liquid thi factor that rise price good septemb growth pct year year announc earlier todai not impli that monei suppli start expand rapidli august rate increas pct reuter
jet	bangladesh tender for two mln barrel petroleum bangladesh petroleum corp float intern tender for import two mln barrel jet kero superior kero and high speed diesel for shipment januari june offer for petroleum product open gmt novemb reuter
interest	poehl german and intern interest rate rise for concern
ship	iranian tanker report sight mine gulf iranian shuttl tanker report spot float mine central gulf tuesdai mile west lavan island region ship sourc khark iii own nation iranian tanker gave posit mine degre minut north east indic measur mine iranian territori water reuter
acq	faber open for offer morgan grenfel stake willi faber plc wifl chairman and chief execut david palmer compani bid for pct sharehold morgan grenfel group plc mgfl had not receiv offer will entertain approach told reuter repli question press specul earlier statement faber that offer receiv for stake merchant bank group consid merit reuter
acq	corbi distilleri expand canada corbi distilleri pct own alli lyon plc alld subsidiari hiram walker goodman wort bui spirit busi mcguin distil toronto for mln canadian dlr mcguin produc and market spirit and exclus agenc for import wine and spirit sale subject approv bureau competit polici michael jackaman presid and chief execut offic hiram walker and alli vintner acquisit excel commerci and financi reuter
interest	poehl rate rise for concern rise west german and intern interest rate for concern and bundesbank interest higher capit market rate bundesbank presid karl otto poehl interest rate increas that occur and internation problem and for concern poehl told invest confer stress that bundesbank interest higher capit market rate shortli poehl spoke bundesbank announc tender for secur repurchas pact fix rate pct previou tender last month interest rate alloc rate facil rise pct last week pact last fix rate tender late septemb bundesbank reduct kei alloc rate pct herald mondai repeat inject monei market liquid and pct move cap interest rate meet poehl financ minist gerhard stoltenberg and treasuri secretari jame baker mondai frankfurt offici men had reaffirm commit louvr accord currenc stabil weekend critic baker tighten west german monetari polici had prompt sharp fall dollar specul that louvr cooper had end dollar ralli new mondai meet nervou trade trade mark tuesdai poehl that recent rise interest rate not due central bank polici market expect and currenc develop comment inflationari expect poehl you root problem you pursu polici reveal that ground for such fear inflationari fear unjustifi and exagger poehl rebuf recent critic west germani bundesbank had made substanti contribut intern cooper interest and monetari polici bundesbank toler overshoot monei suppli target arous critic quarter todai lower interest rate end quit contrari countri interest rate risen substanti poehl thi had into account recent rise repurchas pact alloc rate due rise intern monei market rate that had spill into german market poehl express surpris that financi market had improv deficit adjust process trade balanc underwai note that thi not notic absolut figur spectacular improv budget deficit had attract attent reuter
acq	lawson share offer ahead chancellor exchequ nigel lawson govern ahead thi month flotat british petroleum plc share despit collaps intern stock market ahead issu underwritten had underwritten risk thi sort thing happen lawson bbc radio interview lawson remark renew sell london stock market share below price set for billion stg issu lawson economi fundament sound and ad that stock market had reflect that recent profoundli market system for secur econom prosper that not mean market infal advic small investor remain calm absolut reason not lawson reuter
interest	tokyo stock plung forc easier monei polici plung tokyo stock price will prevent bank japan rais discount rate and even forc eas monetari polici collaps continu govern and privat economist rise interest rate serv spark sell share that ultim major deflationari impact real economi bank japan offici consist maintain that had plan rais pct discount rate market thought fear rise discount rate fan central bank appar decis last week counten higher rate commerci bill dealer todai stock market collaps price fell pct mean that bank japan hard press rais discount rate despit concern renew outbreak inflat dealer and economist japanes govern bond price rose sharpli todai market conclud that stock market collaps preclud central bank carri wide rumour discount rate increas senior govern economist suggest that and japan need eas monetari polici prevent drop york and tokyo stock price support stock and secur market bank japan offici chang polici for moment admit that central bank rethink strategi tokyo stock price continu plung rest week govern and bank japan economist agre economi cope deflationari impact plung stock price month ago economi recov strongli steep drop stock price not like put major dent consum and busi confid govern economist will impact real economi won that big anoth individu not heavili invest stock particip trust fund and invest vehicl and manufactur firm turn financi market invest for profit last year econom downturn recent rebound allow refocu attent core busi paradox pick economi that partli blame for stock market collaps compani shift fund financi invest increas inventori and step capit spend govern economist decid respons make steep stock price drop bank japan determin whether price will continu fall and decid pose greater econom danger threat higher inflat central bank offici that will coupl dai not week reuter
alum	sept daili av primari aluminium output tonn tonn ipai
alum	ground british bauxit vessel refloat orinoco british bulk carrier envoi ran aground orinoco river octob refloat lighten octob lloyd ship intellig servic envoi tonn carri cargo tonn bauxit brazil cuba reuter
money-supply	septemb rise pct pct bank england
money-supply	septemb sterl bank lend billion stg offici
money-fx	stoltenberg meet baker underscor monetari cooper
money-fx	stoltenberg baker meet underscor accord west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg meet mondai treasuri secretari jame baker underscor determin and west germani continu close cooper stabilis foreign exchang rate stoltenberg told new confer statement releas yesterdai mondai privat meet emphas determin continu close econom cooper foreign exchang stabil and monetari polici stoltenberg that baker and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl had construct discuss and had reach posit evalu louvr accord meet mondai stoltenberg initi contact european counterpart show that share thi view expect declar unifi posit posit effect note that dollar firm late trade outcom baker meet publish reuter
rubber	inro council meet adjourn thursdai council meet intern natur rubber organ inro adjourn thursdai tomorrow malaysian nation holidai offici organis main issu talk open yesterdai inro buffer stock and manner buffer stock manag continu sell rubber current intern pact for commod expir octob deadlin for start pact januari buffer stock manag aldo hofmeist mandat continu sell rubber interim period issu discuss includ ratif accord offici malaysia pact produc and consum member countri had ratifi agreement begin thi month meet due end thursdai reuter
money-fx	louvr accord vital germani stoltenberg west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg louvr accord vital west germani stoltenberg told new confer west germani unusu high depend world trade and export vital for west germani continu construct contribut trust intern cooper basi louvr accord monetari analyst specul that inflat consciou bundesbank vice presid helmut schlesing lead central bank tighter monetari polici stoltenberg due attend routin bundesbank meet thursdai west berlin declin forecast polici decis bundesbank reuter
money-fx	stoltenberg not rule central bank intervent stabil currenc
money-fx	mark dollar fall burden trade deficit stoltenberg
money-fx	stoltenberg declin comment chang target for currenc
money-fx	stoltenberg declin comment currenc zone west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg declin comment whether unpublish target zone for currenc agre last februari louvr accord had chang result meet mondai treasuri secretari jame baker ask target zone new confer bonn stoltenberg refer statement releas mondai meet continu cooper aim promot currenc stabil current level thi formula us text louvr accord note reuter
money-fx	stoltenberg not rule intervent west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg not rule possibl central bank intervent support currenc ask new confer whether central bank prepar interven defend currenc cannot rule us instrument lead foreign currenc stabil ad that end market forc prevail reuter
crude	iran raid caus mln dlr damag attack two iranian oil platform gulf blaze caus damag estim mln dlr tehran radio quot iranian oil minist gholamreza aqazadeh rig heavili shell american destroy mondai burn almost hour attack and widespread pollut gulf minist told new confer tehran reshadat rig mile east bahrain intern water final stage reconstruct attack iraqi jet last year reuter
crude	indonesia will extend oil contract indonesia told oil industri tuesdai will extend contract produc block and improv invest climat increas expenditur explor return presid suharto open speech indonesian petroleum associ indonesia readi extend contract held foreign oil compani produc area order boost invest petroleum industri govern indonesia basic approv extend product share contract present law suharto apart that govern will improv invest climat order acceler develop petroleum industri indonesian energi minist subroto told associ awar that oil industri need assur that contract block expir year renew invest explor heard thi morn presid fulli awar thi situat subroto govern made polit decis entertain thi time problem invit exist produc continu activ indonesia albeit select basi indonesia member opec find oil reserv remain export decad oil industri sourc subroto govern work eas problem includ grant easier term for remot area deep water condit subroto relat oil compani two and that step expenditur oil explor that oil price had recov presid suharto want greater transfer technolog indonesian compani and oil industri for region compani oper abdul rachman ramli presid state oil compani pertamina that budget explor and product expenditur for oil compani indonesia forecast fall billion dlr calendar billion pertamina product share joint oper contract foreign oil compani subroto speed approv for field oper govern prioriti had misunderstand govern and oil industri area such field design commerci and thorough evalu made govern want finalis contract extens practic and urg industri meantim maintain explor drive subroto indonesia need compani maintain explor effort even contract due expir year thi sort guarante that will come extens agreement eleven major contract area due come for renew and industri sourc extens contract block involv detail negoti extens grant subroto told report that contract extens select base capit invest reuter
earn	musicland group inc tmg qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln note compani pct own primerica corp reuter
housing	sept hous start rose pct mln permit fell pct mln
earn	appli biosystem inc abio qtr sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	plum hold inc start hoilli sugar hly bid plum hold inc start previous announc offer purchas common share holli sugar corp dlr each newspap advertis firm offer prorat period and withdraw right expir novemb extend offer approv holli board and merger remain share exchang for cumul redeem exchang prefer stock condit receipt share give plum two third interest and receipt financ reuter
housing	hous start rose pct septemb hous start rose pct septemb season adjust annual rate unit commerc depart august hous start unchang juli level unit pct previous report increas septemb hous start largest sinc pct gain start decemb commerc depart offici rate permit issu for futur construct fell pct septemb season adjust unit unit august permit had risen pct august juli level unit season adjust permit rose septemb august hous start adjust rose septemb august season adjust rise start includ pct increas septemb singl famili unit start august singl famili start had fallen pct august juli level multi famili start rose pct septemb season adjust unit pct increas august depart permit for singl famili unit fell pct last month season adjust unit pct august rise multi famili permit pct septemb unit fall pct august hous start septemb pct season adjust unit septemb permit pct below septemb level unit reuter
earn	nalco chemic corp nlc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
earn	stepan scl qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
earn	converg inc cvgt qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net includ tax credit dlr quarter and dlr mth mth result restat for pool acquisit bidtek inc reuter
reserves	german net currenc reserv rise mln mark billion week
earn	tribun trb qtr net shr ct dlr net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net rev billion billion avg shr note per share earn includ daili new sever charg ct share quarter and ct share for month net incom includ recur gain dlr share quarter and dlr share month and ct share daili new sever charg reuter
earn	great western financi corp gwf qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	printronix inc ptnx qtr sept net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss sale mln mln avg shr half shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit sale mln mln avg shr note half net includ pretax gain dlr sale option bui facil backlog mln dlr mln dlr end previou quarter and mln dlr end prior year second quarter reuter
acq	gaf gaf purchas pct stock gaf corp board author repurchas time time mln common share pct for cash open market purchas privat transact compani repurchas share april author bui back mln share and author for repurchas program withdrawn yesterdai gaf group led chairman samuel heyman decid reconsid offer acquir gaf gaf revis offer group reuter
earn	dow chemic dow qtr net shr dlr ct net sale billion billion avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net sale billion billion avg shr note earn includ loss mln dlr share quarter earli extinguish debt earn includ loss month mln dlr two ct share mln dlr ct share earli extinguish debt reuter
earn	thrifti rent car system inc tfty qtr june end shr ct ct net rev mln year shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	comput memori cmin delai merger comput memori inc board decid addit time evalu impact litig propos acquisit hemdal film corp comput memori plan adjourn annual sharehold meet schedul for octob conven purpos meet transact compani explain comput memori hemdal agre thi action reuter
interest	chemic bank cut prime rate pct pct effect immedi
earn	shearson lehman brother hold qtr shr ct net mln dlr mln dlr rev billion billion mth shr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note full name shearson lehman brother hold inc compani public reuter
interest	marin midland bank cut prime rate pct pct effect immedi
interest	chemic chl marin midland cut prime chemic bank and marin midland bank inc cut prime lend rate pct pct revers increas that announc last week reduct effect immedi major bank had lead chemic and marin midland prefer prime rate pct wait monei market rate mondai record fall wall street stock price monei market rate fell sharpli tuesdai investor plough proce into short term instrument and feder reserv prepar provid liquid support economi and financi system eurodollar deposit rate london fell percentag point treasuri bill rate fell half point fall and basi point mondai and fed fund rate drop pct mondai averag pct specul even surfac discount rate cut calm market dealer reuter
earn	sear roebuck and qtr net shr dlr ct net rev billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net billion mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	prime comput inc prm qtr sept shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	ryder system inc rdr qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note share prefer dividend reuter
earn	schlumberg slb qtr net shr nil loss ct net loss mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr profit ct profit ct net profit mln mln rev billoin billion avg shr mln mln note qtr includ mln dlr for continu oper includ mln dlr tax gain sale compani invest compagni luxembourgeois telediffus qtr and mth net includ loss mln dlr ct share for discontinu oper and mln dlr ct share for extraordinari gain qtr and mth net includ loss mln dlr ct share continu oper for employe layoff cost oilfi servic sale small electron busi and unfavor leas comit mth net includ loss mln dlr discontinu oper due complet previous announc sale fairchild semiconductor busi extraordinari item mln dlr relat award iran claim tribun iran seizur sedco inc drill busi prior acquisit schlumberg qtr and mth net includ discontinu oper loss mln dlr fairchild semiconductor offset mln dlr gain favor settlement litig data gener reuter
earn	well fargo and wfc qtr net shr profit dlr profit dlr net mln mln mth shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss mln profit mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
earn	baxter travenol lab bax qtr shr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note result includ caremark inc august caremark acquisit reduc month net ct offset gain sale secur quarter net exclud gain discontinu oper mln dlr ct gain sale discontinu oper mln dlr dlr and charg earli repay debt mln dlr ct month net exclud gain discontinu oper mln dlr ct gain sale discontinu oper mln dlr dlr and charg earli repay debt mln dlr ct reuter
earn	lamson and session lm qtr net oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln mln mth oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln mln note net exclud loss discontinu oper dlr quarter and dlr mth mth net exclud gain dlr cumul effect pension account chang net exclud tax credit dlr quarter and dlr mth reuter
earn	kraft inc kra qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net sale billion billion avg shr note earn includ loss discontinuedoper mln dlr ct share quarter and gain mln dlr ct share month reuter
earn	ust inc ust qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
coffee	coffe import report system question voluntari complianc system for monitor coffe import quota view skeptic coffe industri analyst and trade sourc sector trade includ larg roaster and import adam voluntari complianc past subject tremend irregular matter trade monitor each analyst mondai nation coffe associ newslett offic trade repres will implement voluntari complianc system temporarili legisl monitor import ti congression trade bill arrang milar coffe import voluntarili present need document govern congress approv monitor author coffe arriv valid certif will allow entri produc will not seek add overburden stock situat will ship quota requir lieu monitor control trade sourc last time lot fals inform submit custom result lot indict and fine custom spokesman custom can good job tool hand ti doesn author demand form document track merchandis sourc destin true test whether produc and import will abid quota system kei whether teeth quota agreement major roaster last time had gentleman agreement trade not act gentleman anoth analyst ad submit document ball will produc hand feel that import will advantag voluntari complianc due develop two tier market member countri bui coffe big discount fear that dealer will bui coffe destin for member countri discount and bring into fals label custom offici green coffe import confess that had import coffe fraudul bui for member destin forg land certif and relabel navi bean that discrep price for countri and anoth produc tete rid stock coffe sell member nation and circumv quota provis pain webber analyst berni savaiko that produc will not hard press aggrav overburden coffe stock situat term naiv suggest that agreement not share conniv voluntari system suffic and coupl fact that coffe don that pose that threat trader reuter
earn	smithklin beckman corp skb qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev billion mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note qtr and mth net includ charg mln dlr ct share and mln dlr ct share for interest expens for share repurchas mth net includ charg mln dlr ct share for earli retir program and withdraw contac cold remedi market due tamper reuter
earn	union camp corp ucc qtr sept shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln month shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion reuter
earn	newel nwl qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln note net incom exclud prefer dividend mln dlr quarter and mln dlr month compar dlr and dlr reuter
acq	circl express termin plan acquisit overland express
earn	vallei corp fivc qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	avon product inc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	spring industri inc smi qtr oct shr ct ct net mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr ct net mln mln sale billion billion note share adjust for two for stock split april reuter
acq	circl express cexx end overland bui circl express inc negoti propos acquisit overland express inc and privat held continent train servic inc termin mutual agreement compani recent declin stock price made that transact qualifi tax free reorgan reuter
earn	marsh and mclennan co inc mmc qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	central illinoi public cip qtr net springfield ill oct shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln note central illinoi public servic full name compani reuter
earn	sundstrand corp sn qtr net shr ct dlr net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln billion reuter
acq	crazi eddi crzy amend sharehold right crazi eddi inc board director amend compani sharehold right plan move design preserv stockhold protect and provid flexibl plan yesterdai crazi eddi agre not oppos slate candid board propos committe restor stockhold sharehold group led oppenheim palmieri fund and entertain market inc that seek oust current manag crazi eddi amend limit futur amend plan modifi definit continu director and permit amend termin plan consent compani sharehold continu director offic approv such director cannot obtain compani approv certif design respect mln share author previous undesign and unissu share prefer stock and adopt employe stock ownership plan crazi eddi that request that sharehold group make commit not compani privat crazi eddi had chanc recov current financi difficulti committ that group reject crazi eddi will hold annual sharehold meet novemb reuter
earn	huntington bancshar inc hban qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln note share adjust for juli pct stock dividend result restat for pool acquisit net includ loan loss provis dlr dlr quarter and mln dlr mln dlr nin mth reuter
earn	weirton steel corp qtr net mln mln rev mln mln mth net mln mln rev mln mln note compani not report per share earn privat own concern net amount report tax profit share and contribut employe stock ownership trust reuter
earn	domtar inc dtc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev not mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev not reuter
earn	gener signal corp gsx qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
earn	mellon bank corp mel qtr net shr profit ct profit dlr net profit mln profit mln avg shr mln mln mth shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss mln profit mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note net includ loan loss provis mln dlr mln dlr quarter and mln dlr mln dlr mth net includ pretax gain sale secur mln dlr mln dlr quarter and mln dlr mln dlr mth reuter
earn	musicland group inc tmg qtr net sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note effect septemb primerica corp own pct musicland common share reuter
rubber	reagan send int rubber agreement senat presid reagan year intern natur rubber agreement senat for approv reagan accord design stabil rubber price disturb long term market trend and foster expand natur rubber suppli reason price continu buffer stock not tonn establish agreement thi will us defend regularli adjust price rang and will financ equal import and export member agreement reuter
veg-oil	lyng india food aid packag not readi unit state and india not agre food aid packag drought stricken asian countri agricultur secretari richard lyng lyng told reuter interview that two countri discuss packag that not expect specif offer announc indian prime minist rajiv gandhi visit thi week talk potenti that india for commerci market and purchas possibl assist lyng thi point detail plan program amount commod uncertain indian that stand readi assist deem valuabl specul trade circl that usda offer india subsid veget oil export enhanc program and donat surplu corn section amend law lyng two countri unabl agre mix concession and commerci aid and that washington prefer packag includ donat food indian capabl purchas lot take care india countri that come long abil produc food and great pride that lyng unit state surplus commod share import busi indian and compass for peopl india and cooper lyng had plan meet indian offici gandhi visit ad don that announc specif ask ball indian court gandhi leav washington tuesdai even reuter
earn	melvil corp me qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
earn	bolt beranek and newman inc bbn qtr net end sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln note share adjust for juli two for stock split reuter
earn	dominion resourc inc qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	inter region financi ifg qtr oper net oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln mth oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln note earn exclud gain util tax loss carryforward dlr ct share loss dlr ct share quarter and gain dlr ct share dlr ct share month earn exclud loss discontinu oper dlr dlr share quarter and dlr ct share month reuter
earn	gte corp gte qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note share result restat for for stock split januari net period includ busi reposit gain mln dlr ct share and gain earli retir program mln dlr ct share month net includ pre tax charg mln dlr for gte share special write sprint reduc tax net mln dlr ct share net period includ busi reposit gain mln dlr ct per share reuter
cpi	african consum inflat fall septemb south african year year consum price inflat septemb fell pct pct august central statist offic figur show monthli rise item index base pct septemb edg august year ago index stood and year year consum price inflat pct reuter
earn	west usw qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln dlr rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
earn	kelsei hay canada kel mth net shr ct dlr net sale mln mln reuter
earn	rockefel center properti inc rcp qtr shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	aritech corp arit qtr oct two shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr and mth rev includ sale adt inc mln dlr and mln dlr qtr and mth includ sale mln dlr and mln dlr reuter
earn	southold save bank sdsb qtr net shr ct net mth net asset mln mln loan mln mln deposit mln mln note per share figur for and mth not bank convert stock form compani april reuter
earn	constel bancorp cstl qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
money-fx	louvr reaffirm not analyst and west german reaffirm support for louvr accord cannot cure fundament problem bedevil world economi lie current collaps stock market london economist acknowledg that dollar allow slip richard jeffrei hoar govett not continu fear that pressur emerg dollar fed will forc tighten thi throw econom abyss recess obviou knock effect rest world economist ad that wall street crash drag major market curb problem that spark turmoil world inflat fear and massiv and persist trade deficit benefit pct fall wall street sort resist inflat worldwid geoffrei denni broker jame capel echo comment london and tokyo analyst lower person wealth lower stock price and fear fall dampen credit growth curb inflationari pressur and import demand such consider help bond market resist equiti crash mike osborn kleinwort grieveson suicid for govern context happen last coupl dai jack interest rate ad stock surg new chemic bank cut prime lend rate half point pct tuesdai and fed chairman alan greenspan pledg support for financi system new erod fear that stock collaps spill into economi bank crisi for exampl precipit recess help dollar ralli sharpli high mark european low economist todai whiplash move not long term signific and that market underli fundament mind unit state live borrow time effect thi crash produc slower econom growth not recess contain good new and realist assess economi capel denni ad that market danger liquid doesn disappear disappear equiti market denni note david morrison goldman sach intern world market turbul will exacerb group lead western nation confirm base for dollar impli west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg remark that intervent support currenc last week dollar fall partli trigger expect that german worri monei suppli impact such intervent maintain currenc stabil rigid adher dollar rang bad morrison louvr accord fundament misconceiv stabilis dollar high level wrong reuter
ship	contain crane arriv tanzania port two larg contain crane donat danish intern develop agenc danida arriv dar salaam will increas port cargo handl capac port offici two contain crane join danish contain crane instal port import trade outlet for tanzania zambia malawi and eastern zair crane finland due arriv increas contain termin handl capac unit per year present offici reuter
interest	credit polici steadi despit bank data unexpectedli heavi billion stg surg septemb sterl bank lend nudg bank england tighten monetari polici long sterl remain present robust state economist acut crisi confid equiti market past two dai will case subdu person consum credit demand larg growth lend normal event market extrem worri that figur note peter spencer economist credit suiss boston initi dip reaction bank lend data compar won stg august rise govern bond gilt soar investor continu flee plummet equiti into rel secur govern secur equiti market drop sharpli new touch dai low ftse index data stage recoveri sterl held buoyant tone monei market rate similarli calm respons resum slightli easier trend earlier morn token blip figur note that such huge rise credit extend bank circumst prompt market fear rise clear bank base rate current pct financi market that last thing bank england want spencer monetari situat bad long sterl firm author put rate kevin boak chief economist greenwel montagu gilt edg boak point rise narrow monei measur pct year year august pct growth concern treasuri fact that broad monei growth slow encourag sign note paul temperton economist merril lynch capit market point fall year year growth rate broad monei aggreg pct septemb august pct concern credit growth prompt bank england engin point rise bank base rate pct earli august caution endors subsequ new massiv billion stg juli rise bank lend temperton note that focu bank worri that period had behaviour asset market hous and equiti kei two asset market influenc consum behaviour light precipit fall equiti market past dai will almost straightforward impact consum spend and retail sale temperton almost can forward slower growth consum borrow equiti shakeout continu ad stock market decid that bank lend figur thing past talk panic and flight qualiti spencer treasuri offici that import monetari inform not bank lend ad that monetari aggreg grow slowli bank lend senior bank sourc note that surg bank lend evid continu recent trend fairli heavi person sector borrow figur bank inform servic show person sector lend clear bank rose billion stg septemb mln stg august rise rise reflect quarterli interest payment reuter
reserves	taiwan foreign exchang reserv hit record high taiwan foreign exchang reserv boui rise export hit record high and like soar billion dlr year end central bank offici tuesdai central bank governor chang chi cheng told report reserv total billion dlr compar billion time last year and billion octob declin elabor senior bank offici declin name told reuter reserv like reach billion dlr end year surg reserv result trade surplu and recent purchas dollar local interbank market chang taiwan trade surplu hit record billion dlr month compar billion year earlier offici figur show vice econom minist wang chien hsien surplu will rise billion dlr end year pct surplu will come island trade unit state chien taiwan trade will reach billion dlr thi year compar billion last year export expect total billion and import billion export billion and import billion last year reuter
interest	bank franc leav intervent rate unchang pct
earn	louisiana pacif corp lpx qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion reuter
rubber	scrap crepe rubber price firat colombo auction scrap crepe price firm good shortcov demand colombo rubber auction broker brown trade rupe per cent last rate grade show improv rise attribut shortag rubber manufactur thi type latex crepe price unchang sell rupe crepe trade and crepe two rupe sheet firm previou week rss averag rupe previous total quantiti rubber offer sale tonn reuter
earn	olin corp oln qtr net shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
crude	norwai boost oil output pct septemb norwai septemb oil output rose pct mln barrel per dai bpd bpd august reuter survei firm oper oper sharp rise reflect higher output norwai biggest field and resum product field shut for dai august for ekofisk field rescu project industri analyst increas not exce norwai voluntari move curb pct plan growth oil output move design back opec led effort stabilis oil price limit suppli world crude market norwai not opec member decid june extend product restraint enforc sinc februari north sea field for rest year oil minist arn oeien last month expect norwai extend into polici slow product growth biggest increas ekofisk field pump bpd septemb bpd august field oper phillip petroleum norwai inc ekofisk and nearbi valhal and ula field us ekofisk pipelin shut for august phillip rais ekofisk platform counter seab subsid petroleum develop norwai oper ula field septemb output rose bpd drop bpd august shutdown valhal oper amoco norwai flow bpd last month compar bpd august compani septemb product sharpli higher statfjord field norwai pct share statfjord extend into british north sea sector bpd bpd august oper den norsk stat oljeselskap statoil norwai pct share murchison field statfjord extend into british sector yield bpd septemb slight bpd decreas previou month norwegian partner british oper field statoil boost output gullfak field bpd septemb compar august norsk hydro oper oseberg field test output field mobil product ship petro jarl total bpd last month sharpli bpd august hydro drop caus failur bring stream second cut septemb product two dai reuter
earn	bristol myer bmy qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion note share adjust for two for stock split reuter
earn	xyvis inc xyvi qtr septemb shr ct ct net rev six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr and six mth net includ dlr and dlr for tax credit qtr and six mth net includ dlr and dlr for tax credit reuter
interest	republ bank dalla cut prime rate pct pct effect todai
earn	perkin famili restaur pfr qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	american bank for save famb qtr shr ct ct net mth shr dlr not net mln note compani public juli net includ loan loss provis dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth net includ pretax gain sale asset dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth reuter
earn	arkansa corp abz qtr net shr dilut ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dilut ct dlr net mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	fireman fund corp ffc qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note realiz invest gain net tax for qtr and mth mln dlr and mln dlr realiz invest gain for qtr and mth mln dlr and mln dlr compani repurchas mln share stock qtr reuter
earn	hutton group inc efh qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note net for includ mln discontinu oper mln tax gain sale hutton insur group and mln extraordinari gain utiliaz loss carryforward net includ mln discontinu oper and extraordinari credit mln util loss carryforward reuter
acq	bastian technolog pct cosmo commun seek control
acq	servic corp srv dump capit southwest stake servic corp intern invest capit corp unit sold entir pct stake capit southwest corp cswc common stock and longer hold capit southwest share file secur and exchang commiss invest capit sold share capit southwest common stock sinc septemb dlr dlr share reason for recent sale reuter
earn	manufactur hanov corp mhc qtr net shr profit dlr dlr net mln mln mth shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss billion profit mln note qtr includ previous report gain mln dlr mln tax captur excess pension fund mth includ billion dlr addit loan loss reserv qtr for shaki ldc debt reuter
earn	coca cola enterpris inc cce qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note result includ acquir bottl compani date acquisit pro forma basi acquisit had place start period compani earn dlr ct per share mln share outstand revenu mln dlr for quarter and earn mln dlr ct per share number share and revenu billion dlr for mth reuter
earn	ball corp bll qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
earn	banker trust qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln month shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss mln profit mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note month loss reflect mln dlr increas loan loss provis tax benefit quarter net incom mln dlr pct mln dlr quarter interest incom total mln dlr quarter pct mln dlr larg due increas incom foreign exchang trade fee and commiss foreign exchang trade incom total mln dlr mln year ago provis for loan loss quarter mln dlr versi mln year previous septemb provis for loan loss jump billion dlr mln time last year reuter
acq	tran world airlin carl icahn withdraw acquisit offer
earn	telecommun inc qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit mln profit mln rev mln mln mth shr loss ct profit dlr net loss mln profit mln rev billion billion note per shr reflect payment prefer dividend result includ loss ct shr prior mth discontinu oper latest month result includ time charg dlr share relat sprint revenu exclud for sprint joint ventur gte corp gte reuter
earn	bristol myer bmy qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion note share adjust for two for stock split reuter
earn	gander mountain inc gndr qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	bastian technolog mull cosmo csmo bid york base bastian technolog corp acquir pct stake cosmo commun corp and move seek control compani secur role affair bastian technolog believ that manag polici and busi strategi compani can onc becom profit and maxim for sharehold underli compani bastian file secur and exchang commiss bastian altern consid includ attempt acquir cosmo merger tender exchang offer seek influenc compani manag and polici and seek represent cosmo board director proxi contest bastian contact parti intent cosmo ad intend request meet cosmo repres discuss invest cosmo stock bastian hold cosmo common share pct total outstand share purchas nasta intern inc na octob for mln dlr bastia reuter
earn	snap tool corp sna qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
iron-steel	bethlehem steel rais steel sheet price dlr short ton
earn	nycor inc nyco qtr net shr loss two ct profit two ct net profit profit rev mln mln mth shr profit cent profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ gain dlr cent per share and dlr six ct per share util tax loss carryforward qtr and mth includ gain dlr cent per share and gain dlr six ct per share util tax loss carryforward mth includ loss dlr ct per share earli extinguish debt reuter
acq	icahn drop bid for twa twa tran world airlin inc chairman carl icahn withdrawn propos acquir twa share not due deterior market condit propos icahn paid for each twa share dlr cash and dlr face amount pct subordin debentur due twa icahn reserv make subsequ propos futur date term term reuter
earn	american save bank fsb abni qtr net shr primari dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln mth shr primari dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion note qtr and mth includ gain dlr and mln dlr util net oper loss carryforward qtr and mth includ gain dlr and mln dlr util net oper loss carryforward full name compani american save bank fsb york reuter
acq	brand soda complet acquisit and brand inc complet acquisit vernor inc unit brand cash and stock transact worth valu mln dlr reuter
earn	washington post wpo qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note net period includ gain mln dlr dlr share sale interest detroit cellular telephon compani and mln dlr ct share sale interest sportschannel cabl program network reuter
earn	banc corp qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
earn	warner commun inc wci qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr ct net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
earn	aristech chemic corp ar qtr net shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note dividend payabl decemb sharehold record octob reuter
earn	appl bank for save appl qtr net shr dlr dlr net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion note qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share util tax loss carryforward qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share and dlr dlr per shr util tax loss carryforward reuter
iron-steel	bethlehem steel set steel price increas bethlehem steel corp price for steel sheet product will increas dlr ton effect januari increas will affect contract spot transact and will achiev reduct competit discount compani transact price for contract account durat six month will increas commensur level percentag increas not immedi price for flat roll steel sheet us automobil applianc and product vari wide and dlr ton compani take action restor sheet transact price equit level case price lower attain bethlehem that respons chang market condit and potenti inflationari pressur effort will made minin number and durat firm price contract reuter
earn	kellogg qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note month earn includ nonrecur loss mln dlr cent share purchas mln dlr princip amount compani mln dlr pct debentur due februari reuter
money-fx	poehl chanc for exchang rate stabil good
money-fx	balladur had contact minist french financ minist edouard balladur contact financ minist group lead industri countri west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg discuss crisi world market financ ministri sourc not whether contact had led concert action market exchang view ad that french ministri offici continu contact exchang view market perform reuter
acq	lasmo canada merg onyx petroleum lasmo explor canada subsidiari london scottish marin oil plc lsml merg onyx petroleum explor lasmo merger made onyx bui lasmo explor share swap compani lasmo canada inc will form lasmo will control pct equiti worth mln canadian dlr base current onyx share price compani will proven reserv mln barrel oil and billion cubic feet ga lasmo reuter
earn	regal beloit corp rbc qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	burndi corp bdc qtr oct net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	florida bank ffbk qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billlion loan billion billion note qtr includ secur tax gain dlr ct share reuter
earn	mai inc mai qtr juli net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln year shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln note year result includ extraordinari credit dlr ct per shr due util tax loss carryforward fiscal nonrecur incom item total qtr includ dlr ct per shr extraordinari charg due duction util tax loss carryforward nonrecur incom item total mth mth nonrecur incom for year includ pretax gain dlr sale compani leasehold glen oak store dec compani discontinu oper that unit jan nonrecur incom for and month includ for settlement litig and gain dlr surrend leasehold month period includ refund prior year real estat tadx reuter
earn	allianc financi corp alfl qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	metropolitan feder mftn qtr net qtr end septemb shr ct ct net asset billion billion deposit mln mln loan mln mln reuter
earn	alto comput system alto qtr net period end septemb shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
earn	jannock qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	yellow freight system yell qtr net shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note full name yellow freight system inc dividend payabl novemb record novemb reuter
earn	raleigh feder save bank rfbk qtr shr ct net mln mth shr ct net note compani convert stock ownership juli reuter
earn	florida employ insur flaef qtr shr ct ct net mth shr ct ct net note full name compani florida employ insur reuter
earn	oak brook fobba qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net note full name oak brook bancshar inc reuter
earn	unit servic advisor inc usvsp qtr qtr end sept shr profit ct loss two ct net profit loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	wolohan lumber wlhn qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
money-fx	poehl see good chanc for currenc stabil bundesbank presid karl otto poehl good chanc for exchang rate stabil chanc for exchang rate stabil good told report reuter
earn	taunton save bank tsbk qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln note mth per share figur not bank convert stock form june reuter
acq	gordon make bid acquir pagecorp pgoa gordon invest corp plan make offer acquir pagecorp inc class and class share for dlr cash per share bid condit examin gordon busi and affair pagecorp dai end decemb propos offer condit ainimum number share tender gordon not minimum will meanwhil pagecorp agre grant gordon option purchas class share dlr per share exercis gordon make acquisit bid decemb parti begin takeov decemb pagecorp class sharehold agre deposit class share gordon proce offer reuter
earn	trillium telephon tlm qtr net shr profit ct loss dlr net profit loss rev mln mln six mth shr profit ct loss dlr net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr note trillium telephon system inc reuter
earn	tran nation leas inc tnl year loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev reuter
coffee	ibc seek export detail set coffe quota brazilian coffe institut ibc shipper close busi thursdai submit detail past export perform order that individu quota can alloc ibc spokesman told reuter ibc presid jorio dauster confirm accept nation coffe polici council cnpc propos establish individu export quota base pct export perform pct stock and pct auction shipper can choos period consecut month april and septemb us for calcul export performac portion ibc will total figur calcul each shipper particip and us thi basi for alloc individu quota ibc spokesman ibc settl sao paulo mercantil exchang auction system will oper shipper can bid premium contribut quota payabl coffe export and succes bidder will add thi premium contribut quota submit export sale declar form auction will not start open export registr spokesman not thi trade sourc announc come end week open registraion mondai meet set for tomorrow brasilia cnpc export market committe establish system for alloc pct export quota base stock level spokesman ad system individu export quota reestablish brazil previou system abandon ensur shipment line countri ico quota reuter
earn	elmira save bank fsb esbk qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln note mth includ gain dlr ct per share util oper loss carryforward qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share and dlr dlr per share util oper loss carryforward reuter
earn	golden vallei microwav gvmf qtr net period end septemb shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	home feder save rocki hrok qtr shr ct nil net mth shr dlr ct net asset mln mln note full name compani home feder save and loan associ rocki reuter
earn	westport bancorp inc wbat qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net reuter
veg-oil	copa urg tax veget protein european commun farmer pressur group copa urg farm minist agre tax veget protein similar oil and marin fat tax propos commiss copa presid han kjeldsen told new confer tuesdai had urg minist seek similar mechan for cereal substitut speak meet farm leader danish foreign and agricultur minist chair meet colleagu kjeldsen tax product concern budget problem and provid price stabil for produc thi turn market posit for crop net import such oilse pea and bean for commiss propos sever output restrict minor minist oppos oil and fat tax import and domest produc oil and marin fat succeed block idea thi year annual price fix commiss maintain propos for tax kjeldsen copa had urg minist pursu intern negoti farm trade aim bridg gap and world price reuter
earn	ohio edison oec qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	york state electr ga corp nge qtr oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note month and month oper net exclud charg mln dlr and mln dlr reflect disallow cost util pct share mile point number two nuclear power plant and abandon jamesport nuclear project charg result month share loss dlr and month share loss dlr reuter
earn	citicorp cci qtr net shr profit dlr profit dlr net profit mln profit mln mth shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss billion profit mln note net mth includ provis for credit loss billion billion net qtr includ provis for crit loss mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion qtr reflect previous announc aftertax gain mln recognit pension plan fund and mln tax benefit billion provis net write off qtr total mln mln and year date billion mln reuter
earn	coleman inc cln qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln avg shr note data restat for method account for pension reuter
acq	jacob sell stake gillett minneapoli investor irwin jacob sold stake held gillett decid that not forc gillett accept dlr share takeov bid made revlon group inc rev revlon bid expir last week repeatedli reject gillett jacob had earlier consid wage proxi fight gillett jacob told reuter sold gillett stake call substanti pct week ago period dai sold stock profit not disclos sell price gillett stock morn trade high reach revlon announc bid jacob sold gillett stake base invest decis sure not thi happen mondai stock market free fall gillett spokesman mpani had comment jacob and fellow investor carl pohlad continu hold stake allegheni intern inc august disclos secur and exchang commiss file that had acquir share pct allegheni and consid seek control compani reuter
acq	transamerica bui sedgwick sdwk unit transamerica corp transamerica insur sign definit pact bui pct interest sedgwick group plc river thame insur transamerica will bui mln newli issu class share river thame for dlr per share sedgwick wil retain pct interest river thame properti liabil reinsur agreement subject sharehold approv expect close end year compani river thame report net premium written mln dlr reuter
earn	intermec corp intr qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	homestead financi corp hfl qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net avg shr note prior month figur includ extraordinari tax loss mln dlr ct per share reuter
fuel	global petroleum gnr up heavi fuel price global petroleum corp had rais contract price for heavi fuel oil ct dlr per barrel effect todai compani pct fuel oil dlr barrel dlr barrel pct fuel oil ct dlr barrel global rais pct fuel oil ct dlr barrel compani rais pct fuel ct dlr barrel global rais pct fuel oil ct dlr barrel reuter
earn	silvercrest corp slv qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev mln mln note current qtr figur includ tax loss carryforward credit dlr credit dlr reuter
interest	donald regan eas credit suppli donald regan presid reagan chief staff govern loosen monei suppli interest rate and reduc feder budget and trade deficit avoid recess face preserv economi time chairman merril lynch and inc mer interview abc televis network loosen monei interest rate can afford that mean work twin deficit budget deficit and trade deficit regan wouldn tighten monei thi moment regan ask prospect for recess mondai price drop wall street that that creat condit that choke monei suppli and happen into major recess that thing avoid regan call govern impos restrict program trade that that exacerb exagger thi declin and that stop reuter
earn	ahmanson and ahm qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
earn	jwp inc jwp qtr net shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr ct net mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	peopl save bank pebw qtr net shr ct not net mth shr dlr not net note compani public octob reuter
earn	texa eastern corp tet qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit mln mth shr profit dlr loss ct net mln loss mln note qtr and month includ profit mln dlr and loss mln dlr discontinu oper earn per share report payment prefer stock dividend subsidiari reuter
crude	phillip rais crude oil price phillip petroleum corp rais contract price will pai for grade crude oil ct barrel effect oct increas bring compani post for west texa intermedi and west texa sour grade dlr barrel phillip last chang crude oil post sept reuter
earn	meditrust sbi qtr net shr ct ct net rev avg shr mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln rev mln avg shr mln reuter
earn	health imag inc himg qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss rev mln note mth includ charg dlr for exchang offic and director share junior subordin stock for share common stock and year warrant purchas share common stock dlr per share reuter
earn	preston corp ptrk qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct dlr net rev mln mln reuter
acq	commerc dept oppos foreign takeov ban commerc undersecretari michael farren oppos languag trade bill congress limit foreign takeov compani that serv chill effect foreign invest cost job and econom growth farren congression coitte hous and senat negoti iron differ trade bill pass chamber onc negoti reach agreement bill will presid reagan for signatur reuter
earn	contran corp css qtr august net shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr ct dlr net rev mln mln note share figur for year payment prefer share dividend and includ unspecifi extraordinari item reuter
earn	stanadyn inc stna qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	mercantil bankshar corp mrbk qtr net shr ct ct net mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln note net includ pretax secur gain dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth net includ loan loss provis dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth reuter
ship	pentagon warship begin escort gulf tanker convoi south kuwait
earn	allegheni ludlum corp al qtr net shr ct not net not rev mln mln mth shr dlr not net mln not rev mln mln note year ago per share and net incom not compani recapit decemb report entiti for financi report purpos reuter
earn	atlant research corp atrc qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr primari dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	servic inc qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr month shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr note result not includ septemb acquisiton denni inc reuter
earn	santa energi partner sfp qtr loss shr loss ct loss dlr net loss loss mln rev mln mln avg unit mln mln mth shr loss ct loss dlr net loss loss mln rev mln mln avg unit mln mln note full name sant energi partner reuter
earn	gener develop corp cdv qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	group lift stake smith intern sii group firm led hong kong base industri equiti pacif increas stake smith intern inc common stock share pct total outstand pct file secur and exchang commiss group bought smith common share octob and dlr dlr share reason for recent purchas reuter
tin	tin council allow appeal us document britain highest court decid intern tin council itc can appeal us itc document court action novemb hous lord will decid and extent itc document whether circul not admiss court evid lawyer work legal tangl left octob collaps tin market thi hear like last dai wednesdai court appeal will link outstand itc case that reach and singl set hear begin earli januari ad hous lord rule us itc document will refer back action two shearson lehman compani london metal exchang underli case not expect resum mid court appeal hear includ action broker and case broker and bank itc and member govern tin council action broker seek wind itc and place into receivership will cover court appeal legal schedul reuter
crude	iran soviet hold talk oil exchang deal iran and soviet union provision agre hold talk exchang iranian crude oil for finish soviet oil product offici spokesman tuesdai gennadi gerasimov chief soviet foreign ministri inform director told report agreement had reach visit moscow last week iran oil minist gholamreza aqazadeh gerasimov date had set for talk studi possibl soviet technic assist for iran oil industri reuter
earn	west inc usw qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
coffee	ico execut board meet earli novemb intern coffe organ ico execut board hold meet novemb sinc export quota introduc earli thi month ico spokesman session for time chairmanship bruno caron franc will review market situat and oper quota novemb six export make ico board manag promot fund will review program for year oct sept and item left novemb six nation work group will stock verif papua guinea reuter
acq	guin complet unit sale worth mln stg guin plc guin complet sale subsidiari martin ctn group plc and drummond pharmaci group plc total consider mln stg subject adjust final audit expect add mln stg guin martin sold panfida australian invest compani and drummond macarthi plc reuter
earn	north side save bank nsbk sept shr ct ct net year shr dlr ct net note year exclud dlr for tax credit qtr and year exclud gain dlr and dlr for tax credit per share amount caclult april septebm date bank convers stock ownership reuter
trade	lyng defend export subsidi program agricultur secretari richard lyng unit state will continu polici subsid farm export regain lost market global agreement end such subsidi interview reuter lyng acknowledg troubl prospect that export enhanc program eep prove indispens boost export that difficulti abandon troubl that bit question longer you feed calf cow longer wean recent month usda offer subsidi grow list commod increas number countri lyng call and european commun export subsidi plain nonsens long term polici and end expans eep end expans thi accomplish goal regain market that lost product competit and european commun convinc worst offend term export subsid that prepar continu thi can come agreement put end reuter
earn	athei product corp atpc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mth shr dlr ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	natur sunshin product inc amtc qtr shr ct ct net rev avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	legg mason inc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
crude	soviet oil output target mln tonn soviet oil product target for set mln tonn rise mln tonn thi year plan output oil minist vasili dinkov announc figur tuesdai suprem soviet countri nomin parliament develop strategi fuller us oil deposit and hous and pai for oilmen had allow upsurg oil industri year stagnat began late last year soviet union produc mln tonn oil slightli short target mln januari septemb figur releas weekend show soviet oil output month thi year mln tonn target million dinkov soviet union develop oil deposit come year call for speedier geolog prospect across countri spur oil industri suprem soviet conven mondai endors budget and plan session expect end tuesdai reuter
earn	dyncorp dyn qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln note mth net exclud dlr charg antitrust litig reuter
earn	frozen food express fexp qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr ct net rev mln mln note full name compani frozen food express industri inc reuter
earn	astrocom corp acom qtr net shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev reuter
acq	ericsson sell offic machin divis telefon ericsson eric sell offic machineri unit turnov two billion crown norwai norska design funktion ericsson inform system unit part statement decis reach novemb norwegian firm oper price for deal ei manag director stig larsson deal ei concentr voic and data commun product reuter
earn	armor product corp armr qtr sept shr ct ct net rev mln mln half shr ct ct net rev mln mln note affili mckesson corp mck reuter
acq	goodman fielder pct rank hovi goodman fielder goow australia statement that had acquir mln ordinari share rank hovi mcdougal plc rhml rhm bring stake compani pct mln ordinari share goodman intent make full bid for compani and not contempl six month absenc materi chang circumst rank rhm regard stake build hostil move unwelcom and not long term interest sharehold reuter
earn	multibank financi corp mltf qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	usp real estat invest trust uspt shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mth shr dlr ct net note and mth includ net gain sale asset dlr ct share and dlr dividend payabl novemb sharehold record octob reuter
earn	lincoln financi corp lfin qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net asset billion bilion deposit billion billion loan billion mln note figur restat reflect pool interest transact angola state bank and shipshewana state bank and octob for stock split reuter
money-fx	lawson west german row unnecessari chancellor exchequ nigel lawson recent disput unit state and west germani econom polici respons for financi turmoil and that never happen televis interview disput had fan fear breakdown cooper import financ minist major nation disput row not happen and agre that blame lai treasuri secretari jame baker had publicli criticis west germani for rais kei interest rate reuter
earn	republ american corp rawc qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net avg shr mln mln mth oper shr dlr ct oper net mln mln avg shr mln mln note net exclud realiz capit gain dlr quarter and mln dlr mth reuter
earn	kent electron corp kec qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln avg shr reuter
earn	qm inc aqm qtr oct net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr year shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	petit academi inc lpai qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note share adjust for stock dividend reuter
earn	teleconcept corp tcc qtr net shr profit ct profit net profit profit sale avg shr mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss sale mln avg shr backlog reuter
earn	well fargo and wfc rais quarterli div qtly div ct ct pai jan record dec reuter
earn	petrolan partner lpg qtr loss shr loss ct profit six ct net loss mln profit mln rev mln mln month shr profit dlr profit ct net profit mln profit mln rev mln mln note result pro forma form partnership public march previou result report texa eastern corp tet petrolan inc domest divis reuter
earn	valero energi corp vlo qtr loss shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln mth shr loss ct loss dlr net profit mln loss mln rev mln mln note period toher qtr pro forma note qtr includ mln dlr share tax loss discontinu oper sale asset oil and ga explor and product subsidiari septemb qtr includ extraordinari mln dlr ct share for plan redemt compani pct subordin debentur mth net includ loss mln dlr dlr share for discontinu oper per share loss deduct for prefer stock dividend mth net includ tax gain mln dlr dlr per share for format valero natur ga partner qtr includ tax loss discontinu oper mln dlr share reuter
earn	american filtrona corp afil qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln note qtr includ charg dlr ct share for reloc cost for phase oper reuter
acq	stanadyn stna purchas ambac stake stanadyn inc acquir substnati major ambac outstand stock ail corp successor unit technolog corp utx diesel system divis for undisclos term addit purchas major brescia itali base compani stanadyn acquir minor interest ambac oper headquart columbia reuter
earn	famili steak hous florida inc ryfl shr ct two ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev mln avg shr mln reuter
earn	ecolab inc ecl qtr oper shr oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln note result includ restructur and recur charg ct share restructur chemlawn acquir april and recent acquisit result exclud gain sale discontinu oper mln dlr dlr share qtr result exclud incom discontinu oper dlr mth dlr two ct qtr and dlr ct mth reuter
earn	merchant nation corp mchn qtr net shr ct ct net mln mth shr ct dlr net mln note mth net reflect mln dlr addit latin american loan loss provis reuter
interest	lawson interest rate prospect unchang chancellor exchequ nigel lawson collaps british share price thi week held implic for domest interest rate televis interview that noth event past dai increas upward pressur interest rate sterl stai solid crisi back strong econom fundament and pct bank base lend rate analyst lawson comment anoth frantic dai london financi center british share close pct dai reuter
earn	loral corp lor qtr sept shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln six mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln backlog billion mln note year ago qtr and six mth includ net charg ct per shr repres differ gain sale secur and write nonrecur cost addit six mth includ mln dlr gain sale unit and mln dlr writedown minor interest invest result for qtr and six mth current year includ loral system group goodyear aerospac acquir march reuter
earn	citizen and southern corp csou qtr net shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln note mth net includ special mln dlr loan loss provis mth net includ mln dlr charg for settlement suit dividend pai dec record nov reuter
earn	alex brown inc absb qet sept end primari shr ct ct dilut shr ct ct net rev mln mln primari avg shr dilut avg shr month primari shr dlr dlr dilut shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln primari avg shr dilut avg shr note result pro forma assum that compani public compani public feb reuter
earn	banctexa group inc btx qtr oper loss oper shr loss dlr loss dlr oper net loss loss avg shr mth oper shr loss dlr loss dlr oper net loss loss avg shr asset mln billion deposit mln mln loan mln mln note juli compani complet recapit inject mln dlr cash mln feder deposit insur corp and mln dlr rais stock right offer qtr and mth exclud gain mln dlr realiz primarili earli settlement debt connect recapit and mln dlr loss invest secur qtr and mth exclud mln dlr gain invest secur mth exclud gain mln dlr sale subsidiari bank and shr and avg shr restat for for revers stock split number shr outstand sept reuter
earn	gotaa larsen ship corp gotlf qtr shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
acq	scienc accessori sea end purchas talk scienc accessori corp end talk acquir privat held owl electron laborarori inc not reach satisfactori term reuter
earn	greater york save bank grtr qtr shr ct net mth shr net mln mln asset billion billion note year ago per shr amt not bank convert stock ownership june qtr and mth mln and mln dlr for tax credit and mth mln and mln dlr for tax credit reuter
earn	consolid fibr inc cfib qtr net qtr end sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	comput task group inc tsk qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	simpson industri inc smp qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct dlr net sale mln mln note figur includ dlr gain ct share discontinu oper reuter
earn	network system corp nsco qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	pittsburgh and west virginia qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln month shr ct ct net rev note full name pittsburgh and west virginia railroad reuter
earn	nation micronet inc nmic qtr qtr end septemb shr profit two ct loss ct net profit loss rev reuter
earn	public servic enterpris peg qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr note full name public servic enterpris group inc result reflect for two stock split effect juli reuter
earn	and food inc food qtr oct net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	total capit acquir dunhil compact total capit corp acquir dunhil compact classic inc for unspecifi amount stock surviv compani will control dunhil princip total capit dunhil make compact disc reuter
earn	american busi product inc abp qtr oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net sale mln mln note net period exclud dlr special charg reuter
earn	bemi bm qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
earn	tolland bank fsb tobk qtr net sept end shr ct net six month shr ct net asset mln mln note compani public dec reuter
earn	western north america wsn qtr loss shr loss ct loss dlr net mln loss mln rev mln mln mth shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln rev mln note qtr includ loss dlr for mobil cost associ two offshor drill rig qtr includ charg mln dlr for write oilfield servic equip and offshor drill rig reuter
earn	coachmen industri coa qtr net shr loss ct profit six ct net loss profit sale mln mln avg shr mth shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	diamond crystal dslt qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln six mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln note full name diamond crystal salt reuter
earn	kmw system corp kmw qtr net sept end primari shr ct ct dilut shr ct ct net rev primari avg shr dilut avg shr note result includ tax credit dlr reuter
acq	owen illinoi extend brockwai brk offer owen illinoi inc subsidiari dlr share cash tender offer for outstand common share brockwai inc extend midnight octob offer had schedul expir midnight octob owen illinoi that oct common share pct outstand share brockwai tender and brockwai prepar respons previous announc request for addit inform feder trade commiss hart scott rodino act owen illinoi subsidiari began tender offer septemb will not bui brockwai common share dai owen illinoi complianc ftc request condit reuter
ship	senat cut stall tactic gulf bill confront hostil involv forc gulf senat vote end republican stall tactic and limit debat measur that give congress larger role gulf polici measur not requir presid reagan compli war power act relat senat bill controversi war power act requir pullout forc gulf senat vote stop filibust and limit debat hour bipartisan measur that requir reagan report congress gulf polici dai and call for resolut pass hous and senat situat volatil waterwai dai resolut gulf relat issu includ express support disapprov for reagan polici protect kuwaiti tanker iran waterwai pentagon protect convoi began move gulf earli tuesdai reuter
earn	ingersol rand qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr note result reflect for two common stock split payabl form stock dividend payabl juli result includ gain retroact adopt account rule for pension jan mln and mln dlr for quarter and month period compani redeem outstand prefer stock dlr convert seri sept reuter
earn	sjw corp sjw qtr net shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln reuter
crude	rule attack iranian silkworm militari planner rule iran silkworm missil target retaliatori attack mount mondai for fear drawn deepli into iran iraq war defens and middl east expert naval forc destroi offshor oil platform and raid anoth administr call measur and respons iranian silkworm missil attack last fridai flag tanker kuwaiti water privat analyst gener agre that rig onshor econom militari target such silkworm launch site reflect care bid washington limit polit militari and diplomat fallout home and gulf simpli demonstr unit state will militari action iran militari action norman polmar defens analyst and author hit platform had spare iran embarrass casualti soil possibl avoid escal spiral attack and counterattack addit minim risk forc and potenti embarrass loss includ aircraft that shot had part attack anthoni cordesman author book iran iraq war unit state appar chose limit target aliv possibl that secretari gener javier perez cuellar persuad iran accept secur council call for ceasefir want peac initi work chanc ad that action made clear tougher step follow iran attack gulf ship target oil rig albeit pentagon turn into militari command post washington messag that will attack iran econom lifelin pentagon offici platform had us base for iranian raid ship lower gulf chosen militari target shown iran that will interfer oil export capabl cordesman predict unit state respond futur major iranian challeng hit iran naval base bandar abba strait hormuz mine approach iran oil export termin kharg island defens secretari caspar weinberg mondai unit state not seek confront iran will prepar meet escal militari action iran stronger countermeasur reuter
earn	adob resourc corp adb qtr net shr loss two ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln mth shr profit ct loss dlr net profit mln loss mln rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share and mln dlr ct per share net oper loss carryforward qtr and mth includ loss dlr ct per share and loss mln dlr ct per share payment prefer dividend qtr and mth includ loss dlr ct per share and mln dlr ct per share payment prefer dividend reuter
earn	kenner parker toi inc kpt qtr oper oper shr dlr ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln note qtr and mth oper net exclud gain tax loss carryforward dlr and dlr qtr and mth oper net exclud tax carryforward gain dlr and dlr reuter
earn	tennant tant qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln reuter
acq	welbilt welb acquir food handl system welbilt corp acquir food handl system inc dalla produc commerci oven convey and proofer system term transact not disclos food handl produc equip for commerci bake industri privat own richard shumwai mesa ariz and vic ferrara dalla will remain compani compani manufactur facil dalla and phoenix reuter
earn	laurentii entertain deg qtr loss period end august shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln six mth shr loss dlr loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln note full name laurentii entertain group inc reuter
earn	albani intern corp aaica qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	american busi product inc abp qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ loss dlr ct per share unspecifi extraordinari item reuter
earn	alli bancshar inc albn qtr loss shr loss dlr loss dlr net loss mln loss mln mth shr loss dlr loss ct net loss mln loss mln note qtr and mth includ loss mln dlr and mln dlr for loan loss allow provis qtr includ gain mln dlr tax benefit reuter
earn	central bank system inc csy qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr ct net loan mln mln deposit mln billion asset billion billion reuter
crude	outer continent shelf sale postpon outer continent shelf oil and ga leas sale number beaufort sea tent schedual for januari postpon depart interior alan power chief miner maanag servic for depart delai time studi effect drill nois whale migrat power state ask for addit nois data for sale area alaska north slope date not set will like sooner march power block encompass mln acr involv propos sale area and mile northern coast alaska artic ocean canadian border and degre west longitud reuter
earn	seacoast bank corp florida sbcf shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	coeur alen mine corp cour qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln avg shr mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln avg shr reuter
earn	strathcona resourc srh qtr aug net shr profit two ct nil net profit loss rev mth shr loss loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln note full name strathcona resourc industri reuter
earn	corpor softwar inc csof qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note includ extraordinari credit six ct per shr qtr and ct per shr mth reuter
earn	susquehanna corp sqn qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note net includ loss discontinu oper two ct per shr qtr and ct per shr mth reuter
crude	ecuador cepe name head state run ecuadorean state oil corpor cepe name jaim sanchez valdivieso gener manag replac carlo romo leroux cepe spokesman spokesman told reuter sanchez year civil engin head cepe administr and financ divis romo leroux resign last week for person and famili reason spokesman reuter
nat-gas	brooklyn union bui ga shell oil brooklyn union ga contract purchas mln cubic feet natur ga per dai shell oil royal dutch shell group subsidiari brooklyn union long term contract will cover pct total suppli spokesman shell and util agre not disclos length contract price ga describ competit market sensit escal formula brooklyn union ga shell oil will replac pct ga previous suppli transco energi inc transcontinent ga pipe line corp subsidiari util transcontinent will transport ga purchas shell oil possibl begin novemb reuter
acq	amex bear stearn bought specialist unit american stock exchang previous report that bear stearn and bsc purchas damm frank and specialist unit amex trade floor amex unit trade stock and option small comparison specialist unit personel and oper remain exchang ad price not disclos specialist unit author stock exchang deal agent for broker stabl market stock reuter
earn	dinner bell food inc dinb qtr sept shr dlr ct qtly div ct ct prior qtr net sale mln mln note net includ pre tax gain dlr termin retir plan for salari employe and dlr charg for reorgan cost dividend payabl novemb holder record novemb two reuter
earn	petrolan partner lpg qtr loss shr loss ct profit six ct net loss profit mth shr profit dlr profit ct net profit mln profit mln note year ago result pro forma sinc compani creat march transfer master limit partnership domest asset petrolan inc liquefi petroleum ga divis reuter
earn	eastek corp estk qtr sept loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev not note compani made initi offer march and had develop stage compani sale post reuter
earn	american capit manag aca qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note compani full name american capit manag and research inc reuter
earn	and food inc food qtr net oct end shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr month shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	regenc electron inc rgcy qtr net period end septemb shr profit loss ct net profit sale mln mln reuter
acq	dinner bell dinb leverag bui drop dinner bell food inc talk propos leverag bui compani termin spokesman group led joseph grime director compani and rober kill withdrawn propos acquir compani stock for dlr share compani board determin previous postpon annual meet will held januari reuter
earn	quaker oat oat qtr sept net shr ct ct net mln mln sale billion mln avg shr reuter
trade	ecuador post mln dlr mth trade deficit ecuador post trade deficit mln dlr month compar surplu mln dlr period central bank figur show ecuador suspend oil export made pct total export for month thi year earthquak march shatter countri pipelin central bank export januari august stood billion dlr and import billion dlr net intern monetari reserv declin mln dlr end septemb mln dlr end septemb reuter
earn	industri inc qtr net shr profit two ct loss ct net profit mln loss mln rev mln mln mth shr loss ct loss dlr net profit mln loss mln rev billion mln note net incom per share deduct for mandatori prefer stock dividend and incom chemic oper not attribut common stockhold qtr and mth includ gain ct per share for partial redempt seri prefer stock will paid net earn chemic oper mth includ loss mln dlr write petroleum servic asset and restructur cost reuter
crude	amoco rais crude post ct todai wti dlr
acq	pan set pacif satellit stake sale johnson geneva agre bui pan corp pct hold joint ventur compani pan pacif satellit corp for undisclos term johnson geneva pan divest owership project part corpor restructur plan will continu provid engin servic contract basi johnson geneva bui accomplish onprais hong kong compani control johnson geneva chairman michael johnson fund provid onprais increas satellit compani work capita reuter
earn	ifr system inc ifr qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale reuter
acq	telex adopt sharehold right plan telex corp board adopt sharehold right plan will sharehold purchas common share for two dlr hostil group acquir pct compani compani plan will not trigger purchas pursuant dlr share tender offer commenc octob unit tlx partner group control york financi asher edelman right will distribut for basi sharehold octob and redeem becom exercis cent per compani right will expir februari year dai date becom exercis plan intend protect stockhold attempt unfair advantag recent declin stock price us abus tactic such market accumul interfer abil maxim stockhold right becom exercis person group acquir pct compani common stock cash tender offer for outstand share dlr per share right will not becom exercis compani acquir group agreement made board spokeswoman told reuter compani offici respons edelman bid fridai oct reuter
gold	sphinx mine spnxf find gold sphinx mine inc leas mine claim alaska produc revenu mln dlr and mln dlr gold reserv rang reserv attribut wide rang grade estim or compani feasibl studi put grade ounc per cubic yard subsequ explor work prove that area higher grade gravel ounc yard exist sphinx claim locat mile northwest fairbank reuter
earn	alcan aluminium qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note net for current qtr includ oper cost mln incom mln qtr net mth includ oper cost mln mth incom mln mth prior year earn per shr and averag number shr outstand restat reflect for split effect for purpos compar reorgan juli net figur includ for report prefer dividend reuter
earn	john hanson save jhsl qtr net sept end shr profit ct loss six ct net profit loss asset billion mln reuter
crude	amoco rais crude price amoco corp rais contract price will pai for grade crude oil ct barrel effect todai compani increas bring post for west texa intermedi dlr barrel west texa sour degre api rais dlr light louisiana sweet grade increas ct dlr barrel amoco wyom southwest sweet colorado western and two utah grade oil black wax and yellow wax unchang compani last chang crude oil post septemb reuter
pet-chem	olin oln pont complet plant olin corp construct complet mln dlr chlor alkali plant own jointli pont nemour compani plant locat niagara fall york will begin oper decemb plant ton per dai capac will oper pont compani reuter
earn	minnetonka corp minl qtr net period end sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln week shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	electron tele commun qtr loss shr class loss ct profit ct shr class loss ct profit ct net loss profit sale mth shr class profit ct profit ct shr class loss ct profit ct net profit profit sale note full name electron tele commun inc etcia reuter
earn	schere plough corp sdg qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
ship	saudi role gulf prais offici saudi arabian crown princ abdullah bin abdul aziz thank reagan administr for countri close and close mouth cooper washington gulf senior offici saudi cooper nice saudi public real estat offici ask not name declin describ sort saudi provid that saudi offici reluct acknowledg role gulf unit state station forc protect ship lane princ met vice presid georg bush mondai naval forc attack offshor iranian oil platform washington retali for iranian attack ship moor kuwait and fly flag ask start meet felt attack princ offici visit repli unit state respons superpow senior offici remark endors attack reuter
crude	texaco unit rais crude oil price texaco inc rais contract price will pai for grade crude oil ct barrel effect octob compani increas bring post for benchmark grade west texa intermedi dlr barrel west texa sour and light louisiana sweet grade rais ct and dlr barrel texaco last chang crude oil post septemb reuter
acq	chase acquir mln dlr revolv credit chase manhattan bank unit chase manhattan corp cmb acquir portfolio consum revolv credit account atlant financi feder atlf valu mln dlr compani acquisit make chase second largest issuer credit card and unsecur consum credit loan outstand exce billion dlr compani compani portfolio access check similar chase advantag credit product reuter
earn	republ american corp rawc qtr net shr ct ct net net premium mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln net premium mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	reser fine food inc privat reser fine food inc director and offic repres pct compani stock plan reser privat cash buyout compani group plan offer dlr per share for pct stock outstand reuter
earn	lacled steel lcld qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	redlak corp qtr sept net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev six mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev reuter
acq	bank york reaffirm term for irv bank york corp reaffirm term offer for irv bank corp despit drop bank york share price bank york spokesman offer stand not chang offer bank york spokesman irv not comment drop market affect posit bid whether bui back share earlier thi month irv reject bid inadequ and want retain independ late septemb bank york offer dlr per share cash for pct irv for remain pct offer exchang share share for irv share that time stock purchas portion worth close dlr per share that portion worth dlr per share for net price dlr analyst prospectu offer sharehold tender for cash share come serv basi analyst mix stock price drop affect acquisit get irv sharehold approv irv hope offer won sharehold mark alpert bank analyst bear stearn co inc and market deal won alpert transact highli complet present irv wouldn offer dlr share won lower price anoth analyst analyst doubt that bank york afford retain origin offer industri sourc uncertain prospect for deal irv price low bank york offer will good irv sharehold michael flore consult bank earn intern consult firm drop irv share dlr per share dlr drop begin last week increas chanc that bank york will succe flore analyst that drop bank stock price like depress level merger and acquisit bank industri bank takeov like bank can us stock make acquisit share price depress alpert sinc bank can bui anoth bank acquiror foreign bank alpert market drop stock acquiror clobber acquire anoth analyst reuter
earn	kollmorgen corp kol qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share util tax loss carryforward reuter
earn	farm fresh inc ffsh qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	republicbank frb corp qtr loss shr dilut loss ct net loss mth shr dilut loss dlr net loss note comparison compani form june merger republicbank corp and interfirst corp mth includ previous report provis mln dlr second quarter for loss ldc loan reuter
acq	dart group will not solicit proxi attempt acquir dayton hudson
acq	dart sold mln dayton hudson share expect sell rest hold
trade	brazil sept trade surplu highest year brazil septemb trade surplu thi year total billion dlr compar billion dlr august and mln dlr septemb last year banco brasil foreign trade depart cacex director namir salek new confer septemb export billion dlr slightli billion dlr august import septemb amount billion dlr billion dlr august salek accumul surplu jan sept period billion dlr compar billion dlr similar period coffe account mln dlr export mln dlr august and mln septemb salek cacex director expect countri trade surplu averag mln dlr remain month year estim year surplu reach billion dlr billion dlr worth export and billion dlr import attribut good surplu export manufactur and semimanufactur good mention car export account alon sale mln dlr jan sept period mln dlr similar period reuter
interest	reagan room for declin interest rate
acq	group lift airleas fly stake pct group firm led group inc psg increas stake airleas depositari unit repres limit partner interest unit pct total outstand previou figur approxim unit pct file secur and exchang commiss group bought airleas unit juli andf octob dlr dlr share reason for recent purchas reuter
earn	continent inform system corp cny shr ct ct net rev mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr end august per share amount adjust for pct stock dividend paid june two reuter
earn	tenera tlpzz qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev million million reuter
interest	reagan see room for interest rate declin presid reagan pleas action bank reduc prime lend rate todai and see room for declin interest rate room market for declin interest rate reagan statement left white hous visit wife nanci bethesda naval hospit reagan statement meet top econom advis reagan remain concern market that action feder reserv help interest rate across spectrum reagan specif pleas that bond market strong and that foreign exchang market stabl reagan reuter
earn	atlant american corp aam qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln mth shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share and dlr ct per share realiz gain invest qtr and mth includ gain dlr cent per share and dlr ct per share realiz gain invest qtr and mth includ charg ct per share strengthen reserv for casualti claim reuter
earn	triniti industri inc trn qtr sept shr six ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	dart group drop dayton hudson takeov bid dart group corp darta affili madison partner that current market condit drop takeov bid for dayton hudson corp compani sold mln mln share dayton hudson stock intend sell rest dayton hudson share current market level suffer mln dlr aftertax loss hold spokesman dart will not solicit author call meet dayton hudson sharehold dart had offer bui dayton hudson for dlr per share valu minneapoli base retail billion dlr that offer reject compani selloff takeov stock last week and market declin thi week dayton hudson stock close todai dart hold amount pct dayton hudson dart spokesman mln share sold market todai reuter
acq	metropolitan moni make offer for metex metropolitan consolid industri inc will make tender offer for outstand share common stock metex corp mtx not held option metropolitan for dlr per share compani offer will subject secur satisfactori financ metropolitan own pct metex common and hold option purchas addit pct metex common stock metropolitan offer will made octob reuter
earn	bii enterpris bii mth aug net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln note bii enterpris inc reuter
crude	artilleri shell fall kuwait border artilleri shell exchang fire iran and iraq fell kuwait northern border tuesdai caus casualti kuwait new agenc kuna quot defens ministri offici rumor world oil market tuesdai that iran had fire shell oil camp northern kuwait retali for attack iranian oil platform gulf mondai shell fell random manner northern border countri offici told kuna shell aros exchang fire iran and iraq wound and loss diplomat shell nearbi iran iraq warfront had past fallen northern kuwaiti desert senior kuwait petroleum corpor offici had earlier told reuter unawar attack kuwaiti oil instal reuter
earn	corp zro quarter net shr ct ct net rev mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	seal air corp qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
trade	end addit sanction japan unit state lift addit mln dlr trade sanction japan thi month reagan administr offici presid reagan impos mln dlr sanction japanes good last april for failur honor agreement end dump semiconductor and countri market and open home market good move rais tariff pct pct japanes color televis set hand held power tool and portabl comput reagan lift mln dlr sanction last june japan end sell semiconductor market below product cost semiconductor small silicon chip us for memori and recal purpos wide varieti comput administr offici commerc depart monitor show that japan end dump semiconductor countri had take sale american made semiconductor like mln dlr sanction lift end month unit state and japan remain odd open close japanes market good and japanes offici review japan complianc agreement earlier thi week period review continu and remain sanction stai forc offici japan full complianc semiconductor agreement reuter
lumber	canadian pacif unit studi pulp mill cip inc wholli own canadian pacif build pulp mill texa us kenaf fibr wood cip presid cecil slenniken interview kenaf plant member hibiscu famili and artifici develop year ago plant grown southern texa reach height feet month and produc qualiti newsprint wood pulp cip offici slenniken compani commiss studi for tonn capac pulp mill us fibr partner begin project not readi commit hundr million dollar for such project slenniken cip pulp trial basi make newsprint contain pct kenaf fibr and pct softwood fibr troi rivier quebec plant cip canada second largest newsprint produc recent launch mln canadian dlr newsprint mill gold river british columbia due begin produc metric tonn per year fall reuter
earn	california bank cfbk qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net avg shr asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan and leas billion billion reuter
acq	trace product trce merger agreement suspend trace product inc stock swap merger agreement privat held central point softwar suspend indefinit uncertainti stock market trace product manufactur diskett and tape duplic equip for softwar publish had earlier agre acquir portland or base central point for mln share common stock reuter
earn	rpc energi servic inc re qtr sept shr profit cent loss ct net profit loss rev mln reuter
earn	brenton bank brbk qtr oper net oper shr ct dlr oper net mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net note result exclud extraordinari gain net loss carryforward dlr ct qtr dlr ct qtr and dlr ct month result includ mln dlr gain termin defin benefit pension plan reuter
money-fx	reagan commit louvr accord presid reagan unit state remain commit louvr accord major industri nation agre stabil currenc exchang rate unit state remain commit louvr agreement reagan statement meet top econom advis reagan unit state japan and west germani had reaffirm commit coordin econom polici reagan japanes prime minist design noboru takeshita telephon convers tuesdai morn that takeshita top prioriti maintain stabl econom relat unit state reagan note that treasuri secretari jame baker met west german financi offici and reaffirm commit louvr agreement reaffirm agreement coordin econom polici provid for inflationari growth and stabl exchang rate reagan reuter
acq	group lift stake suav shoe swv pct sharehold group includ entregrowth inter auckland zealand lift stake suav shoe corp common stock share pct total outstand previou figur approxim share pct file secur and exchang commiss group bought suav shoe common share open market transact octob and dlr dlr share reason for purchas reuter
earn	budget rent car corp bdgt qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr ct net mln rev mln mlln note resutl restat pro forma basi reflect compar treatment budget leverag buyout septemb and initi common stock offer reuter
earn	uspci inc upc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	somerset bancorp inc somb qtr net net mth shr dlr dlr net asset mln mln note per shr data qtr not disclos reuter
earn	cpt corp cptc qtr sept loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln reuter
earn	chariot group inc cgr qtr net shr ct two ct net rev mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note per shr data adjust reflect pct stock dividend distribut qtr reuter
earn	comshar inc csre qtr sept loss shr loss ct profit ct shr net loss profit rev mln mln reuter
earn	marin corp mcrp qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
acq	southland slc target sec investig southland corp told secur and exchang commiss order privat investig into southland stock trade and statement made compani thi year southland advis that commiss issu privat order investig trade southland stock time and issuanc public statement southland southland proxi statement sharehold southland not elabor sec order investig and compani offici not reach for comment late tuesdai sec long stand polici confirm deni exist investig proxi statement file secur and exchang commiss requir for novemb sharehold meet call approv previous announc acquisit southland compani control southland chairman john thompson and member famili earlier thi year group led thompson acquir major ownership southland dlr share tender offer for mln share southland common stock merger approv common stock outstand will convert into receiv dlr share cash fraction share prefer stock reuter
earn	continent inform system cny qtr qtr end aug shr ct ct net rev mln mln six mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note full name compani continent inform system corp reuter
earn	famili dollar store inc fdo qtr aug shr ct ct net rev mln mln year shr ct dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	alfa corp alfa qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln note per shr amount give retroact effect for for split effect pct stock dividend paid june net includ net realiz invest gain mth and qtr net includ net invest incom mln mln mth and qtr reuter
earn	invitron corp invn qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev note invitron public octob reuter
earn	squibb corp sqb qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note per shr amount reflect for split sharehold record june for qtr and mth exchang rate fluctuat had favor sale impact mln dlr and mln dlr net mth includ incom discontinu oper mln ct per shr and incom mln dlr ct per shr qtr reuter
acq	edelman group commit telex bid tlx partner group led asher edelman not problem dlr per share bid for telex corp shearson lehman offici advis group takeov propos crumbl declin financi market lead specul that edelman drop offer telex fell earlier todai carl icahn drop bid tran world airlin inc twa privat and dart group corp darta abandon plan acquir dayton hudson corp cite market condit noth fundament chang compani stock price chang compani hasn chang reason for chang daniel good head shearson lehman merchant bank thing proceed plan and fulli expect that time pai for share financ will place good shearson agre provid bridg financ mln dlr for edelman group reuter
earn	nation corp cpn qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	great american save gta qtr net shr primari ct dlr shr dilut ct ct net mln mln mth shr primari dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
trade	canada seek year farm reform plan canada will propos round intern trade talk that trade distort farm subsidi phase year period trade minist pat carnei agricultur subsidi and trade barrier creat viciou circl continu problem overproduct and low commod price carnei told hous common carnei outlin govern posit farm trade problem that tabl tuesdai geneva multilater talk gatt gener agreement tariff and trade detail releas carnei govern press for improv market access and measur ensur countri not erect artifici barrier canadian propos countri ensur that domest polici and program address specif farm sector not distort trade govern background paper assess trade impact program credit countri effect control output farm product paper reuter
earn	smithklin beckman corp skb qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev billion mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note result includ mln dlr reduct oper incom for relaunch contac reuter
acq	commerci fcob acquir citizen bank commerci bancorp will acquir branch citizen bank rosevil stock swap agreement will base citizen adjust book year end and trade price commerci stock citizen book mln dlr end quarter bank counsel gui gibson agreement citizen sharehold trade stock for year debentur issu commerci term debentur not establish reuter
acq	unit artist uaci suspend merger talk unit artist commun inc and unit cabl televis corp indefinit suspend negoti propos merger compani previous announc compani cite combin extraordinari market condit and unresolv term merger contribut action reuter
earn	dexter corp dex qtr net shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln month shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	washington mutual save bank wamu qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
earn	triniti industri inc trn qtr net sept end shr six ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr six month shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
acq	southmark purchas nation nation storag sold storag facil southmark corp for mln dlr nation develop storag space for busi record purchas includ storag facilti nation and southmark plan two year facil expans program south florida and across countri reuter
money-fx	miyazawa strongli support louvr accord
trade	canadian isra pact spur trade trade repres clayton yeutter mondai that free trade agreement canada and israel pave for liber global trade system canadian and isra pact will not set back worldwid reform effort gener agreement tariff and trade gatt critic fear gatt talk began year ago punta del est uruguai liber global trade system and includ trade agricultur and servic such bank yeutter made remark isra trade meet mark second year bilater accord canadian pact sign two side two week ago approv congress and canadian parliament two free trade agreement fta gradual remov tariff and barrier cross border trade good and servic yeutter aftermath canadian and isra pact countri realiz that want continu access world largest market had improv gatt pact israel gradual increas shipment wai and canadian pact will substanti increas gross nation product countri yeutter canadian and isra pact serv import preced for progress gatt yeutter increas trade kei enhanc polit and econom stabil globe stronger gatt will enhanc prosper not for advanc industri nation for countri that increas trade order standard live yeutter ad import not risk progress made isra and canadian trade pact resort protection refer trade legisl pend congress that forc unit state retaliatori action nation larg trade surplus unit state countri practic unfair trade legisl prompt grow trade deficit that hit billion dlr last year and rise yeutter pressur for congress act hard resist pend legisl undermin presid reagan effort liber world trade yeutter renew threat white hous veto presid reagan will veto bill that contain flaw and that veto sustain reuter
crude	arco arc chief see energi crisi dwindl global crude oil reserv and lack major discoveri recent year will send world into energi crisi atlant richfield chairman robert anderson come sooner think anderson told report address houston busi lunch chang world oil market two year oil harder find anderson retir arco last year form hondo oil and ga world oil consumpt approach mln barrel dai current excess capac cushion mln barrel dai will rapidli disappear you look world you not scrape mln barrel dai shut product middl east back and anderson predict that world oil price end dlr barrel and continu gradual climb price can stai flat isn suppli major oil discoveri for past year alaska prudho bai oil reserv last major world discoveri produc billion barrel oil half estim reserv reuter
crude	venezuela back increas ecuador opec quota venezuela will back ecuador bid rais opec quota barrel per dai bpd justifi demand venezuelan energi minist arturo hernandez grisanti mondai told report countri deserv higher quota compens for month forc suspend oil product main pipelin destroi earthquak last march for thi month period ecuador not exercis produc bpd recogn ecuador increas quota basi justic that countri petit ad quota increas gradual avoid harm market ad hernandez grisanti understood ecuador formal submit request for higher quota ministeri confer organ petroleum export countri opec open decemb vienna reuter
earn	capitol bancorp capb qtr net shr profit dlr loss dlr net profit loss mth net profit profit note latest and prior month per share amount not reuter
earn	potash america inc mth loss shr loss dlr nil net loss mln profit sale mln mln note per share payment prefer dividend reuter
earn	jepson corp jep qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note qtr per share reflect issuanc two mln share initi public offer mth result includ extraordinari gain dlr ct reuter
acq	fitb merg and bancorp and and bancorp reach preliminari agreement merg and bancorp asset mln dlr and parent compani citizen heritag bank compani agreement call for each mln share and bancorp exchang for share bancorp base financi expect dilut per share earn for merger will neglig reuter
earn	bank center tbcx qtr net shr ct net mth shr ct net mln note year ago per share amount not bank convert stock ownership august amount includ oper burgdoff realtor acquir decemb and oper reuter
money-fx	lawson welcom reaffirm louvr accord chancellor exchequ nigel lawson welcom mondai reaffirm and west germani louvr accord aim stabilis currenc offic lawson had welcom outcom meet treasuri secretari jame baker bundesbank presid karl otto poehl and west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg frankfurt meet bonn financ ministri spokesman quot stoltenberg confid that foreign currenc stabilis current level meet baker criticis west germani for increas kei interest rate not line last februari louvr accord reuter
earn	sun state save sssl qtr net shr ct ct net avg shr mth shr ct dlr net avg shr loan mln mln deposit mln mln asset mln mln note full name sun state save and loan associ reuter
earn	california water servic cwtr qtr shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln note curent mth figur includ mln dlr ct per share gain result chang account method for unbil revenu reuter
acq	great atlant gap withdraw dechamp bid great atlant and pacif tea inc withdrew offer acquir delchamp inc dlch for dlr share mln dlr made earlier thi month michael rourk and vice presid compani withdrew offer delchamp not respond favor and market condit not comment whether and make anoth offer acquir delchamp reuter
earn	american fructos corp afc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ loss dlr and dlr ct per share repurchas and retir debt reuter
acq	great atlant and pacif tea withdrew offer bui delchamp inc
ship	itali worri rise tension gulf attack italian prime minist giovanni goria told cabinet mondai worri increas tension gulf america retali iran had limit statement issu cabinet meet goria had inform unit state that action iranian target gulf had not that action involv attack oil platform prime minist express concern consequ increas tension gulf time recogn limit charact american militari reaction attack suffer past dai statement goria itali ship platform time attack and fleet had advis follow event caution itali ship includ frigat and minesweep gulf protect italian merchant ship reuter
earn	belo corp blc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	media gener mega famili wont sell share media gener inc chairman tennant bryant famili not sell control share block imposs for investor group led giant group gain control compani investor group includ barri industri brr recent report that acquir pct stake media gener class share and seek control bryant compani class stock elect pct board remain pct elect class share two third control bryant famili trust intent sell share reuter
money-fx	bonn confid maintain currenc stabil treasuri secretari jame baker met west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl frankfurt mondai bonn financ ministri spokesman meet spokesman quot stoltenberg confid that foreign currenc stabilis current level meet baker criticis west germani for increas short term monei market interest rate had rise not line spirit louvr accord aim stabil dollar last februari meet had arrang last week spokesman baker stoltenberg and poehl had agre pursu polici agre louvr pact refer currenc stabil and monetari polici earlier mondai bundesbnak inject liquid into west german monei market move monei market dealer interpret attempt west german monetari author curb interest rate rise spokesman describ mondai talk call privat posit reuter
crude	iran foreign minist tell cuba gulf situat iranian foreign minist ali akbar velayati two dai offici visit inform cuban foreign ministri offici mondai tens situat gulf diplomat sourc envoi trip tuesdai visit nicaragua link mediat align movement year iran iraq war rule promin cuban role velayati not reach for comment attack abandon iranian oil rig mondai tehran vow aveng reuter
earn	cleveland cliff inc clf qtr net shr loss ct loss dlr net profit loss mln rev mln mln mth shr loss dlr loss ct net loss mln loss mln rev mln mln note qtr includ loss mln dlr recur tax charg due almost compani recent buyout tilden mine debt oblig mth includ loss mln dlr pre tax charg reduc carri compani land drill rig mth includ pre tax gain mln dlr sale uranium reserv mth includ pre tax gain mln dlr sale iron or interest western australia reuter
earn	cade industri inc cade qtr net shr ct two ct net sale mln mln mth shr six ct ct net sale mln mln order backlog mln mln note figur includ gain mln dlr ct share life insur proce reuter
earn	abitibi price inc aib qtr oper net oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev billion billion note prior mth and qtr exclud loss mln dlr due discontinu oper reuter
acq	partnership increas gull gll hold gari associ previous seek control gull inc increas stake gull common stock share pct total outstand previou figur approxim share pct file secur and exchang commiss gari associ made net purchas gull common share dlr dlr share gari associ made mention takeov attempt report sec reuter
earn	signet bank corp sbk qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr ct dlr net mln avg shr mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion reuter
crude	unoc ucl rais crude oil post price unoc corp rais post price for grade crude oil ct barrel effect octob move bring price compani will pai for benchmark grade west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel price last chang septemb unoc reuter
earn	american manag system amsi qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note full name american manag system inc reuter
acq	media gener giant group affili pct class common stock
money-fx	delor call for meet european commun commiss presid jacqu delor call for swift conven meet countri instabl todai trade world monei and stock market told press confer meet discreetli and quickli delor dollar fall mark level european monetari system undergo test fire delor current problem market had caus excess growth financi trade excess deregul and failur fundament world economi adapt quickli chang circumst profoundli unjust blame recent increas west germani reuter
money-fx	treasuri baker meet west german minist treasuri secretari jame baker met west german financ minist gerhard stoltenberg and bundesbank presid karl otto poehl todai west germani and agre support louvr pact treasuri depart treasuri describ meet posit privat meet frankfurt west germani had agre last week parti agre continu econom cooper louvr agreement and flexibl applic includ cooper exchang rate stabil and monetari polici treasuri treasuri baker and stoltenberg consult colleagu and confid that thi will enabl foster exchang rate stabil current level louvr pact agreement group lead industri countri includ unit state and west germani promot currenc stabil baker schedul visit scandinavia and belgium thi week and depart earlier refus releas detail travel itinerari cite secur consider reuter
earn	scicom data scie qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev note full name scicom data servic reuter
earn	acc corp qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln reuter
earn	westport bancorp webat qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net note compani not provid asset deposit and loan figur reuter
earn	gatewai feder save gatw qtr net shr ct not net not mth shr dlr not net not note full name gatewai feder save and loan associ latest qtr includ tax credit dlr cent share latest mth includ tax credit dlr dlr figur not compani public june reuter
earn	kmw system corp kmw qtr sept shr ct ct net rev note qtr includ gain dlr ct per share tax gain reuter
crude	arco arc rais crude oil post ct atlant richfield arco oil and ga increas contract price for crude oil ct barrel effect todai arco ct increas bring post price for west texa intermedi benchmark grade dlr barrel price west texa sour increas dlr light louisiana sweet rais dlr price last chang septemb reuter
earn	polaroid corp prd qtr sept shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note net adjust account for recent for split compani common qtr includ ct per shr gain due net tax foreign currenc exchang effect reuter
earn	morrison knudsen corp mrn qtr loss oper shr loss dlr profit ct oper net loss mln profit mln rev mln mln mth oper shr loss dlr profit dlr oper net loss mln profit mln rev billion billion note qtr and mth exclud loss mln dlr dlr per share and loss mln dlr dlr per share discontinu real estat oper qtr and mth includ loss dlr cent per share and gain dlr ct per share discontinu oper reuter
money-fx	treasuri baker met west germani stoltenberg todai agre support louvr pact
earn	westport bancorp webat qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net note compani not provid asset deposit and loan figur reuter
crude	arco rais crude oil price ct barrel todai wti
acq	pepsico unit pep lift calni stake taco bell corp unit pepsico inc increas stake calni inc common stock share pct total outstand previou figur approxim share pct file secur and exchang commiss taco bell bought calni common share octob and dlr share reason for recent purchas reuter
acq	macyro group myo bui compani group macyro inc agre bui two quebec construct wholesal nap dumont and nap transport cie for mln dlr macyro two compani oper construct materi electiricti plumb hardwar and locksmith sector and had sale mln dlr last year reuter
earn	ct corp ct qtr oper net oper shr profit ct profit ct oper net profit profit rev mln mln mth oper shr profit dlr loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln mln note period end septemb result exclud extraordinari gain net loss carryforward dlr ct shr qtr and dlr ct mth mth result exclud earn discontinu oper dlr dlr reuter
money-fx	german financ ministri confid maintain currenc stabil current level spokesman
earn	amca intern ail qtr loss shr loss two ct loss dlr net profit loss mln rev mln mln mth shr loss ct loss dlr net loss loss mln rev mln mln note full name amca intern result dlr latest qtr earn includ pension refund mln dlr repres loss two ct per shr payment prefer dividend reuter
earn	vallei capit corp vccn qtr net shr dlr ct net month shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan mln mln reuter
money-fx	german financ ministri confid maintain currenc stabil current level spokesman
crude	militari leader predict iranian respons william crow chairman joint chief staff predict iran will retali for strike oil platform iranian option limit will determin will not easili deter and stress for you that commit not risk free casualti free like iranian respons involv terror lai mine will for wai that line silent hand crow told american stock exchang confer declin comment report queri whether favor stronger move iran that order presid carri oper that decid and carri enthusiasm and profession and crow reuter
earn	specialti composit corp spcm qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev note qtr and mth includ tax gain dlr and dlr qtr and mth includ tax gain dlr and dlr reuter
earn	bulcan corp bul qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct dlr net rev mln mln reuter
earn	cheme corp che qtr net primari shr ct ct dilut shr ct ct net rev mln mln primari avg shr dilut avg shr month primari shr dlr dlr dilut shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln primari avg shr dilut avg shr note qtr result exclud extraordinari dlr gain termin pension plan month result includ dlr gain june sale nation sanitari suppli common stock initi offer reuter
earn	waltham corp wlbk qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct net asset mln mln loan mln mln deposit mln mln note mth per share not bank not convert stock form reuter
earn	nation banc commerc nbcc qtr shr ct ct net avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net avg shr reuter
earn	edac technolog corp edac qtr net shr ct two ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln order backlog mln mln note figur includ life insur proce mln dlr ct share reuter
earn	autotrol corp autr qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss sale mth shr profit ct loss dlr net profit loss sale mln mln note data restat reflect oper discontinu earn exclud loss discontinu oper dlr ct share quarter and dlr ct share for month reuter
earn	stratu comput inc stra qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mo shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	gulf and western acquir british compani gulf and western inc publish unit simon and schuster agre principl acquir woodhead faulkner publish british base publish profession and consum book for undisclos term complet propos transact woodhead faulkner will becom part simon and schuster intern group includ simon and schuster trade book and prentic hall academ text simon and schuster that woodhead faulkner will continu publish that name compani will continu direct martin woodhead will report henri hirschberg presid simon and schuster intern group woodhead faulkner found publish intern bank financ and invest book reuter
earn	cnb bancshar inc cnbe qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	nation sanitari suppli nssx qtr shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	eastern util associ qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr reuter
trade	plan high level trade talk european commun will offer limit concess unit state two major issu threaten poison trade relat year commiss spokesman offer made meet thi month trade repres clayton yeutter and extern relat commission willi clercq farm commission fran andriessen told agricultur minist meet luxembourg that will make temporari arrang lighten impact export plan ban sale meat anim fed growth hormon spokesman washington will trade repris proce ban januari and european countri not quickli cut back see unfair subsidi maker airbu airlin harm manufactur claim hormon ban scientif basi and will rob mln dlr worth export year diplomat sourc yeutter clercq meet will place london and will involv aerospac minist franc britain west germani and spain countri involv airbu project reuter
acq	simon and schuster acquir woodhead faulkner for undisclos term
acq	ccr video cccr get offer takeov talk ccr video corp receiv offer enter into negoti for intercep invest corp vancouv acquir control interest compani tender offer ccr negoti determin term ccr board support intercep tender offer addit detail not immedi reuter
acq	ccr video sayst receiv offer negoti takeov intercep invest corp
acq	brown disc bui rhone poulenc rhon unit brown disc product inc unit genevar enterpris inc purchas ongo busi trademark and asset rhone poulenc brown disc manufactur unit for undisclos term rhone poulenc french base chemic compani agreement rhone poulenc will suppli magnet tape and media product brown disc product reuter
earn	consolid freightwai inc cnf qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev billion reuter
earn	rochest telephon corp rtc qtr net shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	south carolina nation corp scnc qtr shr ct ct net mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion reuter
earn	marin corp mcor qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct ct net note earn per share reflect initi public offer common share march and for stock split januari and june reuter
crude	statoil award veslefrikk oil field contract norwegian state oil compani den norsk stat oljeselskap statoil sign contract worth total billion norwegian crown connect develop veslefrikk oil field statoil moss rosenberg verft stavang award contract convert drill platform west vision float product platform work complet summer aker verdal award contract for engin purchas and construct steel jacket for wellhead platform complet statoil reuter
acq	treasuri confirm sale ahead british treasuri confirm that sale british petroleum plc will ahead plan despit mondai stock market crash forc below share set for billion stg issu govern not termin offer offer fulli underwritten treasuri spokesman issu remain open octob fulli underwritten last week issu price set share close share index crash record point pct reuter
earn	harman intern hiii qtr sept shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note full name compani harman intern industri inc reuter
money-fx	german banker call for special monetari meet financ minist major industri nation hold special meet deal dollar sharp declin helmut geiger presid west german save bank associ geiger told reuter financ minist meet confid build measur limit damag caus dollar fall separ geiger told bild newspap interview releas ahead public tuesdai that lower dollar had artifici talk offici damag west german export and cost job reuter
earn	bank center tbcx qtr net shr ct net month shr ct net mln asset billion billion deposit mln mln note compani convert stock save bank aug result includ oper realtech realtor acquir result includ oper burgdorff realtor acquir decemb cornerston mortgag acquir juli centerbank mortgag acquir juli and center capit corp form august reuter
acq	calmat czm sue industri equiti calmat file suit lo angel superior court industri equiti pacif affili and ronald langlei presid industri equiti north american oper compani sut charg that langlei missapropri materi public inform acquir capac calmat director and us inform for benefit industri equiti recent amend schedul industri equiti own pct calmat stock octob calmat industri state that intend pursu busi combin futur reuter
trade	reagan call for vigil export presid reagan commerc depart vigil prevent flow strateg technolog reach soviet union and communist countri speak swear william veriti secretari commerc depart veriti make that militarili sensit high technolog not wind communist nation reduc list product nontechnolog natur therebi allow manufactur increas export and job reuter
earn	watt industri inc watta qtr sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	moniterm corp mtrm qtr oper net oper shr profit ct nil oper net profit profit sale mth oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss sale mln note earn exclud gain util tax loss carryforward dlr ct share quarter and dlr ct share for month reuter
earn	eri lackawanna inc eri qtr net shr dlr dlr net total incom mth shr dlr dlr net total incom reuter
earn	quantum corp qntm qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln six mth shr six ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	termiflex corp tflx qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale note backlog mln dlr june reuter
acq	durakon drkn make acquisit durakon industri inc enter into definit agreement acquir dfm corp maker bug and gravel protect shield for truck and car for undisclos amount cash and debentur retroact septemb reuter
acq	atlanti agh bid for charter crellin crtr atlanti group inc bought share charter crellin inc common stock pct total outstand and seek control negoti transact file secur and exchang commiss atlanti inform discuss busi combin charter crellin manag compani not held negoti charter crellin and not intend initi discuss pend develop specif propos atlanti will continu purchas addit charter crellin share privat open market transact depend rang factor includ market price stock atlanti bought charter crellin common stock open market transact septemb and octob dlr dlr share for total mln dlr reuter
acq	allwast alw make acquisit allwast inc agre principl acquir privat held firm that perform interior clean servic for tank trailer for common share firm not name earn dlr pretax for mon compani close expect octob reuter
earn	travel real estat trat qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev note full name travel real estat invest trust reuter
earn	york time nyt qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln month shr dlr dl net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
earn	safeguard health sfgd qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note full name safeguard health enterpris inc reuter
acq	henlei heng end talk sant henlei group inc end talk sant southern pacif corp acquisit sant southern pacif transport subsidiari compani review invest santa southern pacif light sant announc that reciev bid rang mln dlr billion dlr for southern pafif transport subsidiari henlei held discuss sant acquisit henlei banker leas and financi corp and sant transport and real estat asset henlei began talk sant announc restructur program august previous disclos henlei made file hart scott rodino antitrust improv act permit henlei increas invest sant pct outstand common stock pct henlei that depend prevail condit includ price and avail sant stock substanti develop affect sant invest and busi opportun henlei henlei addit sant share sell part invest sant reuter
earn	mercuri save and loan msl qtr loss shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit mth shr profit ct profit dlr net profit profit note full name mercuri save and loan associ reuter
earn	burnham servic corp bsco qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr ct net rev mln mln reuter
acq	texa american bancshar txa sell unit texa american bancshar inc agre sell texa american bank levelland unit american bancorp inc for mln dlr cash texa american regulatori approv ofth transact expect decemb and sale will close shortli thereaft onc sale complet unit name will chang american bank texa unit report total asset mln dlr juen reuter
acq	supermarket gener sgl sell drug store supermarket gener corp agre sell super drug store and distributor exist and two unopen store locat maryland virginia and upstat york and oper pathmark super drug trade name compani term transact not disclos exist store gener approxim mln dlr supermarket gener total sale billion six month period end aug and distributor oper discount drug store michigan ohio illinoi indiana and wisconsin reuter
earn	erc intern inc erc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr and mth includ loss dlr ct per share and loss dlr ct per share discontinu oper reuter
earn	painewebb group inc pwg qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr reuter
crude	venezuela opec oil output ver mln bpd caraca oct current opec oil product mln barrel per dai bpd and thi level threaten precari equilibrium oil market venezuelan energi and mine minist arturo hernandez grisanti mondai told report countri opec member respons for overproduct declin identifi opec product ceil for second half mln bpd venezuelan minist opec product reach peak thi year mln bpd august hernandez grisanti togeth oil minist nigeria and indonesia met head state six mideast gulf countri earlier thi month urg opec member compli assign product quota countri compli venezuela indonesia libya algeria ecuador saudi arabia and iran hernandez declin whether countri overproduc border mideast gulf reuter
acq	atlanti group tell sec seek negoti purchas charter crellin
acq	dynascan dyna complet manag buyout dynascan corp complet sale industri electron product group and expect recogn mln dlr pretax gain transact fourth quarter group sold octob for mln dlr maxtec intern corp privat held compani creat compani manag team purchas price mln dlr cash and mln dlr year note warrant bui pct stock maxtec dynascan group project provid pct consolid sale reuter
acq	henlei group review invest santa southern pacif
acq	henlei group end talk bui southern pacif santa southern
acq	renta inmobiliaria seek cannon group can asset spanish properti firm renta inmobiliaria negoti bui properti asset media compani cannon group inc can renta financ director jose lui sanchez sanchez told reuter that renta chairman juan antonio robl negoti deal declin give detail interpart luxembourg base hold compani chair italian financi giancarlo paretti pai billion peseta juli acquir pct stake renta inmobiliaria spanish daili newspap pai cannon properti asset sought renta includ elstre film studio britain and chain movi theater europ and reuter
crude	southland slc unit rais crude oil price citgo petroleum corp subsidiari southland corp rais contract price will pai for grade crude oil ct barrel effect oct increas bring citgo post for west texa intermedi and west texa sour grade dlr barrel light louisiana sweet price dlr citgo last chang crude oil post sept reuter
acq	group sell stake ccx inc ccx sharehold group includ hill attornei natali koether reduc stake ccx inc common stock share pct compani common stock outstand previou stake ten pct file secur and exchang commiss group sold ccx common share octob dlr share group gave reason for sale reuter
acq	orion pct twin disc tdi stake orion capit corp acquir share twin disc inc common stock pct compani common stock outstand file secur and exchang commiss orion capit stock repres favor invest opportun current market price open market transact august and octob orion capit subsidiari bought twin disc common share dlr dlr share entir pct stake purchas cost mln dlr orion capit told sec reuter
crude	venezuela see oil stabil despit gulf attack venezuelan energi minist arturo hernandez grisanti foresaw market stabil price crude despit grow tension gulf augment militari attack iranian oil platform told new confer market continu stabl despit militari action gulf reuter
earn	european american bancorp qtr net net mth net mln mln note compani own consortium european bank reuter
acq	northeast save nsb adopt right plan northeast save board adopt sharehold right plan design protect compani coerciv takeov tactic and bid not fair sharhold plan board declar dividend share purchas for each northeast common share held record novemb two compani initi right not exercis right certif not distribut and right automat trade northeast share compani dai acquisit pct northeast common share share dai commenc tender offer for pct northeast share right will becom exercis and separ right certif will distribut compani right will entitl holder northeast common share purchas addit share exercis price dlr share compani compani that event trigger event describ right plan holder right acquir person will entitl acquir northeast common share market twice current exercis price right event northeast enter into busi combin transact holder right will provid acquir equiti secur acquir entiti market twice current exercis price right compani northeast will entitl redeem right cent per occur event reuter
earn	kaufel group kfl qtr aug net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
acq	nation guardian natg acquir alarm firm greenwich conn nation guardian corp acquir pacif fire extinguish special instal fire and burglar alarm oper acquir transact total revenu excess mln dlr compani separ announc compani expect record revenu approxim mln dlr for for compani had revenu mln dlr nation guardian revenu for six month approxim mln dlr compar mln dlr year ago period reuter
acq	ccr video cccr talk acquir ccr video corp receiv offer enter into negoti for intercep invest corp acquir control interest tender offer compani negoti determin term ccr board director support intercep tender offer gave detail reuter
earn	boston inc fbc qtr net shr primari dlr ct shr fulli dilut dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr primari dlr dlr shr fulli dilut dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion mln reuter
bop	itali show septemb payment surplu itali balanc payment show billion lire surplu septemb deficit billion august provision bank itali figur show septemb surplu compar shortfal billion lire septemb for month balanc payment show deficit billion lire billion deficit period central bank itali billion dlr eurobond launch last month contribut septemb surplu reuter
acq	willi faber not sell morgan grenfel stake willi faber plc pct hold stockbrok morgan grenfel group plc mgfl not for sale insur broker issu statement repli recent press specul part inaccur and undesir willi faber not receiv offer for stake morgan grenfel ad that offer consid merit willi faber stake morgan grenfel success invest reuter
earn	travel realti incom trii qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct dlr net rev note full name trust travel realti incom investor reuter
earn	societi for save bancorp soc qtr shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion note mth includ gain dlr ct per share util prior year net oper loss carryforward note qtr and mth includ loss dlr cent per share unspecifi extraordinari item qtr and mth includ gain dlr ct per share and dlr ct per share util net oper loss carryforward full name compani societi for save bancorp inc reuter
earn	progress bank inc psbk qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	washington water power wwp qtr loss shr loss ct profit two ct net loss profit rev mln mln mth shr profit ct profit dlr net profit mln profit mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	bellsouth corp bl qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net billion billion rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note share adjust for for two stock split februari reuter
earn	rte corp rte qtr net shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss sale mln mln mth shr profit dlr profit ct net profit profit sale mln mln note figur includ mln dlr ct share charg for electron restructur and mln dlr charg earli retir mln dlr long term note reuter
earn	comerica inc cmca qtr net shr dlr dlr net mth shr dlr dlr net asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan mln mln reuter
earn	joseph light saj qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln note per share adjust for for two stock split effect june joseph light and power full name compani reuter
earn	trw inc trw qtr net shr dlr ct shr dilut dlr ct net mln mln sale billion billion mth shr dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln avg shr dilut mln mln reuter
money-fx	balladur urg respect louvr accord french financ minist edouard balladur group industri countri respect pledg monetari polici made februari louvr accord currenc stabil strengthen cooper major industri countri and remind ourselv pledg made louvr told journalist not simpli pledg maintain currenc stabil conduct type econom and monetari polici ad reuter
grain	soviet grain target output recent announc moscow year grain product target that soviet estim thi year grain crop mln tonn agricultur depart analyst usda project soviet crop mln tonn earlier estim soviet offici that grain crop match record mln tonn moscow outlin econom target for mondai put grain harvest goal mln tonn analyst soviet agricultur usda note that recent articl izvestia soviet grain product plan mln tonn expect thi year thi that estim for mln tonn grain crop analyst calcul moscow crop estim usda us mln tonn product goal mln tonn figur publish soviet econom journal thi month usda product estim mln tonn reflect rang mln tonn usda sourc late season rain damag soviet crop slow harvest progress and lower soviet product analyst earlier thi month soviet agricultur offici viktor nikonov predict that grain crop good last year mln tonn harvest member nikonov parti comment that mln tonn grain field harvest problem bring final crop mln tonn reuter
interest	canada mln dlr bill issu yield averag pct offici
money-fx	fed johnson louvr accord vital feder reserv board vice chairman manuel johnson louvr accord healthi unit state and west germani work differ respect role fulfil accord louvr accord work term stabil exchang rate respons question american stock exchang confer exchang rate stabl result accord reuter
acq	hanna hnm acqur pm consolid hanna reach definit agreement purchas pm consolid privat own manufactur color for plastic industri hanna purchas subject condit schedul close end octob hanna announc last august that negotiaiton purchas compani headquart somerset pm report mln dlr revenu last fiscal year end reuter
cpi	fed johnson see eas inflationari fear feder reserv board vice chairman manuel johnson inflationari expect financi market eas sinc fed last half point increas discount rate pct kind expect forc develop that satisfi sinc last discount rate move johnson fed chairman alan greenspan recent discount rate increas septemb larg aim quell inflationari fear financi market larg unfound reuter
crude	ampl suppli limit strike oil price impact ampl suppli opec crude weigh world market help limit and revers oil price gain that strike iranian oil platform gulf earlier mondai analyst decemb load rose dlr cent fall unchang last fridai fundament aw philip lambert analyst stockbrok kleinwort grieveson ad that total opec product week octob mln bpd chang septemb level peter nicol analyst chase manhattan bank opec product mln octob reuter and intern energi agenc iea estim put opec septemb product mln bpd attack retali last fridai hit kuwaiti oil product tanker fly flag sea isl citi struck missil believ iranian kuwaiti water and hit flag commerci vessel year iran iraq war own liberian flag tanker sungari hit area thursdai believ struck iranian missil refin not signific purchas physic oil mondai result increas gulf tension attack analyst closur strait hormuz mln bpd pass isnlik not interest iran threat oil suppli stem increas number tanker attack part widen gulf hostil analyst strike limit repli iranian missil attack describ respons geoffrei pyne analyst stockbrok phillip and drew impress sensibl respons thought carefulli correspond iranian agress prove iranian that action will met for respons todai action not escalatori pyne kleinwort grieveson lambert strike respons retali appar indic iran that increas sever attacksf iran chose rais level conflict chase manhattan nicol view unabl had achiev arab state such kuwait and saudi arabia interest supposedli defend will feel secur result attack and fear sort iranian retali initi upward market move thi morn reflect strong specul reaction rumour attack thought stage iranian missil launcher faw peninsula close kuwait analyst downtrend confirm navi attack iranian oil platform defenc secretari caspar weinburg market oper evalu situat gulf basi confirm fact and find thought profit take price lower analyst and trader reuter
earn	total research corp fiscal net june end shr ct net rev avg shr reuter
acq	commun and cabl ccab bui stake commun and cabl inc acquir pct outstand share imnet corp privat own compani that design make and servic proprietari imag storag and retriev system term not disclos reuter
acq	baltek btek bui ecuadorian plant baltek corp acquir shrimp pack plant ecuador for undisclos term compani acquisit will result tripl ecuadorian shrimp sale mln pound annual reuter
earn	gendex corp xrai qtr sept net shr ct six ct net sale six mth shr ct ct net sale avg shr mln mln note net includ tax credit equal cent quarter and two ct six month reuter
earn	ben and jerri homemad inc bjic mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln note compani releas result connect file for class common stock offer reuter
money-fx	balladur urg respect louvr accord french financ minist edouard balladur group industri countri respect pledg monetari polici made februari louvr accord currenc stabil strengthen cooper major industri countri and remind ourselv pledg made louvr told journalist not simpli pledg maintain currenc stabil conduct type econom and monetari polici ad balladur comment treasuri secretari jame baker sundai that examin louvr accord light rise west german short term interest rate balladur main architect louvr accord and invest consider polit capit defend reuter
acq	banctexa btx sell affili banctexa group inc sign definit agreement sell banctexa sulphur spring affili group local investor led gene watson for cash amount equal book time sale subject regulatori approv unit had asset mln dlr septemb banctexa plan concentr primari market dalla area reuter
earn	talman home feder tlmn qtr oper net oper shr ct not oper net mth oper shr ct not oper net asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion note oper net exclud tax credit mln dlr ct share quarter and mln dlr ct month period month oper net exclud prepay penalti earli retir loan dlr talman home feder save and loan associ chicago full name compani reuter
acq	allwast alw acquir firm allwast inc enter into agreement principl bui tank clean privat held compani that clean tank trailer exchang for mln share allwast common allwast that tank clean earn mln dlr tax last year and had mln dlr pre tax incom for month end septemb reuter
earn	northeast save nsb qtr net loss shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss profit six mth shr loss ct profit dlr net profit profit mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note six mth per share includ prefer stock dividend payment reuter
earn	marin corp mcor qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct ct net reuter
money-fx	fed johnson louvr accord aliv cite german differ
money-fx	balladur urg respect pledg monetari polici louvr accord
earn	pioneer standard electron inc pio qtr period end septemb oper shr ct six ct oper net sale mln mln half oper shr ct ct oper net sale mln mln note oper net exclud loss discontinu oper dlr ct share quarter and dlr ct share half reuter
earn	citizen financi group inc citn qtr shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion note prior year amount restat reflect for stock split effect reuter
earn	irwin magnet system inc irwn qtr net period end sept shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr note figur includ tax credit dlr ct share reuter
grain	senat panel vote limit counti loan rate start crop
earn	bench craft inc sofa qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln note share adjust for for two stock split februari reuter
earn	cityf financi corp ctyf qtr loss shr primari loss ct profit ct shr fulli dilut loss ct profit ct net profit profit mln mth shr primari profit ct profit dlr shr fulli dilut profit ct profit dlr net profit mln profit mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note mth figur includ gain dlr cumul effect account chang qtr and mth figur includ gain mln dlr sale real estat invest properti qtr and mth earn per share reflect payment dividend compani two seri prefer stock amount mln dlr reuter
earn	caterpillar inc cat qtr net shr profit dlr loss ct net profit mln loss mln rev billion billion mth shr profit dlr profit dlr net profit mln profit mln rev billion billion reuter
coffee	colombia open coffe registr ldn trade colombia open export registr for novemb coffe shipment trade sourc detail reuter
earn	dens pac microsystem inc dpac qtr period end august shr profit loss net profit loss sale avg shr six mth shr nil loss ct net profit loss sale avg shr reuter
earn	newhal invest properti nip qtr shr dlr ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln note current quarter figur includ gain mln dlr properti sale gain mln prior year quarter current month figur includ gain mln dlr properti sale gain mln dlr reuter
earn	aspen ribbon inc arib qtr net sept shr ct ct net rev reuter
earn	lsi light system inc lyt qtr net qtr end septemb shr ct ct net rev reuter
trade	hous speaker deni trade bill hurt stock hous speaker jim wright dismiss charg that trade bill congress contribut fall stock price wall street that utterli ridicul texa democrat told report treasuri secretari jame baker and administr offici weekend point pend legisl brand protectionist kei factor record set drop reuter
earn	roto rooter inc roto qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
earn	citi save bank meriden csbm qtr shr ct not net mth shr dlr not net note compani public septemb reuter
earn	home feder save bank georgia hfga qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net reuter
earn	intern telecharg inc itil qtr shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr mth shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr reuter
earn	spectram inc spmd qtr net shr profit ct net profit profit sale mln mln mth shr loss net loss protit sale mln mln note current month figur includ extraordinari loss mln dlr ct per share result cost associ restructur prior quarter and month per share figur not applic compani began oper octob acquisit gould inc gld medic product group reuter
earn	inc marc qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr half shr ct ct newt rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	chamber develop inc cdv qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln avg shr mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln reuter
earn	voplex corp vot qtr loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln mth shr profit six ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
crude	secur council call talk gulf attack secur council call privat meet mondai for consult unit state attack iranian oil platform meanwhil spokesman that knew report council and secretari gener javier perez cuellar action had not receiv american washington presid reagan unit nation inform attack provis charter notif action defens spokesman francoi giuliani perez cuellar had comment attack respons iranian action american own tanker last week find happen call iran commiss elicit respons reuter
earn	unit save and loan unsa qtr net sept shr ct net six month shr ct net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln reuter
acq	bare unit set fund for manag bui out bare capit investor bci unit merchant bank bare brother and rais mln european currenc unit ecu will invest manag bui out and develop capit opportun and continent europ fund rais bci such fund bare euar european capit trust investor european countri expect rais anoth mln ecu french fund and fund for investor bci set last year bare brother advis bui and develop capit investor bci fund structur guernsei base unit trust will list luxembourg stock exchang will advis bci and manag compani own jointli bare and manag bci individu invest expect rang and mln ecu and like concentr germani and franc bci aim invest establish compani princip famili compani success issu and corpor spin off reuter
money-fx	fight currenc pact intern monetari offici will rush paper deep crack that appear louvr accord currenc stabil prevent dollar free fall and calm turmoil world capit market economist and currenc trader don louvr dead break acrimoni potenti outcom rout dollar higher interest rate and collaps stock market group interest calm thing dougla madison corpor trader bankamerica corp weekend televis interview treasuri secretari jame baker sharpli criticis recent rise west german monei market rate and month louvr pact foster exchang rate stabil review comment rock currenc market and help send fragil and oversea stock market into tailspin dollar lost two pfennig mark and yen yen dow jone industri averag slump point stage and treasuri bond drop point reuter
earn	ton toi inc ton qtr aug loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss sale avg shr reuter
earn	anchor financi corp afcx qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net note share reflect issuanc common share decemb reuter
earn	photron corp phot half aug net shr ct ct net sale avg shr reuter
ipi	french industri product fell pct juli august june inse data
earn	hometown bancorp inc htwn qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss avg shr reuter
earn	fidel feder save and loan ffed shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net note mth net includ loss dlr sale secur and recur charg dlr for write fslic secondari reserv reuter
acq	crazi eddi crcy won oppos slate crazi eddi inc board will not oppos slate nomine propos for elect board committe led entertain market inc and oppenheim palmieri fund crazi eddi board not endors will simpli refrain oppos emi palmieri nomine board will repres committe restor sharehold begin acquaint busi and affair compani promptli that end committe repres will invit advanc annual meet examin compani financi record monitor oper and join compani offic meet compani supplier banker and kei personnel crazi eddi board that continu oppos emi palmieri group increas expens compani creat uncertainti supplier custom and employe and result deterior moral compani personnel releas compani will follow reuter
earn	horizon bancorp hzb qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	societi for save bancorp inc soc qtr hartford conn oct shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	acc corp qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev avg shr mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	union real estat invest fur net qtr oper shr ct ct oper net rev mln mth oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln rev mln mln note net exclud capit gain dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth reuter
earn	feder mogul corp fmo qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln note qtr result includ extraordinari loss extinguish debt dlr ct shr reuter
earn	usacaf usf qtr net shr ct ct net rev chainwid sale mln mln mth shr dlr ct net rev mln mln chainwid sale mln mln avg shr reuter
earn	acm electr corp ac qtr oct two shr ct ct qtly div ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr adjust for pct stock dividend pain march qtly dividend payabl decemb sharehold record novemb reuter
earn	nbi inc nbi qtr loss sept end shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln avg shr note quarter result includ gain repurchas debentur that had discount below market reuter
earn	avx corp avx qtr oct net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln avg mln mln mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit mln loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	stratu comput inc stra qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln rev mln mln reuter
acq	sosnoff reduc caesar world caw stake york investor martin sosnoff reduc stake caesar world inc common stock share pct compani common stock outstand pct sosnoff unsuccessfulli acquir caesar world earlier thi year file secur and exchang commiss that sold caesar world share octob and dlr dlr share sosnoff hold caesar world stock primarili for invest purpos reserv alter intent time reuter
acq	crazi eddi inc won oppos slate entertain market
earn	myer industri inc mye qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln note earn per share adjust for for stock split distribut septemb reuter
earn	victoria banckshar inc vict qtr net shr profit two ct loss dlr net profit loss mln mth shr profit ct loss dlr net profit loss mln reuter
earn	interst secur inc qtr sept shr ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net rev mln mln year shr ct dlr net rev mln mln note qtly div payabl decemb sharehold record novemb reuter
earn	pancho mexican buffet inc pamx qtr net sept end shr ct ct net vc rev mln mln avg shr year shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr fiscal net period includ charg dlr adjust premium reserv for worker compens and liabil insur claim reuter
earn	franklin electr inc fele qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net sale mln mln note tax credit ad ct quarter net and ct month net compar credit ct and ct respect period reuter
earn	altu bank alt qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net note oper net exclud extraordinari gain dlr ct share dlr ct share quarter and dlr ct share dlr ct share month reuter
earn	kennamet inc kmt qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	comput consol inc cc qtr net oper shr profit ct profit ct oper net profit profit rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth oper shr profit ct loss ct oper net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note net exclud tax credit dlr quarter and dlr mth net periood includ charg mln dlr restructur comput product divis reuter
earn	omnicar inc ocr qtr net shr profit ct loss net profit loss rev mln mln mth shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit rev mln mln note qtr net includ tax charg dlr for sale reliacar inc mth net includ charg dlr ct share for sale reliacar and inspiron hospit product divis mth net includ aftertax earn dlr dlr share for american medic intern inc ami contract expir juli reuter
cpu	industri capac us rate pct septemb unchang august
earn	dime save bank dime qtr net shr dlr net mln mln mth shr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion billion note full name dime save bank york per share figur not bank convert stock form august qtr and mth includ gain mln dlr and mln dlr util net oper loss carryforward qtr and mth includ gain mln dlr and mln dlr util net oper loss carryforward qtr and mth includ charg dlr for earli extinguish debt net tax benefit reuter
acq	hal roach hrsi robert halmi rhi merg robert halmi inc and hal roach studio inc sign definit agreement merg stock swap mln dlr base octob close price compani agreement call for holder common stock hal roach exchang share for basi for share combin compani holder robert halmi common will exchang share two and half for basi for share combin compani compani swap will tax free compani qintex pct owner hal roach common stock agre us compani exclus vehicl for media and entertain invest compani compani qintex subsidiari agre suppli minimum mln dlr line credit compani us qintex approv for financ hri product compani that definit agreement qintex divis will purchas pct compani open market privat transact tender offer will not purchas warrant bring ownership pct compani qintex subsidiari not achiev thi ownership year complet merger subsidiari will two year thereaft request that hri commenc right offer hri stockhold compani potenti right offer qintex subsidiari will act standbi purchas compani transact subject approv compani sharehold receipt tax approv and continu employ robert halmi and robert halmi compani robert halmi chairman and chief execut offic robert halmi inc will chairman compani and david evan current presid and chief oper offic hal roach will becom chief execut compani reuter
earn	piccadilli cafeteria inc picc qtr net sept end shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
acq	system softwar ssax complet acquisit system softwar associ inc complet previous announc acquisit admin edp pty for cash and small amount stock admin edp sydnei australia full servic softwar sale and servic firm reuter
earn	michigan bancorp fmbc qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr dlr dlr net reuter
earn	countrywid transport cwt qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr note full name countrywid transport servic inc reuter
earn	softwar servic america inc ssoa net shr ct ct net rev reuter
earn	keycorp kei qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln note previous reoprt amount restat for earn northwest bancorp acquir pool interest juli reuter
earn	alli signal inc ald qtr oper net oper shr dlr ct oper net mln mln rev billion billion mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev billion billion note qtr and mth includ tax mln dlr ct share gain for increas equiti union texa petroleum hold inc for initi public offer mth net includ tax gain mln dlr ct share sale remain interest henlei group inc and relat transact partli offset tax loss mln dlr ct share for repurchas high coupon bond mth exclud mln dlr for estim net gain dispos discontinu oper march includ linotyp group amphenol product ampex corp amount restat exclud sale and expens discontinu oper qtr and mth oper net exclud oper incom mln dlr and and mln dlr for discontinu oper mth includ mln dlr ct share tax gain for revers surplu pension fund end and quarter averag share outstand mln and mln outstand deduct dividend accur prefer stock end and mth period averag share mln and deduct for prefer stock dividend reuter
acq	corbi distilleri cdl bui heublein unit corbi distilleri agre bui toronto base mcguin distil heublein inc for mln dlr move corbi expect add significantli domest earn heublin subsidiari grand metropolitan plc gmhl corbi mcguin will remain seper busi unit seper sale forc mcguin market liquer brandi and liquor and enter fast expand wine cooler market corbi corbi expect benefit mcguin succesful introduct schnapp and cooler and strength tradit market sector heublein sale not includ mcguin calona wine canadian wine compani heublein will repres canada gilbei canada inc reuter reuter
earn	burr brown corp bbrc qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	templ inland inc tin qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion mln reuter
earn	univers furnitur ufurf qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln month shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln note share and per share data adjust reflect pct stock dividend distrit april and public offier two mln share ofth compani june reuter
earn	schulman inc shlm qtr aug net shr ct ct net sale mln mln year shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln note share adjust for februari for two split prior year result restat reuter
crude	usx unit hike crude oil post price marathon petroleum compani subsidiari usx corp lower post price for crude oil ct effect date octob increas bring post price for west texa intermedi and west texa sour dlr barrel each south louisiana sweet increas dlr barrel indepnd oil compani such permian corp and coastal corp cgp had move price effect last fridai dai sun sun announc ct barrel increas dlr barrel reuter
earn	bear inc ber qtr net sept end primari ct ct dilut shr ct ct net rev mln mln primari avg shr dilut avg shr reuter
earn	chemic wast manag inc chw qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net rev mln mln reuter
crude	marathon rais crude post price ct barrel effect octob
earn	air product and chemic inc apd qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln sale mln mln year oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note result restat for discontinu engin servic oper prior year net exclud loss discontinu oper dlr quarter and dlr year fiscal year net exclud dlr charg earli debt retir fiscal net includ special charg mln dlr quarter and mln dlr year worgroc reduct cost revalu south african invest revers invest tax credit and oth item reuter
money-fx	transatlant row imperil louvr accord dealer louvr accord currenc stabil maintain uneasi calm currenc market sinc last februari appear danger todai transatlant disput west german interest rate boil foreign exchang dealer dollar slid mark and world stock and bond market plung offici major industri countri plai disput bilater problem unit state and west germani and insist that currenc pact aliv treasuri secretari jame baker spark market fear attack rise west german short term interest rate that not keep spirit agre recent earlier thi month washington baker televis interview sundai refer meet financ minist group lead industri nation reaffirm pact louvr accord west germani and japan larg trade surplus pledg boost econom growth export agre stop talk dollar baker saturdai that louvr agreement oper west german interest rate move forc examin accord foreign exchang market told baker that hammer germani declar bet term currenc cooper chri john currenc analyst ub phillip and drew london bank japan offici sanguin view tell reuter that exchang market appar react and sold dollar baker comment will regret french financ minist edouard balladur host louvr meet financ minist respond directli baker remark call for faith and firm adher major industri countri louvr accord letter and spirit west german financ ministri british treasuri comment row japanes financ ministri offici that despit frustrat higher interest rate abroad thi not repres readi scrap basic framework louvr accord frankfurt wilhelm christian joint chief execut west germani largest bank deutsch bank that recent meet baker believ that commit accord move market interpret gestur reconcili bundesbank ad short term liquid west german monei market pct mondai pct level inject medium term liquid last week bank franc step into french monei market hold rate inject short term liquid pct rate rose close pct reuter
acq	northview novc plan sell compani northview corp reach agreement princip cover acquisit compani privat held calmark financi corp agreement call for northview make tender offer for outstand stock price dlr per share cash calmark headquart lo angel develop manag and syndic real estat northview reuter
earn	union nation corp unbc qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct qtly div ct ct prior net mth shr dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln note dividend pai dec record nov reuter
acq	corbi distilleri bui heublein mcgin distil for mln canadian dlr
earn	amcast industri corp acst qtr loss aug shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit rev mln mln avg shr month shr profit ct loss dlr net profit loss rev mln mln avg shr note result includ pretax restructur provis mln dlr and mln dlr for and reuter
interest	fed arrang dai system repo feder reserv enter govern secur market arrang dai system repurchas agreement spokesman for york fed feder fund trade pct time direct inject temporari reserv dealer reuter
earn	datacopi corp dcpy qtr net shr profit ct profit net profit profit rev mth shr loss six ct profit two ct net loss profit rev note prior qtr and mth figur includ extraordinarycredit dlr and dlr reuter
acq	media gener meg holder seek control sharehold group led barri industri inc brss acquir pct stake media gener inc class common stock and seek seek contorl compani file secur and exchang commiss group hold share media gener common stock purchas total cost mln dlr addit bid for control group purchas addit media gener share possibl seek seat compani board director proxi contest bid for control media gener subject recapit restructur and charter document and law compani group had held discuss parti gaug interest join sharehold group agreement reach talk parti expect continu sharehold group octob and barri industri bought share media gener class common stock dlr dlr share open market transact and anoth share privat reuter
acq	skii bui califora ski area and goldmin ski associ inc reach agreement call for bui goldmin california ski area for approxim mln dlr own killlington and mount snow ski resort california ski area locat san bernardino mountain compani plan invest approxim mln dlr into ski area year reuter
acq	allegi aeg westin set new confer sale westin hotel and resort subsidiari allegi corp will hold press confer octob san francisco discuss pend sale hotel chain allegi allegi that plan sell westin buyt not announc that deal set reuter
gold	sweden boliden open saudi arabian gold mine mine group boliden had agre saudi state agenc gener petroleum and miner organis petromin open gold mine saudi arabia exploit world richest deposit metal boliden spokesman goran paulson told reuter swedish group respons for technic side oper and control product option discuss for refin gold or ship boliden ronnskar copper smelter northern sweden paulson declin give figur for deal strateg import sinc increas boliden presenc saudi arabia repres petromin visit ronnskar saudi arabia expans area futur mine develop mahd adh dhahab west countri and open half annual output kilo gold smelt ton or boliden own pct gold or deposit saudi arabia ventur will saudi mine open modern time thi breakthrough for boliden sale mine technolog and knowhow group chief execut kjell nilsson reuter
earn	american republ bancorp arbc qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit avg shr mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss avg shr reuter
acq	cal fed incom cfi bui two shop center cal fed incom partner acquir two shop center for total price mln dlr compani bought plaza shop center pleasanton calif for mln dlr and bristol place shop center santa ana calif for mln dlr reuter
earn	firstier financi inc frst qtr net shr dlr ct net mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	southwest bancorp swb qtr loss shr loss primari ct profit ct shr loss dilut ct ct net loss profit avg shr mth shr loss primari ct profit ct shr loss dilut ct ct net loss profit avg shr loan mln mln deposit mln mln asset mln mln note prior qtr and mth figur includ oper loss carryforward gain dlr two ct per share and dlr ct per share reuter
acq	shamrock capit complet central soya sale shamrock capit limit partnership led shamrock hold inc complet sale central soya inc ferruzzi agricola finanziaria itali term sale agreement announc septemb ferruzzi acquir equiti central soya and assum subordin term debt mln dlr transact valu mln dlr reuter
earn	martin marietta qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion note qtr and mth includ time tax charg mln dlr ct share for previous announc anticip sale fourth quarter invest equatori commun amount restat increas net ct share for chang pension expens account backlog septemb billion dlr compani record reuter
money-fx	stoltenberg assum cooper will continu west german govern assum that commit intern monetari cooper renew washington last month will continu financ ministri spokesman quot financ minist gerhard stoltenberg stoltenberg statement reaction critic rise west german interest rate voic treasuri secretari jame baker weekend reuter
acq	barri ind lead group pct media gener seek control
earn	neiman marcu group inc nmg qtr aug loss shr not net loss mln profit rev mln mln six mth shr loss mln profit mln rev mln mln note compani recent spun carter hawlei hale store inc chh current year net period includ mln dlr pretax charg carter hawlei hale restructur reuter
earn	delux check printer inc dlx qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln note month earn includ nonrecur gain cent share sale compani data card invest reuter
acq	transamerica unit bui reinsur unit transamerica insur group main properti liabil insur oper transamerica corp sign definit agreement acquir newli form insur commer risk underwrit insur clarendon group transamerica unit will renam transamerica reinsur will initi capit mln dlr transamerica acquisit repres move into specialti treati reinsur compani member clarendon will join transamerica part acquisit expect close novemb and subject regulatori approv reuter
acq	industri equiti pct triton oil group firm led hong kong base industri equiti pacif acquir share triton oil corp common stock pct compani common stock outstand industri equiti pacif control brierlei invest bryw and appli antitrust regul bui pct triton common stock current pct stake acquir for invest purpos compani inform triton present good faith intent bui mln dlr worth triton stock told triton depend market condit acquir pct and possibl pct vote secur triton receiv clearanc bui pct stock septemb industri equiti pacif report bought share triton common stock octob dlr share reuter
sugar	sugar factori close due shortag beet british sugar plc forc shut ipswich sugar factori sundai afternoon due acut shortag beet suppli spokesman respond reuter inquiri beet suppli dri ipswich due combin wet weather prevent farmer factori catchment area harvest and last week hurrican block road ipswich factori will remain close road clear and suppli beet build thi time year that factori close mid campaign spokesman ad factori continu process beet harvest remain difficult area ipswich sugar factori oper british sugar process excess tonn beet year annual beet crop mln tonn despit closur ipswich and sever harvest problem factori area british sugar maintain estim sugar product thi campaign mln tonn white mln last year spokesman british sugar process sugar beet grown sugar beet process campaign began last month expect run end januari sugar factori work hour dai dai week campaign octob pct sugar crop had harvest stage last year pct had lift sinc wet weather sever restrict beet lift harvest figur for week octob not reuter
earn	home save bank brooklyn hmsb qtr shr ct not net mln mth shr dlr not net mln mln note compani public novemb net period includ dlr pretax gain sale branch net includ secur and loan sale loss dlr pretax gain dlr quarter and gain dlr dlr mth and loan losx provis dlr dlr quarter and dlr dlr mth reuter
money-fx	stoltenberg assum monetari cooper will continu
earn	mci commun corp mcic qtr net shr ct six ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion note qtr and mth includ pre tax gain antitrust settlement dlr and dlr qtr includ pre tax gain mln dlr sale mci airsign subsidiari and tax extraordinari loss mln dlr earli redempt pct subordin note reuter
earn	sterl drug inc sty qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln note figur restat reflect chang account method relat pension expens reuter
earn	fpl group inc fpl qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
interest	french week bill rate rise pct bank franc
acq	multifood imc file suit bregman intern multifood corp file suit charg bregman partner and affili unlawfulli plan acquir control compani suit file district court intern multifood bregman partner and affili reportedli hold pct compani share induc multifood manag join effort compani privat and give control interest bregman partner bregman partner includ interest belzberg famili canada complaint disclos that each occas multifood manag reject group overtur multifood ask bregman group divest share open market sale manner not disrupt market place suit suit seek compensatori and punit damag amount determin addit multifood seek stop bregman partner acquir stock vote share reportedli own suit multifood action propos bregman partner prevent sharehold realiz full benefit compani restructur past year multifood substanti alter domest busi mix divest consumer food oper and emphas growth select segment foodservic industri reuter
earn	and qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net billion billlion rev billion billion note full name american telephon and telegraph note prior quarter and mth net reduc mln dlr two ct per share for estim cost reduc workforc and consolid facil prior qtr and mth includ pretax gain mln dlr damag paid republ iran and pretax gain mln dlr chang compani ownership ing olivetti spa tax gain ad mln dlr six ct per shr net incom prior qtr and mth result previous restat reflect chang depreci method that reduc net incom mln dlr ct per share reuter
earn	gordon jewelri corp gor qtr aug loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev mln mln year shr loss dlr profit dlr net loss mln profit mln rev mln mln note year includ charg mln dlr pre tax for inventori valuat allow year includ charg mln dlr discontinu oper reuter
money-fx	west germani commit louvr accord west german govern sourc bonn remain commit louvr accord stabilis currenc struck lead western democraci pari last februari weekend treasuri secretari jame baker criticis recent rise west german short term interest rate and such develop not spirit louvr pact agreement examin sourc west german interest rate rise had context interest rate develop worldwid reuter
interest	fdic seidman higher rate harm bank feder deposit insur corp chairman william seidman concern impact bank sharp rise interest rate seidman attend american banker associ convent not expect rate rise higher and outlook for economi and for bank sound potenti for greater interest rate rise concern noth outlook that rate higher that economi not sound seidman told new confer reuter
money-fx	fed ad reserv system repo feder reserv expect enter govern secur market suppli reserv bank system system repurchas agreement economist economist fed execut dai system repurchas meet substanti add reserv current mainten period aggress add overnight system repo feder fund open pct and remain that level late thi morn compar averag effect rate pct fridai reuter
earn	standard product spd qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note share adjust for august for split reuter
earn	bankeast corp benh qtr net shr ct ct net mth shr ct dlr net mln reuter
earn	dalla corp dl qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln reuter
earn	anchor glass contain corp anc qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note mth net exclud dlr gain revers pension asset net period includ pretax charg dlr amort goodwil reuter
earn	middl south util inc msu qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion reuter
acq	industri equiti make propos calmat czm industri equiti pacif hong kong base invest firm lead group hold pct calmat common stock intend submit calmat propos for busi combin file secur and exchang commiss industri equiti pacif not disclos detail propos deliv calmat futur industri equiti pacif not intend remain passiv investor calmat firm told sec sec file industri equiti pacif presid north american oper ronald langlei met calmat offici octob discuss acquisit compani premium market price calmat stock industri equiti pacif ad launch tender offer for calmat stock make merger propos compani not decid whether will pursu calmat acquisit negoti basi industri equiti pacif hold mln calmat common share evalu compani recent adopt sharehold right plan and potenti effect calmat and acquisit propos made compani octob and industri equiti pacif bought share calmat common stock dlr dlr share total mln dlr reuter
acq	oregon steel bui kaiser napa vallei plant kaiser steel corp plant napa calif purchas oregon steel mill for mln dlr privat own portland compani transact approv bankruptci judg denver hear kaiser steel chapter reorgan case jame mccaughei vice presid sale for kaiser name gener manag for plant will call napa pipe corp oregon steel reuter
earn	unisi corp ui qtr net shr primari ct ct shr dilut ct ct net mln mln rev billlion billion avg shr primari mln mln avg shr dilut mln mln mth shr primari dlr dlr shr dilut dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr primari mln mln avg shr dilut mln mln note earn per share for restat reflect for split effect juli result for and mth includ result juli sperri corp acquir sept net incom reflect ownership sperri pct for month juli and august and pct for month sept revenu for period reflect reclassif revenu divest sperri oper incom effect net incom reuter
earn	woburn cent save wob qtr net shr ct ct net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln note full name compani woburn cent save bank reuter
earn	feder save fcht qtr net shr ct qtly div ct ct prior net asset mln mln deposit mln mln loan mln mln note per share figur not bank convert stock ownership dec dividend payabl dec sharehold record nov full name compani feder save and loan associ chattanooga reuter
crude	coastal cgp rais oil post price coastal corp that effect octob had rais post price for crude oil ct barrel increas bring west texa intermedi dlr barrel and west texa sour dlr barrel sun sun announc that make ct barrel increas late fridai bring wti dlr barrel and trader that oil compani expect increas price reuter
crude	tass denounc attack iran adventur offici soviet new agenc tass denounc attack iranian oil drill platform gulf mondai militari adventur and bring dividend reagan administr tass comment mikhail krutikhin administr had embark adventurist path order deflect attent scandal unit state sold arm iran and profit divert nicaraguan rebel confront fact obviou that latest militari adventur will not bring polit dividend american administr krutikhin soviet leader mikhail gorbachev and foreign minist eduard shevardnadz abruptli left parliamentari session earlier mondai spark diplomat specul that concern urgent matter foreign affair soviet offici previous critic unit state for send naval forc into gulf presenc serv increas tension moscow offici neutral war iran and iraq major arm supplier iraq sought broader contact iran last year krutikhin unit state undertaken act arm aggress iran probabl long spoken washington offici reuter
ship	world telecom watchdog relax car phone rule intern telecommun union regul commun worldwid decid end week confer mobil phone system link satellit telecommun offici car phone link land station and limit urban area rule will make easier for call made remot region meet finish weekend decid radio determin satellit system enabl fleet owner trace metr movement lorri car ship world reuter
earn	intern research irdv qtr payout qtly div ct ct prior qtr pai nov record nov note full name intern research and develop corp reuter
earn	rohm and haa roh qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale billion billion reuter
acq	industri equiti tell sec will send calmat propos for busi combin
acq	idc servic idc holder offer dlr idc servic inc compani will begin cash tender offer octob acquir idc outstand common for dlr share compani offer made definit agreement reach compani idc acquisit corp form apollo partner and invest client equit capit manag inc agreement call for acquisit idc for mln dlr idc acquisit will tender for idc outstand pct convert subordin debentur idc merger agreement for payment equival amount respect employe stock option cancel merger part transact compani grant idc acquisit option acquir pct compani outstand share for dlr per share plan tender offer subject condit includ tender pct compani outstand stock mim hold mima substanti sharehold idc agre will not bui addit idc share februari and grant idc acquisit refus idc share sell that period compani apollo partner recent organ senior viacom inc execut terrenc elk georg catel and kenneth gorman reuter
earn	monsanto mtc qtr net shr dlr dlr net sale billion billion mth shr dlr dlr net sale billion billion note figur includ mln dlr ct share net gain facil and busi sold shut impair and recur incom and expens reuter
crude	coastal rais oil post ct barrel octob wti dlr
acq	industri icx sell aerospac unit industri inc board approv second major step reorgan and restructur compani implement plan sharpen strateg focu consum good and servic compani will give consider sale pneumo abex aerospac and defens compani can realiz price will return maximum sharehold pneumo abex had oper incom mln dlr sale mln dlr will us proce asset sale invest high return busi consum good and servic field compani author program repurchas mln dlr and billion dlr common stock time time condit warrant will begin cost reduct program cust annual oper expens mln dlr spokesman cost reduct program involv across board cut specif target area board earlier approv plan spin compani illinoi central gulf railroad sharehold compani major subsidiari pet inc pepsi cola gener bottler mida intern corp and hussmann corp reuter
earn	georgia gulf corp gglf qtr net shr dlr ct net mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln reuter
earn	financi corp america fin qtr loss shr loss dlr profit ct net loss mln profit mln avg shr primari mln mln avg shr dilut mln mln mth shr primari loss dlr profit dlr shr dilut loss dlr profit dlr avg shr primari mln mln avg shr dilut mln mln net loss mln profit mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion note net includ fslic sepcial assess loss qtr and mln mln mth net includ gain sale mortgag back secur and loan mln mln and mln mln mth net includ gain sale invest qtr and mth net includ provis for loss and discount mln mln qtr and mln mln mth mth includ write fslic secondari reserv mln reuter
acq	arnox arnx merger talk txl arnox corp special committe board continu talk txl corp term txl offer acquir arnox dlr per share txl arrang preliminari financ reuter
earn	morgan and inc jpm qtr net shr profit dlr profit dlr net profit mln profit mln mth shr loss ct profit dlr net loss mln profit mln asset billion billion loan billion billion deposit billion billion note mth includ previous report mln dlr addit loan loss reserv qtr for ldc debt reuter
trade	cairn group influenti trade talk australian minist for trade negoti michael duffi countri and world commod produc form effect lobbi group farm export subsidi and market access restrict duffi told press confer cairn group major agricultur produc australia and thailand belong emerg import forc multilater trade talk doubt that cairn group forc reckon insid gener agreement tariff and trade and intern trade negoti duffi dai visit talk unit state european commun and latin america consider progress made group fight costli protectionist polici pursu develop countri minist commiss farm trade paper will recognis heavi financi burden impos common agricultur polici and futur expans reagan administr displai determin resist strong protectionist sentiment congress reuter
acq	ibc interst bakeri ibc bid oversubscrib ibc acquisit corp receiv interst bakeri corp share respons tender offer for share that expir octob and will purchas pct share tender final prorat factor announc and payment for share start octob ibc made interst manag boston inc fbc and georg braun and reuter
acq	oregon steel bui kaiser napa vallei plant kaiser steel corp plant napa calif purchas oregon steel mill for mln dlr privat own portland compani transact approv bankruptci judg denver hear kaiser steel chapter reorgan case jame mccaughei vice presid sale for kaiser name gener manag for plant will call napa pipe corp oregon steel reuter
acq	carson piri crn start proxi mail carson piri scott and plan start mail proxi materi stockhold connect novemb special meet holder will ask previous announc agreement greyhound corp agreement greyhound will acquir merger compani foodservic oper dobb intern servic dobb hous and carson intern transact approv carson stockhold will receiv dlr cash and share common carson piri scott and for each share held reuter
earn	home save bank hmsb qtr net shr ct net mln mth shr dlr net mln mln asset billion billion deposit billion billion loan billion mln note qtr and mth per share figur not bank convert stock form nov reuter
acq	woolworth complet tender offer woolworth and that share armel inc aml common stock tender and accept for payment woolworth term previosuli announc cash tender offer expir midnight edt octob addit woolowrth armel share tender subject guarante deliveri woolowrth result tender offer and option exercis purchas armel stock fww acquisiton corp woolworth unit todai expect pct amrel outstand stock woolworth percent own not includ class share armel tender will purchas pursuant option previuosli announc fww will proce cash merger share armel held fww woolworth will entitl receiv dlr per share woolworth expect consumm deal thi year armel specialti retail broad line athlet and leisur footwear accessori and sportswear reuter
earn	plain petroleum plp qtr net shr ct ct net rev mth shr ct ct net rev mln note fasb adopt account qtr per share result will restat ct and ct share for mth reuter
earn	well gardner corp wga qtr net shr profit ct loss two ct net profit loss rev mth shr profit ct loss ct net profit loss rev mln mln reuter
acq	prospect group pct brinkmann brik york base prospect group inc prosz acquir share brinkmann instrument inc common stock pct scientif instrument maker common stock outstand file secur and exchang commiss prospect group bought brinkmann share open market transact august and octob dlr dlr total mln dlr prospect group bought stock establish signific minor equiti interest compani not intend seek control brinkmann present time prospect group will review invest object brinkmann warrant market condit compani perform and factor includ discuss brinkmann manag reuter
acq	industri will sale aerospac busi
acq	warner wci pct berkei inc bky stake warner commun inc warner commun investor inc unit acquir stock and warrant repres share berkei inc common stock equival pct compani common stock outstand file secur and exchang commiss warner commun investor paid mln dlr berkei septemb acquir share berkei seri convert prefer stock prefer stock convert into berkei common share and warrant bui anoth share warner commun and subsidiari berkei stock held invest will review and evalu time time reuter
earn	american cyanamid aci qtr net oper shr ct ct oper net mln mln sale billion mln mth oper shr dlr dlr oper net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note share data restat reflect pct stock dividend distribut june oper net period exclud addit gain mln dlr ct share associ sale formica brand product group busi month oper net includ pre tax gain mln dlr equal ct share sale jacquelin cochran busi reuter
earn	tandi corp tan qtr sept net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	bell atlant corp bel qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion billion avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	wang laboratori inc wanb qtr sept shr profit ct loss ct net profit mln loss mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note prior year net includ mln dlr tax credit reuter
earn	brockwai inc brk qtr net shr ct ct net mln sale mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln sale mln mln note share adjust for decemb for two split reuter
acq	telex seek purchas telex corp board direct manag and financi advisor drexel burnham lambert inc investig altern tender offer asher edelman tlx partner for telex share that includ seek purchas for telex compani board octob meet decid defer board meet thi week recommend edelman offer and board expect make recommend octob reuter
acq	ibc acquisit get share tender bui pct
ipi	soviet union set pct industri output growth soviet plan chief nikolai talyzin told suprem soviet parliament industri output plan rise pct plan pct month thi year industri output rose pct talyzin nation incom nearest soviet equival gross nation product plan rise pct plan pct thi year grain product plan mln tonn compar plan mln thi year soviet union produc mln tonn grain and soviet press heavi rain affect harvest thi year talyzin soviet plan stress engin industri kremlin leader mikhail gorbachev describ sector rapid modernis essenti soviet union compet effect world market difficulti arisen thi year machin build industri economi not receiv consider amount equip that requir talyzin head state plan committe gosplan soviet data show machin build industri make machin tool instrument and engin good increas output pct month thi year period thi below pct rise plan for industri for talyzin rule politburo conclud recent meet that improv econom perform depend larg extent conserv resourc larg scale measur plan save resourc financ minist bori gustev told suprem soviet defenc spend total billion roubl announc last year talyzin kremlin had decid increas spend year medic servic educ pension and social insur scheme state expenditur field reach billion roubl billion roubl had origin envisag year plan reuter
acq	idc servic agre acquir for dlr share apollo partner group
acq	manag group restaur major restaur associ industri inc manag group led chairman martin brodi and presid max pine octob had receiv class and class share respons tender offer for share dlr each give thema major each class share compani tender extend novemb reuter
earn	xidex corp xidx qtr sept net shr ct ct net sale mln mln note prior year net includ gain dlr sale share seagat technolog corp sgat reuter
earn	calf inc cal qtr net shr dlr dlr dilut shr dlr dlr net mln mln month shr dlr dlr dilut shr dlr dlr net mln mln reuter
earn	secur pacif corp spc qtr net shr dlr dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln month shr ct dlr net mln mln avg shr mln mln note prior period data restat includ pool interest basi august acquisit rainier bancorpor reuter
earn	phelp dodg corp qtr net shr dlr ct net mln mln rev mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev billion mln note qtr net includ dlr tax extraordinari gain retir debt reuter
earn	crane qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr dlr net mln mln rev mln mln avg shr mln mln note figur reflect adjust for for split net for mth includ cumul effect chang account for gain pension asset revers mln ct shr reuter
acq	telex corp investig altern tlx partner bid seek purchas
earn	lotu develop corp lot qtr net shr ct ct net mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth shr dlr ct net mln mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln note share adjust for februari two for split reuter
earn	southwest bancorp swb qtr loss oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit avg shr mth oper shr loss ct profit ct oper net loss profit avg shr note net exclud tax loss carryforward dlr quarter and dlr mth quarter net includ dlr tax credit net period includ dlr addit loan loss reserv due state real estat transact reuter
earn	gatx corp gmt qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr dlr net rev mln mln avg shr note earn includ loss discontinu oper dlr ct share quarter and gain dlr ct share for month reuter
earn	microsoft corp msft qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln rev mln mln reuter
earn	cm energi corp cm qtr net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mth shr dlr ct net rev billion billion avg shr note data restat for adopt account standard relat pension month earn includ mln dlr tax writeoff qtr portion asset compani midland nuclear project reuter
acq	shamrock complet central soya sale ferruzzi shamrock capit complet sale cental soya inc ferruzzi agricola finanziaria hold compani for ferruzzi group ravenna itali shamrock capit limit partnership led shamrock hold inc roi disnei famili compani agreement announc last month ferruzzi acquir equiti and assum subordin term debt mln dlr transact valu mln dlr reuter
earn	curtic burn food inc cbi qtr net qtr end sept shr ct ct net rev mln mln note qtr figur exclud effect tax reform act retroact reduc earn ct ct per shr reuter
earn	lindberg lind qtr net shr profit ct profit ct net profit profit sale mln mln mth shr loss ct profit ct net loss profit sale mln mln avg shr note earn qtr reduc dlr ct share charg reflect elimin transfer product line and oper compani racin wi foundri reuter
acq	shamrock complet central soya sale ferruzzi shamrock capit complet sale cental soya inc ferruzzi agricola finanziaria hold compani for ferruzzi group ravenna itali shamrock capit limit partnership led shamrock hold inc roi disnei famili compani agreement announc last month ferruzzi acquir equiti and assum subordin term debt mln dlr trction valu mln dlr reuter
crude	weinberg forc attack iranian oil platform
acq	cabl and wireless restructur unit cabl and wireless plc cawl subsidiari hong kong telephon ceas list compani restructur compani hong kong unit earlier todai compani announc that hong kong telephon and cabl and wireless hong kong territori govern pct stake becom subsidiari newli form hold compani hong kong telecommun exchang for cabl and wireless hong kong capit hong kong telecommun will issu billion share cabl and wireless plc cabl and wireless east that subsidiari hold group pct stake cabl and wireless hong kong and pct telephon will issu addit billion share gover that will leav cabl and wireless group pct stake hong kong telecommun govern pct and pct public hand that will reduc earli year placement pct issu share hong kong telecommun cabl and wireless and govern reuter
acq	gaf gaf group reconsid buyout bid gaf corp manag group led chairman samuel heyman intend reconsid propos acquir gaf septemb group offer dlr cash and dlr princip amount pct junior subordin debentur due for each gaf share heyman own gaf mln share outstand letter committe independ director form offer heyman will modifi term offer continu bid due rise interest rate and financi market condit heyman consider time that elaps sinc origin propos submit credit and financi market experienc extraordinari and almost unpreced deterior present time averag interest rate financ propos rais connect acquisit increas sinc origin propos approxim basi point group intend promptli review option includ revis offer reflect current market condit reuter
bop	korea current surplu bln dlr south korea nation new agenc yonhap thi year current account surplu will billion dlr amid sign continu high world demand for countri cheap car and electron good bank korea offici confirm deni yonhap forecast that bank issu figur week yonhap januari septemb surplu current account cover trade good and servic total billion dlr thi exce billion dlr ceil for that govern set june talk intern monetari fund aim avert rapid revalu won dollar agenc septemb surplu billion dlr mln august and mln year earlier export octob rel modest due public holidai end thi year surplu will billion dollar close ten yonhap sharp rise septemb surplu resumpt export deliveri delai strike previou month compani includ car manufactur electron and electr firm hit labour unrest juli and septemb south korean govern origin target billion dlr current account surplu thi year had rais thi billion reflect startl half export boom confirm soar current account surplu trigger tougher pressur unit state record billion dlr trade deficit seoul last year govern economist govern stem protectionist pressur home call south korea open market american good and revalu won faster won fix dollar mondai repres pct gain thi year reuter
earn	ply gem industri inc pgi qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mln avg shr dilut mln mln mth shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net mln sale mln mln avg shr mln avg shr dilut mln mln reuter
money-fx	deutsch bank chief louvr pact intact deutsch bank joint chief execut friedrich wilhelm christian believ louvr accord currenc stabil intact christian told new confer met treasuri secretari jame baker last two week short term german interest rate had risen twice that mark dollar louvr agreement not that accord termin christian respond question comment baker louvr accord oper criticis rise west german interest rate reuter
acq	gaf corp manag group reconsid acquisit propos
earn	emulex corp emlx qtr sept net shr ct ct net rev mln mln avg shr mln mln reuter
earn	lyphom inc lmed qtr net shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr mth shr ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr note earn adjust for for two stock split paid june reuter
crude	ship sourc unidentifi jet raid iranian oil platform southern gulf
earn	intellicorp inai qtr sept loss shr loss ct loss ct net loss loss rev avg shr note current year net includ charg dlr amort previous capit softwar cost capit product develop cost dlr dlr reuter
earn	owen and minor inc obod qtr net shr ct ct shr dilut ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr avg shr dilut mth shr dlr ct shr dilut ct ct net sale mln mln avg shr avg shr dilut reuter
earn	trinova corp tnv qtr net shr ct ct net mln mln sale mln mln avg shr mln mln mth oper shr dlr ct oper net mln mln sale billion billion avg shr mln mln note mth net includ mln dlr provis for restructur exclud mln dlr gain sale discontinu glass busi and dlr gain discontinu oper quarter order mln dlr mln dlr backlog mln dlr mln dlr reuter
ship	pentagon inform iran attack rumor defens depart spokesman had inform london oil and stock market rumor that unit state had launch retaliatori strike iran for attack fridai that damag shi don major randi morger inform presid reagan sundai had made decis respons fridai iran attack not decis defens secretari caspar weinberg saturdai attack flag ship kuwaiti water fridai almost iran silkworm missil rumor london market that unit state had launch offshor strike iranian missil instal reuter
crude	south yemen plan oil export pipelin mee south yemen plan major oil pipelin system complet month time start export initi rate barrel per dai bpd middl east econom survei mee mee govern approv for export pipelin visit aden high rank deleg soviet union will south yemen construct line engin studi for pipelin finish and construct expect start earli year industri newslett pipelin will run km mile shabwa oilfield coastal termin bir ali gulf aden mee mee soviet firm technoexport develop oilfil for south yemen substanti increas initi reserv estim and recommend pipelin eventu bpd capac discoveri commerci quaotiti oil confirm technoexport earlier thi year structur shabwa region northwestern part countri km east north yemen alif oilfield reuter
acq	trafalgar hous bui builder for mln dlr trafalgar hous plc traf acquir entir share capit capit home inc for mln dlr cash capit home build singl famili home washington area and activ land develop for us and for sale builder financi year end februari capit record pre tax profit mln dlr turnov mln dlr sale home capit land bank unit and current year compani expect sell home trafalgar hous reuter
money-fx	balladur insist mainten louvr accord french financ minist edouard balladur issu firm call for continu faith applic louvr accord currenc stabil major industri countri balladur respond weekend remark treasuri secretari jame baker that anoth accord firmli desir faithful and firm adher major industri countri louvr accord letter and spirit sundai baker last week rise short term west german interest rate not keep accord louvr accord agre pari last februari call for stabil major currenc prolong dollar slide accord reaffirm group financ minist washington last month baker weekend that west german rate rise not keep spirit agre that not expect simpli sit back and accept increas tighten part assumpt that follow ad reuter
ship	iran warn rais tension gulf iran warn unit state mondai exacerb gulf crisi endang american interest tehran radio monitor british broadcast corpor spokesman for iran war inform headquart respond offici remark take militari action iran radio quot iranian foreign ministri spokesman iran respond decis aggress measur unit state radio spokesman made statement attack kuwaiti ship flag and comment american offici carri retaliatori action iran spokesman militari aggress iran will begin extens clash persian gulf and amidst thi principl polici confront act escal tension reuter
bop	norwai current account deficit norwai current account show billion crown deficit for month billion crown deficit for year ago period central bureau statist north sea oil and ga revenu rose pct billion crown januari juli period compar billion month reuter
money-fx	bonn ministri comment baker remark west german financ ministri declin comment weekend critic treasuri secretari jame baker recent west german interest rate increas baker examin februari louvr accord stabilis currenc reach lead industri democraci rise west germani short term interest rate not spirit agreement nation washington reaffirm louvr pact financ ministri spokesman ask for offici ministri reaction baker remark make comment reuter
ship	anim feed ship fire chines port cypru vessel fearless tonn fire ground tow yantai china august had cargo reload cargo hold caught fire octob fire put salt water and water hold spread cargo water hold bottom patch report complet starboard wing tank pump and remain dry engin room flood metr ship origin load tonn anim feed reuter
cpi	philippin inflat predict rise philippin inflat rate will rise pct pct govern implement employ associ recommend for pct increas peso minimum daili wage thi month econom plan secretari solita monsod govern propos for across board daili pai rise six peso for agricultur worker and peso for agricultur worker push full year averag higher pct told senat last week pct rise minimum wage recommend employ confeder philippin ecop ecop propos push year year inflat rate pct decemb compar predict pct govern recommend implement solita propos last month annual inflat for forecast pct nation econom and develop author earli thi month month year inflat neg and pct rise and pct april and june nation statist offic annual inflat rate rose pct june pct juli and and pct august and septemb nation statist offic attribut acceler higher fuel and water price govern six and peso wage increas displac worker monsod bring number unemploi mln pct popul reuter
sugar	soviet sugar consumpt home brew grow sharp rise soviet sugar consumpt sinc start kremlin anti alcohol drive home brew cost state billion roubl lost vodka sale pravda communist parti newspap sugar sale had increas mln tonn year turn into two billion bottl moonshin current vodka price roubl bottl thi meant illicit alcohol consumpt had reach equival billion roubl year annual revenu vodka sale anti alchohol decre offici statist show reduct consumpt vodka thi decept statist not count home brew pravda epidem engulf villag and firmli settl into citi avail natur ga run water and privaci made easier kremlin leader mikhail gorbachev launch anti alcohol campaign shortli take offic march step improv soviet econom perform had hurt drunken work popul reuter
acq	equiticorp hold guin reach pct equiticorp hold equw own receiv accept repres pct issu ordinari share capit guin peat group plc gnsp equiticorp statement equiticorp offer for guin peat uncondit octob had pct and close octob reuter
money-fx	bank extend trade halt lebanes pound lebanon banker associ extend suspens trade lebanes pound for two work dai studi wai stem currenc collaps central bank not post rate pound dollar and currenc mondai pound close thursdai dollar compar wednesdai close associ sourc told reuter fridai suspens trade for two work dai continu mondai for two dai studi propos reinforc pound associ compris commerci bank east and west beirut halt trade fridai chaotic market pound crash record low week pound hit inabl lebanon religi and ideolog divid govern end year civil war lost pct intern thi year reuter
crude	statoil place north sea veslefrikk field order den norsk stat oljeselskap statoil stat oper norwai north sea veslefrikk oil field field develop contract total billion crown two domest yard compani statement moss rosenberg verft subsidiari kvaerner industri kvio won billion crown contract convert statoil semisubmers rig west vision float product platform and build deck for separ fix head platform field statoil aker verdal unit aker norcem amvo won mln crown contract design and build head platform tonn steel substructur stand metr water convert rig statoil float product unit fix platform cut construct time enabl field partner bring veslefrikk stream late month earlier previous plan veslefrikk estim recover reserv mln barrel oil and billion cubic feet ga locat west bergen statoil estim field total develop cost includ drill billion crown plan daili output barrel oil and mln cubic feet ga veslefrikk oil will land nearbi oseberg field pipelin sture crude termin bergen ga will fed into statpip line gather ga norwai statfjord gullfak and oseberg field partner field statoil oper pct share unoc norg pct deminex norg pct norsk hydro nhy pct and svenska petroleum pct reuter
acq	cabl and wireless detail merger unit cabl and wireless plc cawl will merg hong kong telephon telh and cabl and wireless hong kong unit into hold firm call hong kong telecommun merger telephon sharehold will receiv two telecommun share par cent for each telephon share par dlr telephon sharehold cabl and wireless group will receiv warrant for basi entitl acquir cabl and wireless plc year telecom share dlr each cabl and wireless plc group hold pct telephon own pct cabl and wireless hong kong hong kong govern hold balanc trade telephon share suspend octob share last trade dlr reuter
earn	tdk group net pct month month end august group shr yen yen group shr per ad net billion billion pretax billion billion sale billion billion compani full name tdk corp tdk reuter
earn	tdk group net pct month august quarter end august group shr yen group shr per ad net billion billion pretax billion billion sale billion billion compani full name tdk corp tdk reuter
acq	cabl and wireless merg two unit into telecommun oper
money-fx	balladur insist mainten louvr accord french financ minist edouard balladur issu firm call for continu faith applic louvr accord currenc stabil major industri countri balladur respond weekend remark treasuri secretari jame baker that anoth accord firmli desir faithful and firm adher major industri countri louvr accord letter and spirit sundai baker last week rise short term west german interest rate not keep accord louvr accord agre pari last februari call for stabil major currenc prolong dollar slide accord reaffirm group financ minist washington last month baker weekend that west german rate rise not keep spirit agre that not expect simpli sit back and accept increas tighten part assumpt that follow ad reuter
rubber	rubber stock manag qualiti accept intern rubber organis inro buffer stock manag aldo hofmeist test had shown qualiti rubber stock accept acknowledg that consum wari bui that rubber hold condit and qualiti standpoint rubber store proper condit not deterior told reuter telephon interview qualiti buffer stock rubber sold sinc enter market septemb discuss inro council meet open todai tokyo trader fridai had interest bui rubber inro buffer stock poor qualiti hofmeist began sell rubber price exceed sell level cent per earli last month inro dai move averag quot cent octob qualiti six year rubber stock uppermost consum mind receiv good interest for rubber understand japanes concern consum want rubber carri bui hofmeist inro rubber store locat produc and consum nation ad warehous us suitabl for long term storag sell buffer stock rubber had level past week dai and thi reflect wait and attitud buyer consum hold back bui addit amount test rubber test positi like bui hofmeist reduc offer price buffer stock rubber stimul interest inro not want depress price artifici hofmeist declin comment japanes trade estim that had sold tonn kuala lumpur and york sinc septemb japanes trader posit idea quantiti had sold note that trader had put buffer stock sale and tonn question sale origin tonn buffer stock expect main topic council meet schedul end thursdai current intern rubber pact expir octob deadlin for pact start januari and hofmeist mandat continu sell rubber interim period reuter
trade	philippin trade gap widen januari august philippin trade deficit widen mln dlr month end august mln dlr period nation statist offic export month period rose billion dlr billion import rose billion dlr billion year earlier countri trade deficit total mln dlr reuter
sugar	zealand impos sanction fiji zealand impos sanction fiji respons that countri chang statu republ act prime minist geoffrei palmer sanction will end militari cooper and cut econom aid zealand will not renew agreement support price fijian sugar expir march loss aid and sugar support will cost fiji mln dlr year palmer told report cabinet meet that govern had ask high commission rod gate return suva for discuss measur won react discuss high commission and prime minist held palmer sanction approv cabinet colonel sitiven rabuka stage second coup septemb implement postpon hope that rabuka turn back declar republ palmer cabinet happi statement commonwealth leader vancouv that fiji membership commonwealth had laps prime minist david lang hawaii home vancouv reuter
coffee	uganda plan export roast coffe europ uganda plan export roast coffe europ end promin local businessman sendi sundai that uganda ministri industri support plan build factori roast grind and pack local coffe for export construct will start decemb and factori readi octob market ministri authoris coffe market board suppli compani unipack tonn bean year for process and export sendi told report had negoti mln french franc loan banqu industriel afriqu orient pari uganda world largest coffe produc and expect produc tonn thi year market sourc roast coffe export will benefit uganda economi will not includ mln bag export quota assign countri latest intern coffe agreement addit roast coffe substanti higher that unroast bean biggest buyer ugandan coffe us produc instant coffe reuter
crude	iran soviet union swap crude refin product soviet union agre suppli iran refin oil product exchang for barrel per dai crude iran nation new agenc irna irna monitor nicosia quot oil minist gholamreza aqazadeh return tehran moscow that agreement part protocol econom cooper sign visit amount crude deliv soviet union doubl bpd aqazadeh two side agre conduct feasibl studi for pipelin iranian crude field southern iran black sea soviet union iran pursu pipelin project protect part oil export iraqi air attack gulf irna made mention natur ga export soviet union aqazadeh had discuss left for moscow iran lost refin capac earli gulf war and import hundr thousand bpd refin product aqazadeh soviet refin product deliv caspian sea port anzali and nowshahr neka caspian and jolfa north west iran reuter
acq	chase corp make offer for entregrowth chase corp chca will make offer for fulli paid share and option entregrowth intern not chase properti invest firm hold pct entregrowth vehicl for expans north america agreement conclud give benefici pct interest offer for remain share chase share for entregrowth share and chase option for entregrowth option chase share close fridai dlr and option entregrowth close dlr and option cent chase offer for remain pct entregrowth worth mln dlr involv issu mln chase share and mln chase option chase chairman colin reynold takeov entregrowth concentr north american oper access chase intern fund base and stronger execut team benefit integr zealand invest activ chase offer condit receiv accptanc for pct share and option reuter
ship	japan india confer cut gulf war risk charg japan india pakistan gulf japan ship confer cut extra risk insur surcharg shipment iranian and iraqi port minimum pct pct octob surcharg shipment break bulk cargo iraqi arab port reduc pct confer spokesman declin move time heighten tension gulf reuter
ipi	soviet industri growth trade slower soviet union industri output grow slower pace and foreign trade fallen central statist offic figur show figur communist parti newspap pravda show industri product rose pct month pct period foreign trade period fell pct period export fell pct and import drop pct foreign trade month total billion roubl separ import and export figur not factor affect industri growth introduct qualiti control plan western economist last year calcul industri output includ good irrespect qualiti plan introduc line soviet leader mikhail gorbachev drive modernis economi special inspector reject good below standard pravda mln roubl worth defect good reject month period figur show that octob cooper enterpris emploi peopl emploi privat sector pravda give compar figur promot cooper and privat sector economi import part modernis campaign measur introduc recent set small shop privat basi labour product rose pct month pct growth januari septemb western economist treat soviet product figur caution broadli base west measur worker output period pravda mln peopl soviet union octob januari septemb period mln peopl emploi rise pct period last year averag earn roubl month roubl year ago reuter
gold	six kill south african gold mine accid six black miner kill and two injur rock fall underground south african gold mine owner sundai rand mine properti south africa big six mine compani statement that accid occur saturdai morn east rand proprietari mine mine boksburg east johannesburg compani spokesman not elabor short statement reuter