49296 results returned for search: "" category ("Other" AND "Business")
LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Cable & Wireless Plc, the UK?s second-biggest phone company, will probably say today that fiscal first-half profit fell as costs to restructure the company dragged down results and profit margins shrank.
Net income probably fell ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermuda-based corporate finance and consulting firm ISIS Ltd. announced yesterday that it is establishing an Australian subsidiary, ISIS (Asia Pacific) Pty. Ltd., which will be headed up by ISIS chief executive Audette Exel.
ISIS Asia Pacific is in t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
LONDON (Bloomberg) — Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the UK’s largest clothing retailer, yesterday reported its highest first-half profit in nine years, sending its shares to a record close.Net income for the six months ended September 30 rose 32 percent ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors Corp. said yesterday its third-quarter loss was a bit smaller than it had announced due to a late loan sale by its finance arm.The world’s largest automaker, in its quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchan...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
CHICAGO (Bloomberg) — Homebuilders Toll Brothers Inc. and Beazer Homes USA Inc. said orders for new homes declined and customer cancellations rose as a US housing slump deepened.Toll, the largest US luxury home builder, said fiscal fourth-quarter hom...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
LONDON — Omega Underwriting Holdings Plc announced yesterday that it has applied for shares in Bermuda-based Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd. to be listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market. Omega said it is anticipated that shares in the company...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermuda-based corporate finance and consulting firm ISIS Ltd. announced yesterday that it is establishing an Australian subsidiary, ISIS (Asia Pacific) Pty. Ltd., which will be headed up by ISIS chief executive Audette Exel.
ISIS Asia Pacific is in t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon Inc. said yesterday its loss widened in the third quarter, dragged down by costs related to dumping its new cosmetics line for older women and other restructuring and severance costs.The New York-based company, which is control...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Primus Guaranty Ltd., the only publicly traded company that makes most of its money investing in credit-default swaps, said third-quarter earnings fell 1.2 percent as the company wrote fewer new contracts.Net inco...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. said yesterday its president and chief executive, embroiled in an expensive UK divorce, intends to sell shares in the Bermuda-based insurer from time to time.
Proceeds from John Charman?s stock sales wi...
DATE: Nov 08, 2006
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
