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• Walgreen, Rite Aid Shoppers Look For Basics in Dec

  Reuters - 2009-01-05

  By Jessica WohlCHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co's WAG sales at drugstores open at least a year rose a better-than-expected 4.9 percent in December, as cash-strapped consumers continued to buy basics but shied away from holiday items.Meanwhile, Rite Aid Corp's RAD same-store sales slipped 0.2 percent as sales weakened later in...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Same-store Sales, Walgreen Co., Rite Aid, Sales Strategy, Sales, CVS Corp., Rite Aid Corp.

• No Christmas Gift For U.S. Automakers Seen in Dec Sales

  Reuters - 2008-12-23

  By Soyoung KimDETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp GM and Chrysler CBS may have won a $17.4 billion gift from the U.S. government a week before Christmas, but at their showrooms, barely a creature was stirring.Financially strained consumers remain reluctant to purchase a big-ticket item such as a car at...

  Tags: Automobile Company, General Motors Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co.

• UK House Prices Down 6.3 Pct Y/y in Dec

  ReutersUK - 2008-12-14

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Asking prices for homes in Britain fell in December to stand more than 10 percent below May's peak, a survey showed on Monday.Property website Rightmove said asking prices fell an unadjusted 2.3 percent this month to 217,808 pounds, after November's 2.9 percent fall.The annual rate improved...

  Tags: Asking Price, Digital Equipment Corp., Web Site Development, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Internet, Marketing, Britain

• Fortress International Group, Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-12

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Philip Anderson - Pinnacle Fund. Philip Anderson - Pinnacle Fund Tim, I wanted to go over some figures. If I heard you correctly, all of the cost saving measures were put in place mid-quarter and we would expect...

  Tags: EBITDA, Cash Flow, Call Transcript, Earnings, Digital Equipment Corp., Fortress International Group Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha

• The Daily Record News Briefs: August 6, 2008

  - 2008-08-06

  State passes subprime reform Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday signed into law legislation intended to address the effects of the subprime mortgage crisis in New York. The bill was passed by the Legislature in June. Among other features, it requires lenders to...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., FINANCE, Quality, Rochester, standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Where credit is due

  - 2008-07-01

  1913: Federal Resewe Act creates national banking system. 1914: Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices. 1933: With memories of 1929 stock crash still fresh, Glass-Steagall Act separates "commercial banks" focusing on consumer activities (checking, savings) from "investment banks," which deal with speculative trading and...

  Tags: bank, Digital Equipment Corp., Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Insurance, mortgage, Mortgages, Sen., U.S. Congress

• Economic & market indicators

  - 2008-06-22

  Market Rates and Bond Yields--% June Dec. June Dec. June ...

  Tags: bond, Digital Equipment Corp., Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment

• US$80m for disaster rehab.(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)(Brief article)

  - 2008-06-01

  The World Bank approved US$80 million to support government rehabilitation efforts after Tropical Storms Noel (Oct.) and Olga (Dec.), reports DR1 Daily News (May 2, 2008). The funds will also be used to strengthen the management capacity of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources INDRHI and...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., FINANCE, World Bank

• As Ant and Dec's comedy crown comes off, the real joke is on ITV

  - 2008-05-12

  ON BROADCASTING Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for ITV.... Global content director Dawn Airey does a runner to a rival and, just as the ripples stop spreading, along comes Ofcom with both barrels and fines the broadcaster 5.67m - rather higher than the figure...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., iTV, Ofcom, TVs

• Asian food outscores others in guest satisfaction: percent judged excellent for 12 mos. ended Dec. '07

  - 2008-05-12

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Asian food outscores others in guest satisfaction Percent judged excellent for 12 mos. ended Dec. '07 ASIAN FOOD NON-ASIAN FOOD SIZE OF ...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., food

• Phoneys won't fool me again

  - 2008-05-11

  MY name is Fiona McIntosh and I am a first-class mug. I am one of the millions of people who voted for a gurning TV star in spandex, in the belief that my vote counted. It's amazing how easy it is to be taken for a ride....

  Tags: Ant, British Broadcasting Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., iTV, TVs

• Know When It's Time to Bail

  BNET - 2008-04-09

  Throwing good money after bad is idiotic, but it happens all the time. Sales reps, sales teams, and entire companies continue pursue deals and strategies that aren't going to happen, simply because it's too painful to admit that the time and money already spent has been wasted. ...

  Tags: Geoffrey James, Management, Sales, Strategy, Government, Sales Force Management, Petraeus, Sales Strategy, Digital Equipment Corp., Minicomputer

• INFOSCREEN NETWORKS PLC - Half-yearly Report.

  - 2008-03-31

  INFOSCREEN NETWORKS PLC ("the Group") INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007 Chairman's Statement Results for the Period I am pleased to present the...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., financial, financial statement, International Financial Reporting Standards, tax

• MIRADA PLC - Half-yearly Report.

  - 2008-03-31

  Mirada plc formerly YooMedia plc Interim results for the six months to 31 December 2007 Mirada plc ("Mirada" or "the Company"), the AIM quoted interactive media and games group announces interim results for the six months to Mirada plc formerly YooMedia plc...

  Tags: accounting, acquisition, asset, balance sheet, Company, Depreciation, Digital Equipment Corp., equity, finance, financial, game, International Financial Reporting Standards

• DONGFANG ELECTRIC CO. ONE STEP TO FULLY OWN DONGFANG BOILER

  - 2008-03-27

  AsiaInfo Services 03-27-2008 Dongfang Electric Co. One Step to Fully Own Dongfang Boiler CHENGDU, Mar 27, 2008 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Dongfang Electric Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600785) and its parent China Dongfang Electric Corporation DEC confirm that AsiaInfo Services 03-27-2008 ...

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• USA: DIDLAKE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.

  - 2008-03-04

  Didlake, Inc. Manassas, Va., was awarded on Feb. 28, 2008, a $7,387,456.60 firm-fixed price contract in support of the AbilityOne Program, for custodial services at the Pentagon.Work will be performed at Pentagon, Washington D.C., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2008.Contract funds will...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Pentagon, Virginia

• The final act of Abu Ghraib: in which tragedy turns to farce, amnesia becomes sop, the highest-ranking officer at the prison gets off scot-free, and America gives itself a pass

  - 2008-03-01

  THERE Is A PHENOMENON, known in the film industry, that after getting comfortable in their uniforms, extras on the sets of war movies exhibit a peculiar behavior: Actors suited up as officers refuse to eat lunch at the same table with those playing enlisted men. It doesn't matter that yesterday...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Government, Iraq, Miller, officer, photograph, PRODUCTIVITY, prosecutor, Red Cross, soldier, technique

• This economic downturn may be short, but recovery will take longer.

  - 2008-02-29

  This economic downturn may be short... just a quarter or two of negative growth. But recovery will take much longer, with ill effects lingering till at least 2010. There'll be no quick snapback in job growth... no strong surge in income, spending or...

  Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, recovery

• HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD - Financial review for the 2nd quarter ended 31 Dec 2007.(Company overview)

  - 2008-02-15

  HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED Registration number 1950/038232/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa ISIN: ZAE000015228 Trading Symbols JSE Limited ...

  Tags: asset, Company, Digital Equipment Corp., financial, South

• HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD - Statement re Fin. Res. for 2nd qtr ended 31 Dec 2007.

  - 2008-02-15

  HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED Registration number 1950/038232/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa ISIN: ZAE000015228 Press Release - Financial Results for the second quarter ended 31 December 2007 Johannesburg. Friday, 1 HARMONY...

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