en-us Reuters UK) - Corporate travel firm Hogg Robinson Group Plc HRG posted a 46 percent fall in first-half pretax profit due to lower activity levels amid the economic slowdown and slashed its dividend.However, the company said it expected full-year performance to be in line with market estimates."We have seen some...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:16:45 -0800 Reuters UK) - British water bills will barely fall during the next five years, disappointing recession-hit consumers and reassuring water companies who had feared the regulator would force them to make big cuts.Regulator Ofwat sets the amount water companies operating in England and Wales...]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:15:52 -0800 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:44:31 -0800 TWX TWX Reuters UK) - HSBC's HSBA upbeat earnings guidance this week has lifted optimism Europe's biggest bank could pay a higher-than-expected 2009 dividend, at a time of scarce payouts for investors from the financial sector.HSBC shares were up 1.7 percent at 745 pence, outpacing a 0.2 percent rise in the...]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15:30 -0800 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:14:09 -0800 CRYP CRYP Reuters UK) - BT Group increased its outlook for the full year after stringent cost cuts helped the former telecoms monopoly deliver strong core earnings as it recovers from a debacle at its key division.BT, which is in the process of restructuring following two profit warnings...]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:15:47 -0800 BTY UPS BTY,UPS Reuters) - Barclays Plc BARC said strong investment banking helped limit a fall in profit in the third quarter and it expects bad debts to peak earlier than it had previously expected.Britain's second-biggest bank said on Tuesday it would restart dividends next month with...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:30:24 -0800 BCS GS JPM BCS,GS,JPM Reuters UK) - Barclays Plc said strong investment banking helped limit a fall in profit in the third quarter and it expects bad debts to peak earlier than it had previously expected.Britain's second-biggest bank said on Tuesday it would restart dividends next month with...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:30:16 -0800 BCS BCS Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:45:15 -0800 CLCT CLCT Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:11:07 -0800 HPT HPT Reuters) - Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV provider, beat Wall Street forecasts by posting a gain of 241,000 subscribers in the third quarter and surprised investors with a plan to pay shareholders a special dividend of $2 a share.Analysts at Bernstein Research had forecast...]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:30:22 -0800 TIVO TIVO Reuters) - Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS rose 7 percent on Monday after the casino operator said it would look to raise up to $3.35 billion through an initial public offering of shares in its Macau business.The IPO of the Macau assets "does give the company much...]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:01:13 -0800 LVS WYNN LVS,WYNN Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:30:19 -0800 TU TU Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:13:09 -0800 CNA CNA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:06 -0700 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:07:09 -0700 BCS FNF BCS,FNF Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:59:13 -0700 BNHN A BNHN A Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:01:02 -0700 PFE PFE