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• Game will suffer as economy turns down

  - 2008-12-03

  Investment Column Our view: Sell Share price: 145p (-5.25p) It is almost inconceivable to think that sales of video games will not fall in the coming months, notwithstanding the fact that Christmas should provide some respite. Computer game sales are in...

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• Hazard detection firm Halma looks a safe bet but rivals are cheaper

  - 2008-06-18

  THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Hold Share price: 210.5p (+6p) Investors looking for asafe place to park their money while the credit crunch does its worst would do well to have a look at the hazard detection group Halma, which is doing rather nicely....

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• Better times next year for Park Group.

  - 2007-07-03

  The failure of Christmas hamper group Farepak will knock this year's profits but they should bounce back in 2008-09. Nigel Bolitho The failure of Christmas hamper rival Farepak in October 2006 came too late to stop Park Group reporting bumper 2006-07 results. The...

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• Park Group hit by collapse of Farepak

  - 2007-06-28

  The Christmas savings scheme firm Park Group has seen its customer numbers fall by a third after a loss in confidence prompted by the Farepak hamper disaster last October. The Birkenhead-based savings club said the collapse of its rival Farepak had "impacted" on its business and "undermined...

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• Villa Park group to hold benefit dinner.(Neighbor)

  - 2007-06-08

  Byline: Kathryn Grondin kgrondin@@dailyherald.com Mia Clements inspired many during her brief life, and now her relatives hope to provide a bit of a Miracle from Mia for a South Elgin boy. The group Miracles from Mia is holding its...

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• City's neighborhood grants ready to go; new Summit Park group is applying.(Neighbor)(Elgin community)

  - 2007-02-04

  Byline: Mark Billings Elgin neighborhoods stand to reap $125,000 in improvements from the city this coming year. The funds are available as long as neighborhood representatives apply for the money, which ranges from small grants of $1,000 to large pots of...

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• Fairmount Park group names a new director

  - 2007-01-16

  Susan M. Rademacher, former president of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy in Kentucky, has been named the new director of the Fairmount Park Conservancy, according to John K. Binswanger, president and chairman of the private Fairmount Park fund-raising vehicle. Since 1991, Rademacher led efforts to restore Louisville's historic park system,...

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• Park Group

  - 2006-12-21

  Our view: Avoid Share price: 18.5p no change Park Group The management at Park Group has not quite known whether to cry or laugh over the past few weeks. While most businesses can only dream of their biggest competitor collapsing into administration, it quickly...

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• PARK GROUP (pkg).

  - 2004-12-03

  Park's founder and chairman, Peter Johnson, has put the company up for sale. He is asking for bids for his 74 per cent shareholding now that Park has disposed of its last non-core business - marketing services. If losses from discontinued operations are ignored, last year's...

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• PARK GROUP (PKG).

  - 2004-06-11

  Park has managed to get rid of the two businesses that were holding back group performance. First, it closed down Consus, its call-centre operation, and sold the lease on the building that housed it to Wirral Council. Then, the day before these results, it announced the sale...

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