Strong retail earnings help stocks rebound

Strong retail earnings help stocks rebound
Money Plans - Strong earnings from Sears Holding helped lift the Nasdaq, which powered a rebound Thursday among U.S. stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 19.21 or 0.17 percent to 11,224.82 in early afternoon trading. The Nasdaq composite rose 7.70 or 0

Mittal - a better manager of global dynamics than rivals
Money Plans - Lakshmi Mittal, who finally launched his takeover bid of Arcelor, has been a better manager of globalisation than his rivals, and his secret of success lies in his unique global-local ways of thinking, according to industry experts. With its success

The Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc. Announces Adjournment of Special
Money Plans - The Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc. announced today that its special meeting of stockholders, which was convened today, has been adjourned until Tuesday, March 21, 2006 in order to allow more time for stockholders to submit proxies with respect to the

KOPEC's Nuclear Power Plant Project Honored with BE Award
Money Plans - KOPEC, a leading engineering firm specializing in the design and construction of power plants, used Bentley's PlantSpace to design a Korean nuclear power plant. It was the first time a Korean nuclear power plant had ever been designed completely

RRBs record 20 per cent growth rate
Money Plans - The total business of Canara Bank-sponsored Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) has grown by 20 per cent to Rs 7,618 crore in March 2006. The deposits reached Rs 3,969 crore and the advances were Rs 3,649 crore during the year, a bank statement, issued after

Energy prices mixed on Nymex
Money Plans - Natural gas closed at a 16-month low Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gas for June delivery fell 2.2 percent to end at $5.997 per million Btu, MarketWatch reported. But high-quality crude oil rose 76 cents, or 1.1 percent, to settle at

A&B Reports 1st Quarter 2006 Net Income of $37.4 Million
Money Plans - Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALEX) today reported that net income for the first quarter of 2006 was $37,400,000, or $0.84 per fully diluted share. Net income in the first quarter of 2005 was $37,700,000, or $0.86 per fully diluted share. Revenue

Las Vegas company to work with Utek
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Utek Corp. has signed a strategic alliance with Klegg Electronics Inc. , an electronics manufacturer and distributor. "We believe this relationship will allow us to accelerate the release of exciting products utilizing cutting-edge technologies