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...For example, according to Stevens’s book, when the moon is passing through an earth sign — Taurus, Capricorn and Virgo — they are good days for planting root crops....
...Stephen George, chief investment officer of Capricorn Management, a $5bn private investment firm that is invested with Generation, says what attracted him was its refusal to sacrifice performance....
...The broker reckons the auction of BMG’s music publishing division will highlight the significant value of EMI’s back catalogue in the era of digital downloads....
...BowLeven yesterday said it had reviewed the contents of a report submitted by Mr Rhind but said there was no basis for the allegations contained in the report and the company had no intention of publishing...
...The publishing group Trinity Mirror fell 1.4 per cent to 618p after it said that group advertising revenues for the 26 weeks to July 3 are expected to fall by 0.4 per cent year on year....
...Upbeat comments on scientific publishing were seen as a good omen for T&F Informa, up 2.4 per cent at 425p....
...The shares fell 4.1 per cent through the week at 468½p, after the Anglo-Dutch publishing group warned that the dollar’s decline against the pound and the euro would wipe out almost all its earnings growth...
...Electric Word rose a further 9.7 per cent to 8.5p after Julian Turner, chief executive, bought 25,000 shares in the publishing group at 7.5p, taking his stake to 1.2 per cent....
...A sharp fall in crude oil prices on Thursday supported the London equity market, even as BP took a tumble and Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publishing group, warned about the effect of the weak dollar....
...Highbury House Communications dropped 22.7 per cent to 8.5p after the publishing group cancelled its interim and final dividend and warned that underlying pre-tax profits for the full-year were unlikely...
...Reed Elsevier rose 3.4 per cent to 482½p after Credit Suisse First Boston raised its earnings estimates and reiterated its outperformance recommendation on the Anglo-Dutch publishing house....
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