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...Henry Mance EARNINGS Arm Holdings Q1 6.76p (5.60p)Assoc Brit Foods H1 46.08p (45.80p)Credit Suisse Q1 SFr0.71 (SFr0.47) Sky Q3 14.32p (14.80p)Yahoo Q1 $0.18 ($0.38) Trading and sales updates: BHP Billiton...
...Markit now employs more than 3,000 people worldwide. 47....
...The largest percentage write-offs were 84% by Qwest, 63% by Clear Channel Communications, 47% by Boeing, 45% by Aetna, and 43% by AOL Time Warner....
...Merck , 3.2 per cent weaker at $46.47, fell to a $1.63bn loss after it took a big charge to cover litigation costs....
...Yahoo dropped 3 per cent to $28.90. Google lost 1.6 per cent to $377.30....
...The two companies are vying to become the preferred search partner of social networking site Myspace.com, owned by News Corp. Yahoo was up 1 per cent at $30.76....
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