Fortis Earns Record First Quarter Earnings of $41.5 Million (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR-- - Fortis Inc., , achieved record first quarter net earnings applicable to common shares of $41.5 million, or $0.38 per common share, for the first quarter of 2007, up $4.9 million from earnings of $36.6 million, or $0.35 per common share, for the first quarter of 2006....more...Damning judgement that finished Lord Browne's career (Evening Standard)
The judgment of Mr Justice Eady is not a lengthy document. It runs to just 11 pages but the scandalous behaviour it reveals was enough to bring an ignominious end to the lauded and long career of the man they called the Sun King of oil....more... BP chief and ex-boyfriend: full text of judgment (Times Online Sunday)
A full picture of the affair between Lord Browne of Madingley, the chief executive of BP, and the Canadian Jeff Chevalier appears in the first judgment on the affair in February....more... Touring the town on two wheels (Delaware County Times)
Frank J. Marandino, concierge at theRittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia, says, "The Segways are awesome. I can?t wait to share this experience with my guests --- and I can?t wait to take another tour." At the hotel that stands guard over serene Rittenhouse Square, the concierge is just one of the many people who are enjoying the fun and ease of sightseeing via the Segway Human Transporter --- the ......more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Cornell Police are holding a Lost & Found Auction to sell vintage contents of the Lost & Found at noon today at the Barton Hall Gym on the Cornell campus....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
Red Feet Wine opened with a private party for tasting and h'ors doeuvres on Sunday....more... Market Report: Ladbrokes surges as odds shorten on buyout (Independent)
The private equity rumour of the day in the mid-caps surrounded the betting group Ladbrokes, with talk doing the rounds that it has dropped its interest in the online gambling group 888 Holdings in order to fend off unwanted attention from a buyout house....more... |