The America's Intelligence Wire articles from September 2005

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from September 2005

AARP Names Pitney Bowes, The Hartford, Yale-New Haven Hospital as BestEmployers for Workers Over 50.
September 1, 2005... (From US Newswire) To: City and State desks, Health Reporter, Business Reporter Contact: Suzan Bibisi of AARP, 860-548-3164 Or sbibisi@aarp.org; http://www.aarp.org HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- If today's employers...

SBC may switch to AT&T name: report.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- In a bid to build a national profile, SBC Communications Inc. may resurrect the venerable AT&T name and rebrand itself with its parent's name, according to a media report...

Carrefour first-half profit down 6.9% on price cutting.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Carrefour , the French retailing giant, on Thursday said first-half profit fell 6.9% to 687 million euros, hurt by price-cutting in France, with revenue up 2.6% to 35.4 billion euros,...

Diageo fiscal profit slips, plans GBP1.4B buyback in 2006.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Diageo , the maker of Guiness and Johnnie Walker, said pretax profit for the year before exceptional items fell to 2 billion pounds from 2.07 billion pounds, better than expectations...

Alea: Standard & Poor's places company on credit watch.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- London's only listed reinsurer Alea Group Holdings PLC said Thursday that ratings agency Standard & Poor's intends to place its A-counterparty credit and insurer financial strength...

InterContinental Hotels sells 10 hotels for GBP170M.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British hotel operator InterContinental Hotels Group said Thursday that it has sold nine hotels in Australia and New Zealand to Eureka Funds Management for 164 million pounds in cash...

Amec pretax profit more than doubles.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Project management firm Amec PLC said pretax profit for the first half more than doubled to 33.5 million pounds from 14.8 million pounds. Revenue rose 4.3% 2.26 billion pounds. "Our...

Whitbread 24 wk comp. sales up 0.6%, to return funds.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British restaurant and hotel operator Whitbread PLC said Thursday that continuing sales in the 24 weeks to Aug. 18 rose by 0.6% on a comparable basis, or by 12.5% in total. Whitbread...

European shares gain, Carrefour stands out.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares opened higher on Thursday, following overnight gains in U.S. equity markets as oil prices eased off record highs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Swiss insurer Swiss...

Citigroup ups Nokia, Alcatel to buy.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Citigroup upgraded two of Europe's top telecom equipment plays, upgrading Nokia from buy to hold and also Alcatel to buy from hold. On Nokia, it said concerns on handset...

Updates, advisories and surprises.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Amec pretax profit more than doubles (2:53 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Project management firm Amec PLCsaid pretax profit for the first half more than doubled to 33.5 million pounds from 14.8 million...

Energy shockwaves: Shares hit record highs: Oil producers on brink of becoming top industry group.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Canada's big oil producers enjoyed yet another surge on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday, in many cases breaking new record highs as the effects of Hurricane Katrina travel north. Canadian Oil Sands Trust was...

Energy shockwaves: Blow fuels fears of new energy crisis.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Financial markets have, in recent years, shrugged off bad news with the same insouciance Mick Jagger has taken to the stage for his latest tour. A tsunami or terrorist bomb hits, financial experts predict a swoon...

Oilpatch must be wary of U.S. attention: Canada must build pipeline to B.C. to avoid bullying by American interests.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Alberta and Canada's oilpatch beware: If the Americans can bully Canada over softwood lumber exports by ignoring court rulings and waging endless court cases, they can -- and will -- bully Canada's oil producers. ...

Valuing Winalta a tough call.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Earlier this year, Winalta Inc. took the concept of shareholder rights to a new level. The Alberta-based issuer proposed a unique, two-part going-private transaction: It would consolidate its class A shares on the...

FP Summary.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) SEARS CANADA INC. SEARS CANADA INC. will sell its credit card portfolio to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for about $2.2-billion in cash. The credit card division has $2.5-billion in outstanding loans and 10 million...

Core banking and trust operations cited as Canadian Western Bank's earnings up 30%.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Canadian Western Bank's third-quarter net earnings increased 30% on record earnings from both core banking and trust operations and Canadian Direct Insurance Inc. The bank said its third-quarter earnings rose to...

Let ASC scandal lie: Rice: Regulator's new boss declines to release internal reports.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) CALGARY - The Alberta Securities Commission wants to "move on" and is not interested in disclosing documents that could further fan allegations and conflicts that shook the regulator earlier this year, its new...

Oil price shock clouds Q2 growth: 'This is almost a perfect storm in terms of price, cost pressures'.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) OTTAWA - The record surge in fuel prices in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina quickly took some of the shine off a surprisingly strong report yesterday on the Canadian economy. The economy steamed through...

CAE lands $60M Virgin Atlantic training deal: To groom all pilots.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Flight simulator maker CAE Inc. has landed a key pilot training contract with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways -- a deal that one analyst says could signal a shift in the way the airline industry keeps...

Norbourg mutual fund firm may be sold: Troubled tandem.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) MONTREAL - The mutual fund distribution arm of embattled Norbourg Asset Management Inc. may be sold within days, a transaction that appears to have the blessing of both Quebec's securities regulator and Norbourg...

Controversy over Stelco board ends with pair resigning.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Roland Keiper and Michael Woollcombe, who were at the centre of bitter fight over who could sit on Stelco Inc.'s board during its delay plagued restructuring, have resigned. In a brief press release, the hedge fund...

Van Houtte's profit hurt by soaring price of green coffee.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Van Houtte Inc. reported a 6.5% drop in first-quarter profit yesterday due to a lag in price adjustments after sharp hikes in the price of green coffee and lower shipments. Montreal-based Van Houtte, which has coffee...

Indigo closes its Chapters chapter: Shuts the last of its overlapping stores 4 years after merger.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Indigo Books and Music Inc. has closed the last of its overlapping stores after taking over the rival Chapters chain four years ago. "The bulk of our restructuring is complete and we are now in growth mode,"...

Leitch Technology sells out for US$450M in cash: 'Offer he could not refuse'.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Leitch Technology Corp. said it will be bought for US$450-million in cash by Harris Corp., a surprise deal that marks the end of the Toronto-based broadcast equipment maker's turnaround. Harris will pay $14 a...

HSBC to pay $1.16M to settle market timing case.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) HSBC Securities Canada Inc. will pay $1.16-million in a settlement with the Investment Dealers Association for allowing an offshore client to engage in abusive market timing in a number of mutual funds, including some...

New Yorkers flock to the Bronx: Drawn by 'bargains'.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) NEW YORK - The South Bronx, known in the 1970s for such violent crime and decay that one area police station was nicknamed Fort Apache, is becoming a hot real estate market, with brownstones approaching US$500,000....

Energy prices begin to bite.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) The economic impact of sky-high energy prices has weighed heavily on the minds of investors lately. High natural gas prices caused BMO Nesbitt Burns analyst Orin Baranowsky to lower his earnings estimate for...

U.S. exchange traded fund assets got a boost from the markets in July.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Exchange-traded fund assets in the United States rose by US$9.66-billion, or 4%, in July to US$252.32-billion, according to the Investment Company Institute. Equity index ETF assets accounted for US$8.97-billion of...

Time to take some money out of Canada: Vulnerable to pullback in commodity prices.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) It could be a good time for Canadian equity investors to take some money off the table in Canada and put part of the proceeds to work in the U.S. equity market, says John O'Connell, vice-president and portfolio...

S&P criticized for 'unfair' action on state-issued debt: On downgrade watch.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) NEW YORK - Standard & Poor's, the United States' second-largest rating agency, was criticized Tuesday by portfolio managers and analysts for having moved too quickly to place the bonds of several Gulf Coast issuers,...

Oil prices to fall on more supply, BHP chief says: US$40 to US$50 in a year, Charles Goodyear predicts.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) SYDNEY - BHP Billiton, Australia's biggest oil and gas company, expects oil prices to fall to between US$40 and US$50 a barrel in 12 months because of increasing supply from new fields, chief executive Charles "Chip"...

Energy rally continues on Gulf refinery woes.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) High-flying energy issues helped push Toronto stocks up 96 points yesterday as gasoline prices jumped after Hurricane Katrina closed several refineries in the Gulf of Mexico area. The Toronto Stock Exchange...

Optimism restores natural gas.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Natural gas fell from a record as producers began restoring output from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, stoking optimism that production losses from Hurricane Katrina won't last. Katrina, which tore through Gulf of...

CFO resignation rattles Patheon shares.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Patheon Inc. shares had their biggest drop in 18 months after the Canadian drugmaker said chief financial officer Ronald Mitchell quit on the eve of the company's third-quarter results. The resignation of Mr....

Forbes launches Asian edition.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Forbes Inc., the U.S. media firm, this week launched a pan-Asian edition of its U.S. business journal to be published in English biweekly. The debut of the Asian edition, with an initial circulation of 80,000, follows...

U.S. abandons textile talks with Chinese: 'The two sides were too far apart on all the major issues'.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) BEIJING - China and the United States failed after two days of talks to resolve a textile dispute that could see more limits placed on Chinese garment imports, a U.S. industry official said late yesterday. "There...

PetroChina rides surging oil prices with $3.2B share issue.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) PetroChina Co. sold HK$21-billion ($3.2-billion) of shares at a discount of 4.8% to Tuesday's closing price, market sources said yesterday, taking advantage of record oil prices that have sent its stock up 52% this...

A cottage on the coast: A world away, and not much farther than Muskoka.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) It's the end of summer and after all those trips north you might be wondering whether cottage life is really worth it. Gruelling three-hour car trips each week, just to encounter showy, noisy neighbours and their even...

Look forward to coming home to a gas fireplace and jetted tub in these new townhouses.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Following up on their original Bloorview site, Bloorview 2 is Dunpar Homes' ongoing townhouse community. The site features 96 Georgian-style homes, all with brick-and-stone exteriors. PRICE RANGE $389,000 to...

Markham.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Price range: $339,990 to more than $500,000 Location: Major Mackenzie Drive and McCowan Road Now under construction, Manor Gate is an ongoing low-rise community by Rosehaven Homes in Markham. With detached...

Convenience of 'urban cottage' is catching on: Toronto waterfront: Condo buyers like water views, access to recreation.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Savvy buyers looking for cottage getaways are discovering a hot new waterfront location: Toronto. This new breed of buyers wants it all. They want a peaceful cottage setting without a long commute, plus all the...

Make a date with a butterfly: Three plants virtually guarantee monarch visits.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) I never grow tired of watching butterflies in the garden. On warm summer days when the sun is shining brightly and there is little wind, I can often be found with my close-up lens trained on the beautiful wings of a...

Follow these guidelines for hiring property manager.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) Property managers are hired to oversee, protect and maintain unit owners' investments. When hiring a new manager, keep these tips in mind: KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE What size of condominium portfolio has this...

Establishment 'cottage' calls for glamorous, growing family.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) 30 Turner St. (Roches Point) Asking price: $5.5-million Taxes: $21,094 (2005) - - - When they first saw 30 Turner St., the owners said they had found the "last of the grand dames on the lake." ...

Island inspired Ken Danby.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) GEORGIAN BAY Head Island (Pointe au Baril) Asking price: $4.5-million Taxes: approx. $1,200 (2004) - - - Groves of white pines scattered throughout the island and vast expanses of smooth, pink...

Landscaped grounds with waterfalls.
September 1, 2005... (From Financial Post) WASAGA BEACH 1926 River Rd. W. (Wasaga Beach) Asking price: $1,499,900 Taxes: $10,430 (2004) - - - On the banks of the Nottawasaga River, this four-bedroom, four-bathroom home offers...

Mittal Steel initiated with outperform at CSFB.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Mittal Steel Co. has been initiated with an outperform rating by Credit Suisse First Boston and a target price of $40. "We expect Mittal Steel to grow its profitability structurally...

UPDATE 2-Novartis bids $4.5 billion for remaining Chiron shares.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG on Thursday said it was bidding $4.5 billion in cash for the shares of embattled biotech Chiron Corp. that it doesn't already own. Novartis said it's...

UPDATE 1-Autos, airlines bolster Europe markets.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares posted a second day of solid gains on Thursday, after retreating oil prices helped automakers and airlines higher and as investors responded positively to corporate...

UPDATE 4-Novartis bids $4.5 billion for remaining Chiron shares.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG on Thursday said it was bidding $4.5 billion in cash for the shares of embattled biotech Chiron Corp. that it doesn't already own. Novartis said it's...

Exel surges in London on bid hopes; FTSE gains.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Exel shares surged in London on Thursday, after the support services company said that it has that received an approach from Deutsche Post AG which may lead to an offer being made for...

Diageo profit steady, plans $2.5 billion share buyback.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Diageo, the maker of alcoholic beverages including Guinness and Johnnie Walker, said Thursday that profit for the year to June 30 remained steady, and proposed buying back a further...

U.S. Steel upgraded to neutral at UBS.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. Steel was upgraded to neutral from reduce at UBS, saying near-term risks appear to be easing on key company conerns. "While we continue to believe recent price hikes may be...

Crude futures stay off record highs.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) - Crude oil futures stayed off record highs in electronic trade on Thursday as investors continued to digest news that that the White House will release some oil from strategic reserves...

Euro higher ahead of ECB rate decision.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The euro saw minor gains on the U.S. dollar, recently up 0.23% at $1.2365. A European Central Bank rate decision is due at 7:45 a.m. Eastern, with consensus expectations seeing rates...

Hornbeck Offshore registers shelf sales of stock, debt.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc., the Woodlands, Texas, provider of petroleum-transport and supply vessels, filed two shelf registrations with the Securities and Exchange...

Mothers Work Aug comp. sales down 0.5%.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Mothers Work Inc. said that comparable sales for August declined by around 0.5%, compared to a decline of 13% at the same point a year ago. Total sales rose by 17% to approximately...

Molson Coors reviews option transactions by CEO, CFO.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Molson Coors Brewing Co., Denver, said a panel of directors is reviewing a complaint the board received regarding certain options transactions. In a Securities and Exchange...

SIA: Worldwide chip sales up 0.3% in July vs June.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Semiconductor Industry Association said that worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $18.01 billion in July, up 0.3% from June but down 0.03% from the same point a year ago....

Skillsoft quarterly profit rises, raises '06 targets.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Electronic learning products maker Skillsoft PLC said second-quarter net income rose to $22.9 million, or 22 cents a share, from $1.26 million, or 1 cent a share, including a gain of...

Ciena narrows Q3 loss as revenue rises 46.2%.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ciena Corp. Thursday reported a third-quarter loss of $51 million, or 9 cents a share, narrower than a year-ago loss of $141.5 million, or 25 cents a shaer. Revenue reached $110.5...

Bebe Stores sees slower sales in final week of August.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bebe Stores Inc. said Thursday its comparable-store sales for the four weeks ended Aug. 27 rose 17% from a year earlier. Total sales at the Brisbane, Calif., company rose to $39.2...

MDS looks to shed assets, restructure ops.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- MDS Inc. on Thursday said it will restructure operations and reduce non-core businesses, such as its Canadian diagnostics, Source Medical and MDS Capital units. Additionally, the...

Goodrich Petroleum escapes major damage to Louisiana field.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Goodrich Petroleum Corp. said preliminary assessments indicate it avoided substantial damage to wells and production facilities in Burrwood/West Delta 83 fields. The Houston company...

Sharper Image August store sales dropped 14%.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Sharper Image Corp. said that total August sales decreased by 15% to $36.6 million. Store sales dropped 8% to $24 million in total and declined 14% on a comparable basis. Total...

Wal-Mart Stores August same-store sales up 3.3%.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Thursday reported same-store sales rose 3.3% in August. Total sales at the Bentonville, Ark., retailing behemoth jumped 10% to $23.33 billion in the four weeks...

Corinthian Colleges posts in-line quarterly profit.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Corinthian Colleges Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.8 million, or 2 cents a share, down from a year-ago profit of $18.7 million, or 20 cents a share. Excluding items,...

BellSouth to miss 3-4 months of revenue, analyst estimates.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - BellSouth will have to forgo three to four months of revenue from its customers in and around New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina, according to an estimate from CIBC analysts...

Dillard's same-store sales rise 2%.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dillard's Inc. said Thursday that August same-store sales, or sales from stores open at least a year, rose 2%, as did total sales for the four weeks ended Aug. 28. Dillard's, based...

Gymboree says comp. sales down 1% in August.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (Marketwatch) -- The Gymboree Corp. said same-store sales in August slipped 1%. Total sales rose 3% to $44.1 million. The company still expects that third-quarter comparable sales will be flat to...

UPDATE 1-Updates, advisories and surprises.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Stage Stores comp. sales up in August (6:16 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Retailer Stage Stores Inc.said same-store sales rose 1.5% in August, with the best-performing areas being women's special sizes,...

UPDATE 1-Japan closes at four-year high on crude, election hopes.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks rallied Thursday to a four-year closing high, after the U.S. said it would tap into its emergency crude-oil reserves and a poll suggested the ruling coalition would...

UPDATE 2-Updates, advisories and surprises.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Gottschalks same-store sales up 0.4% in August (6:43 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Regional department store chain Gottschalks Inc.said same-store sales rose 0.4% in August. Total sales for the month...

UPDATE 6-Novartis bids $4.5 billion for remaining Chiron shares.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG on Thursday said it was bidding $4.5 billion in cash for the shares of embattled biotech Chiron Corp. that it doesn't already own. Novartis said it's...

Highlights of rising and falling U.S. stocks.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Stocks to watch Aeropostale Inc. reported August same-store sales rose 1.3%. In the year ago period, Aeropostale reported a 6.2% increase in same-store sales. Total sales for the New York-based apparel...

UPDATE 3-Updates, advisories and surprises.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Chico's FAS August same-store sales up 14% (7:30 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Chico's FAS Inc.Thursday reported August same-store sales rose 14%. Total sales for the four weeks ended August 27 jumped...

UPDATE 1-Crude futures edge past $69 as supply concern lingers.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Energy futures resumed their upward move in electronic trade Thursday as investors continued to weigh the White House decision to release oil from strategic reserves to compensate...

UPDATE 2-Corporate news helps indexes gain.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares posted a second day of solid gains on Thursday, as oil prices stayed off record highs and as investors responded mostly positively to corporate news. The German...

UPDATE 1-Retailers, energy, data in focus as futures ease.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) - Investors had a lot to digest on Thursday, with a flood of news from the retail sector, a potential $4.5 billion biotech deal, renewed energy price strength and data to come on...

UPDATE 1-Exel surges in London on bid hopes; FTSE gains.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Exel shares surged in London on Thursday, after the support services company said that it has that received an approach from Deutsche Post AG which may lead to an offer being made for...

UPDATE 4-Updates, advisories and surprises.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) BellSouth to miss 3-4 months of revenue, analyst estimates (7:57 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - BellSouth will have to forgo three to four months of revenue from its customers in and around New Orleans...

UPDATE 1-Highlights of rising and falling U.S. stocks.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Stocks to watch Aeropostale Inc. reported August same-store sales rose 1.3%. In the year ago period, Aeropostale reported a 6.2% increase in same-store sales. Total sales for the New York-based apparel...

Retailers, energy, data in focus as futures ease.
September 1, 2005... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (MarketWatch) - Investors had a lot to digest on Thursday, with a flood of news from the retail sector, a potential $4.5 billion biotech deal, data on personal income, consumer spending and...