The Evening Standard (London, England) articles from March 2002

The Evening Standard (London, England) archives from March 2002

A little eye music. (Science Scoops).(stimulation of brain area association with eye-to-eye contact between people)
March 1, 2002... It's music to the eyes. You know, that heart-pumping moment when your eyes sweep across a crowded room and meet the eyes of a stranger you are suddenly attracted to. C'mon. Admit it. You've done it. And probably for a good reason. ...

What a croc! (Science Scoops).(discovery of fossils of giant crocodile)
March 1, 2002... The fossilized remains of a gargantuan crocodile, the largest in the world, were recently discovered in the Tenere Desert of Niger in West Africa. Sarcosuchus (pronounced SARK-oh-SOOK-us) imperator, which means "flesh crocodile emperor" was a...

Party poison. (Science Scoops).(poisoning from food served at parties and family gatherings)
March 1, 2002... Hey, summer's just around the corner. Looking forward to those backyard cookouts? Well, the next time your folks throw together a dinner party or backyard social event, post this Scoop nearby: Dinner parties, barbecues, and other social...

Virtual Observatory. (Science Scoops).(National Virtual Observatory, online database on astronomy)
March 1, 2002... Thanks to a five-year, $10 million grant from the 1National Science Foundation, astronomers from 17 research institutions have announced that they're starting an ambitious new project to put the universe on-line. Introducing... ta-daaaaa......

Bulldozers on Mars. (Science Scoops).(use of robotic equipment to explore surface of Mars)
March 1, 2002... Remember how you used to play with toy bulldozers and dump trucks in your backyard? Well, NASA scientists might be doing the same on Mars -- though from afar. Yup, NASA scientists and engineers are planning to rely on pint-size bulldozers in...

Biggest asteroid demoted. (Science Scoops).(discovery of largest asteroid known to man)
March 1, 2002... What's the biggest asteroid? "Ceres, the first asteroid ever discovered, some 200 years ago," you say with a smug smile. "It lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is 950 kilometers long." Well, wipe that smile off your face,...

Why we love music.(includes related articles)
March 1, 2002... Ever bob your head to the music blasting from a car radio? Ever turn your pencil into a drumstick? Ever walk down a street alone, whistling or humming to some imaginary tune playing over and over again in your head? Ever wonder why you love...

How old is music?(includes related article)
March 1, 2002... Rock, jazz, polka, mariachi, reggae, waltz, tribal drumming -- music -- it's been with us at least since Neanderthal man carved flutes out of bone, and may even be older than the human race. There hasn't been a human culture that has lived...

Melody and harmony: inspiration ... and math.(mathematical foundations of music)
March 1, 2002... Suppose you're a great composer, and you want to compose a satisfying melody. First, you need a scrap of a melody that evokes a feeling. It could be something sad, wistful, and haunting. It could be joyful, playful, and lively. So far the...

Hear ye! Hear ye! Read all about it! (Activity To Discover).(project to illustrate how we hear sounds)
March 1, 2002... Sound is air molecules bumping together. Simple, huh? Every sound we hear -- every piece of music, every noise -- results from the patterns formed by these moving air molecules. Inside and out, the ear is designed to capture and process those...

Music to your ears ... or hearing loss.(what causes hearing loss and how to prevent it)
March 1, 2002... Your ears work hard to keep loud rock music out of your head. It's true. Preventing sound sensation may seem like a peculiar thing for a hearing mechanism to do, but the middle ear does just that. Thin membranes, tiny bones, irreplaceable...

The rhythms of rap.
March 1, 2002... Rap is about society; some songs get notoriety. But do your feet tap, when you hear rap? Lots of rap tracks make you move along with them. Rap is about words, but rhythm makes them more powerful. "Rhythm is the feeling of movement in...

The beats of different drummers.(how rhythm is used in music from different cultures)
March 1, 2002... Do you play a musical instrument? If so, you're familiar with common time, 3/4 time, 2/4 time, and other meters. Basically, meter organizes music's underlying pulse into an order. That cycle repeats over and over. "Most of our music is...

Molly, music, & math. (Brain Strain).(children's educational instrument)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2002... Molly is in a rock group that you love. You can't believe your luck when one sunny Saturday afternoon she invites you to her home to listen to some new music. When you 'arrive, you're surprised to discover that Molly is both a musician and a...

Rx: music.(how music is used in medicine)
March 1, 2002... Congress united a nation on September 11, 2001, when they sang God Bless America on the steps of the Capitol Building. It was a symbolic act that said many things: Unite, heal, remember, hope, look to the future, don't be afraid, find strength,...

An interview with music therapist: Cathy Knoll. (People to Discover).(Interview)
March 1, 2002... Christin, a 12-year-old with cerebral palsy, scoots down the halls of her school in a high-tech wheelchair as she sings along with her favorite CDs. Christin used to get out of breath easily because it was hard for her to get much exercise. But...

Musical movie magic.
March 1, 2002... Indiana Jones carefully picks his way through the booby-trapped cave. Finally, the golden idol is his! But as he lifts the statue from its resting place, the cave starts to crumble. Huge stone teeth fall from the silent stone guardians. Poison...

Timbre doesn't rhyme with timber.(exercise equipment)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Why does a cello sound like a cello and a piano like a piano even though they're playing the same notes? Why do we perceive their combined sound as "pleasant" even though individually they sound very different? The answers can be found in the...

Patterning. (Activity to Discover).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... You need: * Piece of standard-size paper * Four markers, colored pencils, or crayons: red, green, yellow, blue [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Look at Diagram A for 15 seconds. Memorize it as best you can. 2. Close the...

Bouncing off the walls.(room acoustics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... How's the music in your room? Too much treble or bass? Not enough? Got extra sound bouncing around? Do certain notes always jump out at you? Check the acoustics -- the sound qualities of your room. Whether your music sounds great, barely...

What kind of music do you love? (Activity To Discover).(how to design and conduct a survey of musical preferences)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... You and your friends are forming music preferences now that will last for years. Learn about them with your own music survey. Design Your Study Focus on a question. What do you want to know about kids and music? At Saint Augustine...

What's up.(monthly All-Sky Chart depicting the sky on March 15)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the moon) as it appears at 7 p.m. (your local time) on March 15. Useful all month, the chart (except for planet positions) is also accurate for 8 p.m. on March 1 and 6 p.m. on March 31. To...

Planet watch. (What's Up).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Morning Planet: Mercury (in Capricornus, moves into Aquarius) rises one hour before the sun at the start of the month. By mid-March, the planet rises only 30 minutes before the sun and is soon lost in the sun's glare. Evening Planets:...

You can do astronomy: those changing seasons! (What's Up).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Depending on where you live, the change of seasons may be dramatic or not very noticeable. For me, winter in the Boston area is filled with cold temperatures, snow, and sometimes sleet. When I lived in San Diego, CA, I rode my bicycle in...

Stargazing with Jack Horkheimer: low lyin' Orion and the high flyin' lion.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... GREETINGS, GREETING, FELLOW STARGAZERS. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHEN THE SKIES EXCLAIM "SPRING IS HERE!" INDEED, IF YOU GO OUT ANY CLEAR NIGHT IN EARLY EVENING AT THE END OF MARCH AND BEGINNING OF APRIL, YOU WILL SEE A CELESTIAL...

Is Pluto a planet? (Countdown).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... That's a hot question right now about very cold subject. It's also one of the many questions about our solar system and others that we'll explore in the April 2002 issue, "Planets X." What lies beyond Pluto? How do planets form? What is the...

What a trill! (Animal Angles).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Mozart had a pet starling. He bought it, so the story goes, after he heard the bird sing parts of a concerto he was composing. Almost half of the 8,500 bird species living today are songbirds. Even hummingbirds sing. Some species sing only...

Evening Standard, London, Asian Markets Column.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Ray Heath Mar. 6--Japanese stocks touched a seven-month peak today on further evidence of a US recovery, and the cutting-in of new rules limiting short selling in the market. Gains were later pared on profit-taking and big...

British Barrister Says Businesses to Occupy Front Lines of War on Terror.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Ross Davies Mar. 6--Business has more to fear from regulators than from terrorists in the post-11 September world, a City conference will be warned today. The warning comes from Bill Waite, a barrister and former Serious Fraud...

British Airways Loses Customers to Low-Fare Competitors.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Robert Lea Mar. 6--Heavily loss-making British Airways is haemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of domestic and European passengers to the low-fare airlines. Despite plans hatched last month to make Britain's flag carrier more...

Eurozone Suffers Growing Pains in New Economic Environment.
March 6, 2002... Mar. 6--The eurozone has suffered far more than Britain from shocks in the global economy. Germany is already in recession, having suffered declining GDP in the last two quarters of 2001. In the fourth quarter, France and Italy joined their...

Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Anthony Hilton Mar. 6--A TOUGH TASK DELIVERING THE GOODS AT CONSIGNIA: If Government ministers worry about problems other than tomorrow's headlines, they ought to turn their attention to Consignia and shudder. The organisation that...

Evening Standard, London, Angus McCrone Column.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Angus McCrone Mar. 6--Lukewarm is preferable to freezing cold. Back in the autumn, the market for spread betting on house prices was implying a chilly 2002 for property values in London. Things did indeed look grim in the weeks...

OPINION: Central Bankers' Restraint Dims Global Stock Markets' Sunnier Outlook.
March 6, 2002... Mar. 6--In the past few weeks the mood of markets has changed. Stock markets round the world have taken on a much more cheerful hue. Ask a broker why he is buying, or advising clients to buy, and you will get a blank stare -- but then brokers...

Hope Springs Eternal after Bleak Economic Midwinter.
March 6, 2002... Mar. 6--Now that it is over, no one is quite sure the US had a recession at all. Amid signs of a recovery, many top economists are questioning whether the downturn in the economy was bad enough to qualify as a recession. It may turn out to be...

Steelmakers, Governments in Asia React to U.S. Tariffs.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Ray Heath Mar. 6--Asian governments and steelmakers were today threatening to wage war on US steel tariff plans as the share prices of the region's producers tumbled. Anger flared as President Bush gave in to lobbying by US...

Evening Standard, London, Asian Markets Column.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Ray Heath Mar. 8--ASIA FINDS GREENSPAN MESSAGE INSCRUTABLE: Asian investors were uncertain which way to read Alan Greenspan's overnight bullish testimony in Washington. Some were cheered by the US Federal Reserve chairman's...

Foreign Investors Flock Back as Australia Sets the Pace.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Lachlan Colquhoun Mar. 8--SYDNEY--Australian investors who send their money offshore to chase the hottest markets should really be looking closer to home. Indeed, the Australian Stock Exchange finds itself one of the...

Britain Pressures France on Opposition to Energy Market Competition.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Ross Tieman Mar. 8--Britain is on course for a fresh clash with France at next week's European summit in Barcelona over plans to open gas and electricity markets to full competition. It will back a proposal by Spain, which...

British Football Club Leeds United Posts Another Loss, May Cut Four Players.
March 8, 2002... Mar. 8--Troubled Leeds United hurtled deeper into the red in the first half of the season and warned today that an unsustainable wage bill will force a UKpound 20 million summer clearout of at least four players. For the six months to 31...

Evening Standard, London, Joanne Hart Column.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Joanne Hart Mar. 8--CAVALIER KINGFISHER MAKES A BREAK-UP ATTRACTIVE: It is widely acknowledged that Kingfisher wants to buy out the 45 percent of French DIY group Castorama that it does not already own. This would cost around...

Merrill Lynch Gives London Stock Market A Downgrade.
March 8, 2002... Mar. 8--Not everyone has been impressed by the turn of pace shown by London's stock market this week. While many investors have begun taking a rosier view of economic prospects, US securities house Merrill Lynch has downgraded the UK...

Scottish Power Sells Water Business, Plans 30 Percent Cut in Dividends.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Robert Lea Mar. 8--Scottish Power pulled out of the water industry today, selling Southern Water to a City consortium headed by Schroder Salomon Smith Barney and Royal Bank of Scotland for UKpound 2.05 billion, but signalled a 30...

London Psychologist Helps Raise Profile of Women Entrepreneurs.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Ross Davies Mar. 8--"Starting your own business is one of the most nerve-wracking things you can go through," says Londoner Andrea Cassidy. But she thought she had a good idea, and decided to run with it. A new study shows...

Low-Cost Market Helps to Drive Recovery at British Airports Operator BAA.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Robert Lea Mar. 8--Six months on from the 11 September terrorist attacks, the number of passengers going through Britain's airports is beginning to increase again. BAA reported that at its seven airports across Britain, there...

Probe into Currency Fraud at Allied Irish Banks Likely to Lead to Firings.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Patrick Hosking Mar. 8--Independent investigator Eugene Ludwig will present his report on the $691 million (UKpound 485 million) currency fraud at Allied Irish Banks' American arm to the full board early next week and the first...

Landscape, Paving Group Wins Contract for London's Trafalgar Square.
March 8, 2002... Mar. 8--Landscape and paving group Marshalls has won a UKpound 1.4 million contract to supply materials for pedestrianising Trafalgar Square. Work will begin soon on paving over the road in front of the National Gallery with natural stone...

Profits at Luxury-Goods Group LVMH Fall Nearly 99 Percent for 2001.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Ross Tieman Mar. 8--Profits of the world's largest luxury goods group, LVMH, have been wiped out in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the US. Falling sales and a swathe of writedowns have left the company...

Britain's Biggest Sports Retailer to Buy Discount Department Store.
March 8, 2002... Mar. 8--JJB Sports today stunned and baffled investors with a UKpound 42 million deal to buy TJ Hughes, the discount department store hit last year by the discovery of a UKpound 3 million black hole in its accounts. Britain's biggest...

British Sandwiches Chain Keeps Continental Expansion Plan under Wraps.
March 8, 2002... Mar. 8--Sandwiches and sausage rolls maker Greggs is planning to give Europeans a taste of Britain's fast-food culture when it opens its first Continental store this year. Mike Darrington, managing director of the booming buns and bacon...

Florida-Based Online Gift Service Turns Enron Stock into a Collectible.
March 9, 2002... Byline: Lauren Chambliss Mar. 9--At 25 cents a go, Enron shares are hardly worth the paper they are printed on -- except, that is, as a collectible item for "investors" who want to own a lasting memento of the greatest corporate business...

Scottish Bank-Led Consortium Works to Buy Wessex Water from Enron.
March 11, 2002... Mar. 11--A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium is believed to be days away from sealing a deal to buy Enron-owned Wessex Water for about UKpound 1.2 billion. RBS is leading the bid, backed mainly by Abbey National, with a smaller stake...

Evening Standard, London, Asian Markets Column.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Ray Heath Mar. 12--GOLDMAN BOOST FAILS TO SPUR THE INVESTORS: Asian investors could sum up little enthusiasm at the prospect of Goldman Sachs bringing a US$1 billion (UKpound 704 million) fund to the regional markets table today....

British Stockbrokers Eye Private Investors as Best Escape from Market Pains.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Nick Goodway Mar. 12--It is no surprise that 12 March, 2000, is etched on the heart of most stockbrokers and most deeply engraved on those who cater to the private punter, for it is two years ago today that the FTSE techMARK 100...

Credit Suisse Group Reports Financial Woes.
March 12, 2002... Byline: JOANNE HART Mar. 12--Credit Suisse Group today warned that its investment banking subsidiary Credit Suisse First Boston would take less money this year than last and that the rest of the business would show no improvement in 2002....

London's Financial District Waits as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Plan Cuts.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--The City was braced for a fresh round of blood-letting today as Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston admitted that they would soon be axeing more staff. Goldmans is conducting a strategic business review, likely to be...

Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Anthony Hilton Mar. 12--FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON A MEMORY GAP AT ALLIED IRISH: I was amused to see in the Financial Times yesterday that the chief executive of Allied Irish Banks, Michael Buckley, reportedly called almost a year ago for...

Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column.
March 12, 2002... Byline: By Mar. 12--INNOGY BOOST SPARKS TALK OF A BID BY RWE: Shares in Britain's biggest electricity supplier, Innogy, were on the march today, fuelling speculation that the German utilities giant RWE is ready to make its long-awaited bid...

Britain's Johnston Press Finally Acquires Rival Newspapers Group.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Johnston Press today ended more than two years of stalking as it bought rival local newspapers group Regional Independent Media for considerably less than was touted in 2000. It is paying UKpound 560 million to a group of venture...

Evening Standard, London, Andrew Smithers Column.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Andrew Smithers Mar. 12--Ken Livingstone's plan for London's roads is a sensible, free-market solution to traffic jams. The Tories, who run the City of Westminster, oppose it -- possibly on both grounds. The supply of road...

British Advertising Firm Aegis Expects Tough Year.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Aegis warned today that it expects difficult trading conditions to continue pretty well right through the current year. "Our planning for 2002 has built around adspend levels that are likely to be flat or slightly down for the full...

Branson Sells Half of Australian Budget Airline Virgin Blue to Logistics Group.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Lachlan Colquhoun Mar. 12--Sir Richard Branson has sold half of his successful Australian budget airline Virgin Blue in a A$260 million (UKpound 96 million) deal that strengthens his hand for an assault on Qantas, in which British...

Evening Standard, London, Business Briefs Column.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--STANDARD TIPPED FOR BCA: Standard Chartered bank has emerged as the favourite to take over the collapsed Bank Central Asia in Indonesia. After months of delay, the winning bid is expected to be revealed in Jakarta this week, and...

Australian Budget-Airline's Float Plan Could Yield Bonanza for Owner.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Sir Richard Branson could make more than UKpound 400 million from the flotation next year of Virgin Blue, his 18-month-old Australian budget airline. Branson today sold 50 percent of Virgin Blue for A$260 million (UKpound 95...

French Connection Slogan Kicks Off Well.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--T-Shirts emblazoned with the slogan "FCUK Football" are flying off the shelves ahead of this summer's World Cup, according to French Connection chairman and chief executive Stephen Marks. "Women particularly seem to like them,"...

Britain's Thistle Hotels Sells 37 Properties for UKpound 555 Million.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Thistle Hotels today raised UKpound 555 million by selling 37 of its hotels. It plans to use the proceeds to pay back UKpound 174 million of debt and build up an acquisitions war chest. Chief executive Ian Burke declined to say...

British Biotech Firm Amersham to Buy Rest of Research Group from Pharmacia.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Biotech group Amersham is to acquire the remaining 45 percent of shares it does not own in Amersham Biosciences from US-owned Pharmacia for UKpound 704 million in cash. The long-predicted move will give Amersham complete control of...

Offer from Israeli Investment Fund Leads British Property Group to Go Private.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Haslemere, the British property company listed in Holland, is set to go private after an Israeli investment fund offered euro1.46 billion (UKpound 900 million) for it today. The board is backing Brack Capital Real Estate's bid of...

British Academic Publisher Goes Hostile in Bid to Take Over Prestigious Rival.
March 12, 2002... Mar. 12--Taylor & Francis today went hostile in its attempt to take over Blackwell Publishing, bypassing the Blackwell board and going straight to shareholders. For the first time it also put a price tag on its offer for the prestigious...

British Retailer Offers Investors Surprise Buyback Package.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Joanne Hart Mar. 12--Boots today surprised investors with a UKpound 300 million share buyback programme, reducing the equity base by about 5 percent. The decision sent the shares 2 1/2 pence higher to 621 pence but raised...

Evening Standard, London, Mark Rivalland Column.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Mark Rivalland Mar. 12--Last October, Investors Chronicle magazine described Aegis as an ideal recovery play. It is an advertising company, although quite different to WPP which I covered recently. WPP does a lot of flat-fee...

British Aerospace, Sealing, Medical-Equipment Firm Axes 1,450 after Slump.
March 13, 2002... Mar. 13--Smiths Group is to shed another 1450 jobs, on top of the 1600 it axed in the autumn, after a slump in the earnings of its civil aviation division. Some 1200 of the new losses will be in Britain. The move follows a dive in airliner...

Evening Standard, London, Asian Markets Column.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Ray Heath Mar. 13--TECHS TAKE A TUMBLE ON MOBILES GLOOM: Global telephone giants were dialing in the wrong numbers for Asian technology stocks today. Cloudy sales outlooks from US components giant Lucent and Finnish handphones...

London Investment Banks Make Adjustments to Suit Much Harder Times.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Paul Armstrong Mar. 13--One of the more tongue-in-cheek theories doing the rounds in the Square Mile offers an explanation for the fashionable return of business suits: they make their wearers look busy. And in the under-worked...

Evening Standard, London, Business Briefs Column.
March 13, 2002... Mar. 13--RAIL CONTRACT FOR MCALPINE: Alfred McAlpine has won a 10-year contract with Railtrack Great Western which the infrastructure services group says could be worth up to UKpound 300 million. The deal is to design and build embankments,...

Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Anthony Hilton Mar. 13--GREED MUST NOT DISPLACE FEAR IN 'RECOVERY' EUPHORIA: It is hard to remain sceptical when the likes of Bank of England Governor Sir Edward George and US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan are calling the...

Australian Insurer's Collapse Inflicts New Pain on Andersen.
March 13, 2002... Mar. 13--When insurer HIH collapsed a year ago, it was Australia's biggest corporate failure. But the shock waves were felt in London, where many Lloyd's syndicates reinsured risks with it and were left to pick up the tab. Now, embattled...

Evening Standard, London, Angus McCrone Column.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Angus McCrone Mar. 13--Young, thrusting executives often find it frustrating when they are not taken seriously by their elders. Spread betting -- and its sister technique, contracts for difference (CFD) trading -- have a similar...

CEO to Enjoy Pay Bonanza at London Mining Company.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Paul Armstrong Mar. 13--Xstrata, the new London mining company that has appointed corporate governance policeman David Rough as deputy chairman, is to pay its chief executive a bumper remuneration of up to UKpound 2.1 million a...

Mining Giant Anglo American Posts 11 Percent Drop in Underlying Profit.
March 13, 2002... Mar. 13--Anglo American today revealed the big distance it still has to travel to close the gap on peers Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton when it unveiled flat profits, an ever-lazier balance sheet and little reduction in its heavy reliance on South...

European Accounting Firm Targets Andersen Interests in Britain.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Robert Lea Mar. 13--BDO Stoy Hayward is set to open negotiations to acquire large chunks of the UK practice of disgraced accounting firm Andersen as the US firm looks set to fall into the hands of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu or Ernst...

Accounting Probe into British Accident-Repair Service Focuses on Ernst & Young.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Paul Armstrong Mar. 13--Ernst & Young is at the centre of an investigation into accounting irregularities at Nationwide Accident Repair Service following the revelation that previous profits have been overstated by UKpound 2.4...

Demand for Spam Beefs Up Profits for Hormel Foods.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Allan Hall Mar. 13--Shares in Hormel Foods have proved a sure-fire investment hit in recent months as demand continues for its most ridiculed, most famous, most beloved delicacy -- Spam. Profits for this year have already...

British Hotels Group Millennium & Copthorne Posts 60 Percent Drop in Profits.
March 13, 2002... Mar. 13--Upmarket hotels group Millennium & Copthorne saw profits plunge by nearly 60 percent to UKpound 54.2 million in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September. The Millennium Hilton in New York was damaged by the collapse...