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Pension Protection Act On the web: Barclays Plans to Introduce Family of Target-Date ETFs (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)Barclays plans to introduce a family of target-date and target-risk iShares ETFs in a bid to help exchange-traded funds catch on among mom-and-pop investors saving for retirement. Grace Reports Second Quarter Financial Results (Centre Daily Times)W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Highlights are as follows: Grace Davison Announces Pricing Actions to Offset Inflation Costs (Centre Daily Times)Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA), has announced that, effective August 1, 2008, it is implementing price increases and/or surcharges of up to 20% across product lines, as existing contracts allow. This move is in response to unprecedented raw material and energy inflationary pressures and is in addition to specific product price increases implemented by Grace ... Allstate Reports 2008 Second Quarter Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)NORTHBROOK, Ill.----The Allstate Corporation today reported results for the second quarter of 2008: Consolidated Highlights Three Months Ended June 30, Change Est. 2008 2007 $ Amt % Consolidated revenues $7,418 $9,455 $ Net income 25 1,403 Net income per diluted share 0.05 2.30 Operating income 683 1,072 Operating income per diluted share 1.24 1.76 Return on equity 10.2 25.0 -- pts. Grace Reports Second Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)COLUMBIA, Md.----W. R. Grace & Co. today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Highlights are as follows: Sales for the second quarter were $900.0 million compared with $812.8 million in the prior year quarter, a 10.7% increase . Grace Davison Announces Pricing Actions to Offset Inflation Costs (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)COLUMBIA, Md.----Grace Davison, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. [NYSE:GRA ], has announced that, effective August 1, 2008, it is implementing price increases and/or surcharges of up to 20% across product lines, as existing contracts allow. Business Workshop: Save on taxes, managing a 401(k) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Save on taxes Most businesses that own income-earning property depreciate the cost of that property over a period of as long as 39 years. ... Rollins, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)Rollins, Inc. , a premier North American consumer and commercial services company, today reported unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Revenues grew 18.7% to $284.5 million compared to $239.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 Second Quarter and First Half Revenues and Earnings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)STMicroelectronics reported financial results for the 2008 second quarter and six months ended June 28, 2008. Canadian Pacific announces its second-quarter results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)Canadian Pacific Railway Limited announced its second-quarter results today. Net income in the second quarter was $155 million, a decrease of 40 per cent from $257 million in 2007, and diluted earnings per share was $1.00, a decrease from $1.64 in the second quarter of 2007. |
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