London shares – midafternoon features (Sharewatch)
Standard Life 289 up 6 Reports AXA mulling 7 bln stg bid, but brokers sceptical Drax 816 up 12 Morgan Stanley investment in carbon trading market; Lehman bullish AstraZeneca 3,156 up 17 Rallies after Thursday's Q3 disappointment Hanson 726 up 15 Hopes of Cemex bid after Rinker rejected Mexican firm's approach Friends Provident 193-3/ up 1-3/4 Sector consolidation hopes following AXA/Standard
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:41:34 GMT

First State Reports Third Quarter Earnings Per Share of $0.37 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.——First State Bancorporation today announced earnings for the third quarter of 2006 of $6.7 million or $0.37 per diluted share, compared to $6.1 million or $0.39 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2005, a decrease of 5% in diluted earnings per share.
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Student First Launches New Internet Marketing Campaign (PR Web)
College students can now find help in consolidating their college loans easier. Student First, the leader in federal student loan consolidations is partnering with eVisibility, a local Internet marketing company, to launch a new Internet marketing campaign. (PRWeb Oct 28, 2006)
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:15:49 GMT

Student First Launches New Internet Marketing Campaign (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Encino, CA (PRWEB) October 28, 2006—College students can now find help in consolidating their college loans easier.
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Student First Launches New Internet Marketing Campaign (PR Web)
College students can now find help in consolidating their college loans easier. Student First, the leader in federal student loan consolidations is partnering with eVisibility, a local Internet marketing company, to launch a new Internet marketing campaign. (PRWeb Oct 28, 2006)
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:15:49 GMT

Nelnet Reports Adjusted Base Net Income Increased 20 Percent for the First Nine Months 2006 (SYS-CON Media)
Nelnet, Inc. today reported GAAP net income for the first nine months of 2006 of $75.5 million, or $1.40 per share, compared with $138.4 million, or $2.58 per share, for the first nine months of 2005. Base net income for the first nine months of 2006 was $96.2 million, or $1.78 per share, compared with $95.3 million, or $1.77 per share, for the first nine months of 2005. Adjusted base net income
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:30:37 GMT

Solexa's Progress Is In The Genes (BusinessWeek)
Something is new in human DNA sequencing: a technology that could speed up the process by 100 times and that slashes the costs way below those of the current state-of-the-art system.
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:24:35 GMT

Uusimmat | Kauppalehti Online (Kauppalehti Online)
TJ Group Plc Stock Exchange Release October 26, 2006, at 08:30 Finnish time TJ GROUP INTERIM REPORT 1 JANUARY-30 SEPTEMBER 2006 (IFRS) – Net sales EUR 2.91 million (EUR 7.70 million) – Operating profit EUR 56 thousand (EUR -0.26 million) – Result before taxes EUR -88 thousand (EUR -0.38 million) – Equity ratio -13.3% (16.5%), shareholders' equity/share EUR -0.01 (EUR 0.02) – Earnings per share
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:31:15 GMT

RealMoney Radio: The Silence of the Bears (TheStreet.com)
Cramer says that a muting of the market naysayers shows consumer strength.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:41:49 GMT

BASIS POINT-Olympus seeks 31 bln yen to up investment in Arysta (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters Basis Point) – Private equity firm Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has mandated Lehman Brothers to arrange a 31 billion yen five-year bullet term loan to help fund its purchase of an additional 32.8 percent stake in Arysta LifeScience Corp, according to market sources.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:15:24 GMT

Tellabs Revenue Rises 13% as Earnings Grow 41% in Third Quarter (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tellabs today reported third-quarter 2006 revenue of $523 million, up 13% from $464 million in the third quarter of 2005.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:00:00 GMT

BASIS POINT-Olympus seeks 31 bln yen to up investment in Arysta (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters Basis Point) – Private equity firm Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has mandated Lehman Brothers to arrange a 31 billion yen five-year bullet term loan to help fund its purchase of an additional 32.8 percent stake in Arysta LifeScience Corp, according to market sources.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:15:24 GMT

Soldiers march for seat in Senate (Everett Herald)
State Sen. Dave Schmidt, R-Mill Creek, and his challenger in this year's election, Democrat Steve Hobbs, both serve in the Army National Guard Reserve. Schmidt is a staff sergeant. Hobbs is a captain.
Publ.Date : Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:37:29 GMT