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Halifax Share Dealing selected eight different stocks relating to the James Bond films – from the makers of the Aston Martin to a Q-style research and technology company. It tracked each stock's performance over the last six months and found:888 Holdings – poker and roulette gambling – down 38 per cent to 129.25p per share.Ford Motor Company – for his cars, an Aston Martin DBS and a Ford Mondeo hi ...

NEW YORK (AFX) - Stocks fell Friday in thin trading, ending a shortened week quietly as the holiday shopping season began and attention turned to retailers and a steep decline in the dollar against other major currencies. The major stock indexes ended the week mixed, with only the Nasdaq composite index showing a gain. The day after Thanksgiving -- called Black Friday because by tradition it's th ...

LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares closed weaker, although recovered from earlier lows, as gains across utilities helped counter continued dollar weakness and a rough start on Wall Street, dealers said. At the close the FTSE 100 index was down 17.9 points at 6,122.1, albeit off its midmorning low of 6,068.1, while the broader indices also remained lower. Volume was weak, with only 2.4 bln shares chan ...

(Updates with full report) PARIS (AFX) - Share prices closed lower across the board as fresh weakness for the dollar prompted a wary tone among investors, since it could stoke inflation pressures that might in turn lead to higher interest rates, dealers said. The CAC-40 finished down 35.40 points or 0.7 pct at 5,389.46. On the week, the benchmark index fell 0.9 pct from last Friday's close. Vol ...

(updates with full report, clarifies DAX 30 range) FRANKFURT (AFX) - Shares closed off their lows, with the strong euro and high oil prices depressing car stocks, dealers said. The DAX 30 index closed down 63.29 points or 0.98 pct at 6,411.96 after moving between a low of 6,367.20 and a high of 6,469.25 this session. The MDAX was down 63.76 points or 0.71 pct at 8.891.26 while the TecDAX was do ...

DEARBORN, Mich. (AFX) - Michigan regional banker Dearborn Bancorp Inc. said Friday it declared a stock dividend. The bank will issue one share of stock for each 20 shares owned by stockholders of record as of Dec. 8. The dividend will be distributed on Dec. 22. Shareholders will not receive fractional shares, and no cash payment will be substituted for them. Shares of Dearborn rose 17 cents to  ...

Banking stocks helped pull the market lower in London amid ongoing concern over bad-debt levels, with a continued rapid decline in the dollar adding pressure and retailer Kingfisher one of the biggest fallers after a broker downgrade. The pound hit a two-year high against the greenback, climbing to as high as $ 1.9351, pressuring companies that export to the U.S. Exporters including Johnson  ...

Treasury prices were higher early Friday, sending yields down, as the fixed-income market drew support from capital flows out of the equities market as stock traders expressed nervousness about a sharply lower dollar. The bond market will have an early close at 2 p.m. The 10-year benchmark Treasury note last was down 6/32 at 100-21/32, with a yield (TNX) of 4.544%, its weakest level in eight ...

PARIS (AFX) - Share prices remained sharply lower in afternoon trading as fresh declines by the dollar against the euro sparked investor caution, especially in case the US currency weakness stokes inflation pressures that might lead to higher interest rates, dealers said. At 3.55 pm the CAC-40 index was down 50.99 points or 0.9 pct at 5,373.87, on volume of 3 bln eur. On the Matif, December CAC- ...

HOLLAND, Mich. (AFX) - Michigan regional banker Macatawa Bank Corp. said Friday it raised its fourth-quarter dividend to 13 cents. The increase represents an 8 percent rise over the company's third-quarter dividend and a 14 percent rise over last year's fourth-quarter dividend, considering the 5 percent dividend paid in May and a 3-for-2 stock split distributed in June. The dividend is payable D ...