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PARIS (AFX) - President Jacques Chirac of France led calls on Saturday for a powerful new UN environment agency and for a safe and protected environment to be enshrined as a fundamental human right. Speaking at a conference here a day after a panel of UN experts issued their bluntest warning yet over global warming, Chirac said the proposal to replace the existing UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  ...

Simon Fluendy and Dan Atkinson, Mail on Sunday4 February 2007 Fraud detectives investigating computer group Torex Retail are looking at an alleged conspiracy to manipulate accounts to sell it at an inflated value. WANT TO KNOW MORE? MARKET DATA: Do your own research MONEY SHOP: Share dealling ASK AN EXPERT: Investing OTHER STORIES Asda aces in bid for Sainsbury's Market report ...

LAS VEGAS (AFX) - Those who sell Chrysler cars and trucks still remember last year, when the company built too many vehicles and pushed them off on the dealers. On Sunday, Chief Executive Tom LaSorda will deliver a message to them at the biggest car dealer convention of the year: Chrysler won't do it again, and it will work to regain their trust. In an interview with reporters Saturday, LaSo ...

The insurer said annual bonus rates would remain at the same level as last year to "maintain investment flexibility". But in a cheerier note for investors, Standard Life announced year-on-year increases in payout values across all types of policy, adding that it had cut its projection for mortgage endowment shortfalls.The insurer also vowed to reduce the number of with-profit policies that are sub ...

DUBLIN, Ohio (AFX) - A leaner Wendy's International Inc. said on Friday that earnings fell nearly 90 percent in the fourth quarter following the spinoff of its Tim Hortons coffee-and-doughnut chain. Its shares fell more than 2 percent. The nation's third-largest hamburger chain said it earned $3 million, or three cents per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared with $30 million, or 25  ...

LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares ended higher as news of a possible bid for Sainsbury sparked frenzied M&A hopes in the retail sector, but gains were checked by a mixed early session on Wall Street, dealers said. At the close, the FTSE 100 was up 28.7 points at 6,310.9, having earlier tested highs not seen since the end of 2000, with its mid-cap peer 121.8 to the good at 11,342.0. Volume was we ...

(Updating with further details) LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares ended higher as news of a possible bid for Sainsbury sparked frenzied M&A hopes in the retail sector, but gains were checked by a mixed early session on Wall Street, dealers said. At the close, the FTSE 100 was up 28.7 points at 6,310.9, having earlier tested highs not seen since the end of 2000, with its mid-cap peer 121.8 to the ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AFX) - American Land Lease on Thursday declared a dividend on shares of its preferred stock and a regular fourth-quarter dividend on shares of its common stock. The company will pay a dividend of 48.44 cents per share of its preferred stock on Feb. 28 to shareholders of record on Feb. 16. Also, the company will pay a dividend of 25 cents per share of its common stock on Feb. 28 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AFX) - Forest products company Temple-Inland Inc. said Friday its board raised its quarterly dividend by 12 percent to 28 cents per share. The new dividend is payable March 15 to shareholders on record as of March 1. The company's previous dividend was 25 cents per share. Separately, Temple-Inland's board authorized the repurchase of up to 5 million shares. The company has 106.9  ...

SEMINOLE, Fla. (AFX) - Superior Uniform Group on Friday said its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13.5 cents per share. The company will pay the dividend Feb. 26 to shareholders of record Feb. 13. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.