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ESSEN, Germany (AFX) - Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's seven wealthiest countries met with their counterparts from the fastest-growing economies on Saturday, while the shape of the group's planned communique became clearer. French Finance Minister Thierry Breton said late Friday that the G-7 communique would likely feature a paragraph on foreign exchange issues ...

For this reason I don't really want to harp on too much about the benefits of utilising your ISA allowances at this time. However, with a Chancellor who seemingly wants to tax every penny that we save, it's important that we utilise every possible tax break that we can.ISA allowances replaced the old personal equity plans (PEPs) and TESSAs back in April 1999. We are now approaching the ninth year  ...

ESSEN, Germany (AFX) - The finance ministers and central bankers of the world's seven wealthiest countries get down to details Saturday as they meet with their counterparts from the world's fastest growing economies. When the G-7 formed, comprising Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States, China was an insular, closed communist state. In the three decades since, China ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AFX) - Energy company Avista Corp. said Friday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 14.5 cents per share. The dividend is payable March 15 to shareholders of record Feb. 23. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Paris shares close higher buoyed by tech stocks, oil UPDATE (updates with full report) PARIS (AFX) - Paris shares closed up, as tech stocks rallied on the back of positive sector news and higher oil prices helped buoy oil stocks, dealers said. The CAC-40 index finished up 37.35 points or 0.48 pct at 5,692.45 on volume of 5.0 bln eur. Among CAC-40 stocks, 10 were down and 30 finished up. On t ...

(Updating with further details) LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares ended the session higher as a raft of positive broker comment and strength in energy stocks added to a positive start on Wall Street, dealers said. By the close, the FTSE 100 was up 36.4 points at 6,382.8, while the broader indices were also positive. Final volume was solid with 3.1 bln shares changing hands in 380,782 deals. Meanwh ...

LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares ended the session higher as a raft of positive broker comment and strength in energy stocks added to a positive start on Wall Street, dealers said. By the close, the FTSE 100 was up 36.4 points at 6,382.8, while the broader indices were also positive. Volume was solid with 3.0 bln shares changing hands in 378,852 deals. Meanwhile, Wall Street Stocks notched up gain ...

LONDON (AFX) - A UK pension fund has launched a legal action in Alaska aimed at delaying the payment of pension and other retirement benefits of Lord Browne, chief executive of oil giant BP PLC. Browne is retiring in July and will be replaced by Tony Hayward, head of the group's exploration and production business. The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), which is represented by US law firm Le ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AFX) - Span-America Medical Systems Inc., which makes polyurethane foam products for the medical industry, said Friday that shareholders will get a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share. The dividend will be payable March 5 to shareholders of record at the close of business Feb. 19. Shares of Span-America gained 99 cents -- or 6.45 percent -- $16.33 in morning trading on the  ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AFX) - Hawkins Inc. on Friday declared a semiannual cash dividend of 22 cents cents per share. The company will pay the dividend on April 6 to shareholders of record on March 23. This is the 22nd consecutive year the company has paid cash dividends since it began paying dividends. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, r ...