Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia and U.S. index futures declined as Rhodia SA and Bayer AG reported profit that missed analysts' estimates, Sprint Nextel Corp. posted a $29.5 billion loss and Japanese factory output dropped, dimming the outlook for earnings.
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's dollar fell from a three- month high as traders sold currencies tied to global growth on concern that the U.S. economy is heading into a recession.
Mr. Robert Edward (Douger) Kendal, 81,l died Thursday, February 21, 2008 at Woodbriar Nursing Center in Harrisburg. He was born on Monday, February 14, 1927, son of the late Elsworth and Ruby D. Armstrong Kendall.
Max Raab, a trendsetting clothes manufacturer and executive producer of "A Clockwork Orange," has died. He was 81 and had struggled with Parkinson's disease.
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A measure of U.S. business activity contracted at the fastest pace since December 2001, as gauges of production and employment weakened.
Investment company Hellaby Holdings said today it expected to turn around last year's disastrous result, having increased first-half net profit by 81 percent to $5 million.
(Adds further details, table.) BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's fixed capital investment rose during the fourth quarter of 2007 on the year, boosted by strong volumes in machinery and equipment investments, while construction was a major slowing force, the central statistics office, KSH said Friday.
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