Viagra craze spawns a flood of spoof products and scams
Las Vegas based BluBlocker markets Viagra tinted sunglasses and a crass tie in. Bradley Pharmaceuticals reports rising Lubrin sales as aging women using Viagra lift demand for vaginal lubricants. Pfizer vows legal action against copycats while trademark cases prompt temporary bans on similarly named products. Demand boosts other sex related goods. Viagra prescriptions surge while older impotence drugs decline.
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Ontario firm helps build Godzilla with motion capture tech
Northern Digital of Waterloo provides infrared camera systems used to capture real time motion for the Godzilla film and other applications. Vision Art of California used the Optotrak system for the real time motion capture studio. Boeing and medical instrument makers also employ the technology for testing and guiding procedures.
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Japan’s jobless rate hits record high in April
Japan’s unemployment rose to 4.1 percent in April the highest since 1953 as manufacturing and construction decline. Unemployed numbers grew by 590,000 from a year earlier to 2.9 million with 65.3 million employed, while job offers to seekers fell to 0.55.
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Yeltsin fires tax chief as crisis widens in Russia
President Boris Yeltsin replaces Alexander Pochinok with Boris Fyodorov, ordering a tax police offensive against tax dodgers. He warns more top officials may lose their jobs as Russia grapples with a market crash, high interest rates, and potential ruble instability.
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Energy giant Marathon makes $1.03 billion Tarragon bid
Canadian Press reports USX-Marathon Group offered 1.03 billion dollars for Calgary based Tarragon Oil and Gas Ltd. Marathon bids 14.25 dollars per Tarragon share for all outstanding stock in the latest U S push into Canada’s oil sector.
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Feeder Cattle Sell Well at Winnipeg Market
Feeder cattle sold well at the Winnipeg livestock market. Slaughter cattle lacked enough buyers to establish trends or prices. Steers 800-900 lb brought 98 to 105.75 dollars, 700-800 lb 100 to 113 dollars, and 600-700 lb 110 to 118 dollars.
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Market quotes for hogs and cattle from Edmonton price report
The Western Hog Exchange lists Alberta delivery prices for Monday at 1.43 to 1.50 per kilogram. Live cattle quotes include 500-600 lb at 115 to 122 dollars and 600-700 lb at 108 to 115 dollars, 800-900 lb at 92 to 100 dollars, and 500-600 lb heifers at 115 to 125 dollars.
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Edmonton
Western Hog Exchange
Alberta
Canadian Bond Market Rises Moderately On Friday
Prices were higher in moderate trading as two year bonds held at 99.85 while ten year bonds rose to 113.65 and long term bonds at 132.30. The Government of Canada 8 percent coupon maturing in 2023 yielded 5.59 percent with day to day money at 4.75 percent. Quotations supplied by RBC Dominion Securities.
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Government of Canada
RBC Dominion Securities
Business week ahead for June 15 week
Statistics Canada reports first quarter GDP this Monday. Conference Board of Canada hosts absenteeism in Ottawa. Centrefund Realty annual meeting in Toronto. Lucent marks ground on Canadian head office in Markham Ontario. Newbridge Networks 1998 Q4 results Tuesday. Royal Bank hosts global markets seminar in Toronto. Imperial Bank of Commerce Q2 results Thursday and April building permits issued. May help wanted index and May unemployment figures released by Statistics Canada Friday. Livent Inc. annual meeting in Toronto Friday.
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Centrefund Realty Corp
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Lucent Technologies
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Markham
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Newbridge Net
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Livent Inc
Bre-X trustee seeks streamlined creditor determination plan
The Bre-X Minerals bankruptcy trustee Deloitte & Touche aims to quickly identify legitimate creditors among about 40 000 potential claimants mainly former shareholders. A Nov 30 vote date is proposed with extended deadlines authorized by Alberta court. Price Waterhouse will receive 1.38 million for watchdog duties preceding the bankruptcy.
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Bre-X Minerals Ltd
Larry Robinson
Bre-X
Deloitte & Touche
Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
Robert Cairns
Bre- X
Robinson
Price Waterhouse Ltd
Bre-X Minerals
Bresea Resources Ltd
Price Waterhouse
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