VANCOUVER - HSBC Bank Canada says its bottom line improved in the third quarter due to lower loan-impairment charges and higher income from fees. The bank had a $ 201-million profit in the third quarter of 2011, up $ 55 million or 37.7 per cent compared with $ 146 million for the third quarter of 2010. … [Read more...]
Lignol Energy Q1 loss widens to $1 million
October 31, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Biofuel company Lignol Energy Corp. (TSXV:LEC) said Monday its first-quarter loss widened slightly to $ 1 million from a year-earlier $ 900,000, and the research-and-development stage firm has sufficient resources to continue operating until March 2012.The loss amounted to two cents per share, unchanged from the prior-year period. … [Read more...]
Pension plan pushes West Fraser to a loss
October 24, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:WFT) reported a loss of $ 27.3 million in its latest quarter as the forestry company took a charge related to its pension plan.The loss, announced Monday after markets closed, compared with a profit of $ 42.1 million a year ago. Sales totalled $ 705.4 million for the three months ended Sept. 30 … [Read more...]
NovaGold Resources Q3 loss narrows to $56.6M
October 13, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX:NG) reported a much smaller third-quarter loss on Thursday, saying the improvement was mainly due to a non-cash asset impairment charge of $ 116.2 million the company suffered in the comparable 2010 period.Vancouver-based NovaGold said its net loss in the three months ended Aug. 31 was $ 56.5 million or 24 … [Read more...]
Nevada Geothermal cuts loss
September 27, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSXV:NGP) reduced its annual loss in fiscal 2011 by 50 per cent to US$ 8.6 million as its revenue more than doubled from the year before, the company announced Tuesday.The loss amounted to eight cents per share, while revenue increased to US$ 24.9 million.In fiscal 2010, the Vancouver-based company had a … [Read more...]
Coastal Contacts posts third-quarter loss
September 12, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) slipped into the red in the third quarter despite sizable revenue growth in its key divisions, the online eyewear retailer said Monday.The Vancouver-based company reported a net loss of $ 1.6 million or three cents a share, reversing year-earlier profits of $ 500,000 or a penny per share.On a per share … [Read more...]
Radiant Communications posts Q2 loss of $237K
August 25, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Radiant Communications Corp. (TSXV:RCN) reported a wider second-quarter loss Thursday despite an increase in revenue and said it had named an interim replacement for president and CEO David Buffett, who has resigned.Vancouver-based Radiant, which offers a suite of data communications and cloud computing services to business, said it had … [Read more...]
Taseko reports Q2 loss as revenue down
August 12, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX:TKO) lost $ 1.1 million or a penny per share for the quarter ended June 30 compared with a profit of $ 44.8 million or 24 cents per share a year ago. Revenue ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Village Farms rises to Q2 profit from loss
August 8, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Village Farms International Inc. (TSX:VFF) rose to second-quarter profit of $ 538,000 as it recovered from losses a year earlier.The Vancouver-based company, one of North America's ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Google Dictionary slams shut forever, world unsurprisingly at a loss for words
August 6, 2011 by
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