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Falco doubles earnings for Q4 over '04.


Falconbridge Falconbridge can mean:
  • Falconbridge Limited
  • Falconbridge, Middlesex County, Ontario
  • Falconbridge, Greater Sudbury, Ontario
  • The Bastard of Fauconberg
  • Lord Falconbridge, son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell
 Ltd. has announced its fourth-quarter earnings almost doubled over the same period a year previous to US $280-million.

The object of a proposed takeover To assume control or management of a corporation without necessarily obtaining actual title to it.

A takeover bid or tender offer is a proposal made by one company to purchase shares of stock of another company, in order to acquire control thereof.
 by rival Inco Ltd. reported net income of 74 cents a share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. That compares to $143 million or 47 cents a share a year earlier.

The earnings exceeded the forecasts of analysts by about eight per cent. Inco has extended its offer for all outstanding Falco Falco

a genus of the family Falconidae (birds of prey). Includes F. biarmicus—lanner falcon, F. columbaris—kestrel, pigeon hawk or merlin, F. mexicanus—prairie falcon, F. peregrinus—peregrine falcon, F. rusticolus—gyrfalcon, F.
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Title Annotation:Falconbridge Ltd
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Mar 1, 2006
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