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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX): HIGHLIGHTS -- Net income applicable to common stock for third-quarter 2008 totaled $523 million, $1.31 per share, compared with $775 million, $1.87 per share, for third-quarter 2007. Net income applicable to common stock for the first nine months of 2008 totaled $2.6 billion, $6.20 per share, compared with $2.4 billion, $6.58 per share, for the first nine months of 2007. -- Consolidated sales from mines for third-quarter 2008 totaled...

Petrol prices are still too high and the drop in the price of oil is not being passed on to motorists, the head of a leading motoring organisation has said. AA president Edmund King said prices were two pence higher than they should be and that oil companies had been "too slow" in passing the drop in the oil price on to customers. He told ITV news: "One element is the pound is weaker against the dollar but that doesn't account for it all, it only counts for about 10 per cent. "Oil companies...

A DOCTOR Who Dalek toy which cost 50p in 1965 has been sold for pounds 1,500 to a UK sci-fi collector on an internet auction site. (c) 2008 Daily Mirror. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

By Eddie Barnes THE NHS is facing cuts of GBP 85m over the coming year because soaring inflation will outstrip the extra cash being ploughed in by ministers, Labour chiefs are warning. With inflation projected to rise by 4.4 per cent, Labour says the 3.15 per cent increase in funding awarded by SNP ministers will mean real cuts across the board. It claims patients will suffer as a result, as hospitals are forced to find savings. The SNP described the claims as "absurd and inaccurate"...

By SIMON CALDER Travel Editor Ask yourself this: how many French francs did you get to the pound? About 10, wasn't it? Well, British holidaymakers in France have rarely had it so bad as this summer. The rate for the franc was frozen against the euro when the single European currency entered circulation, and an easy calculation reveals that the exchange rate of $1.22 works out at just eight francs to the pound. For anyone who still travels by air, the more recent slump against the dollar is...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Aug. 15, 2008) - African Copper Plc (AIM:ACU)(TSX:ACU)(BOTSWANA:AFRICAN COPPER) - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS For the Period Ended 30 June 2008 The following management discussion and analysis ("MD&A") of the operating results and financial condition of African Copper Plc ("African Copper" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries is for the three and six months ended 30 June 2008 compared with 30 June 2007. The MD&A should be read in conjunction...

DENVER, CO, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Royalty Corporation (the "Company" or "IRC") today reported its second quarter 2008 financial results. All figures are unaudited and in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. Quarterly Highlights Royalty revenues were $8,610,000 for the second quarter of 2008, a decrease of $4,597,000 from the same period last year. An increase in royalty revenues from the Southern Cross and Meekatharra gold mines of $113,000 and $51,000,...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2008) - (All figures are in $ US thousands unless otherwise stated) - Quadra Mining Ltd. (the "Company" or "Quadra") (TSX:QUA) is pleased to announce net earnings of $65,006 or $1.10 per share (basic) for the second quarter of 2008 compared to net earnings of $36,556 or $0.78 per share for the second quarter of 2007. Operating cash flow before working capital increased to $91,942 or $1.56 per share from $43,398 or $0.92 per share for the...

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 13, 2008) - Liberty Mines Inc. ("Liberty or the Company") (TSX:LBE) reports continued strength in the production rate at the Redstone mine for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The Company produced 200,800 (229 per day) mined tonnes of ore in the second quarter of 2008, up 12 % over the previous quarter and continued to exceed the Company's 2008 production targets at the Redstone mine of 200 tonnes per day. The increase in production resulted in a...

By DAVID WICHNER STAR SAVERS SPEND LESS FOR WHAT YOU WANT. Baking your own bread is often touted as a money-saving move - not to mention that fresh-baked taste and aroma. You can still save money by making your own bread and other baked goods, but flour prices have shot up along with other food prices in the past year or so. In Arizona, prices for all-purpose flour averaged $3.59 per 5- pound bag in the second quarter, up from $2.49 in the same quarter of 2007 but down a dime from the...