Morning Eyecatchers: Greene King beats expectations
* Wellstream Holdings order backlog remains in excess of £220 million; delivered strong operational performance; secures 90% of 2009 anticipated revenue; Pyrenees project progressing well; final pipe deliveries complete; sees installation work finished by year end; sees trading in line with views
* Greene King full-year revenue £954.6 million vs £942.3 million; adjusted operating profit £216.2 million vs £231.8 million; pre-items, pre-tax profit £118.5 million vs £139.4 million; adjusted eps 72.6p vs 66.5p; retail comparable sales up 1.7%; Pub Partners' trends have stabilised; adjusted pre-tax profit above original forecast; Belhaven adjusted pre-tax profit over £30 million; continuing to pay down debt of £46.9 million; maintaining capital investment at £84.5 million; maintaining dividend at 15.1p making total 22.4p; completed £207.5 million post year-end; 11 pubs acquired at £30.4 million; bonds repurchased £22.4 million; outlook remains uncertain; current trading encouraging
* Petrofac wins $350 million gas compression project at Kauther gas field; contract awarded on behalf of government of Oman; to undertake engineering, procurement and construction
* Intermediate Capital launches rights issue to raise £351 million
* Game Group continues to perform in line, remains confident of synergies of about £16 million, gross margins improving to 175 bps from 150
* Phot-Me International full-year ebitda £38.6 million; loss before tax £5.1 million; search for new chief executive well advanced
* Intec Telecom Systems wins contract extension
* Carpathian secures loan extension to 2011
* Volvere all operations performed well; sees strong full-year 2009 results
* Metalrax subsidiary to commence insolvency proceedings
* Accsys Technologies full-year pre-tax profit 1.8 million vs 5.4 million
* ProStrakan settles tax dispute with Sanofi-Aventis unit
* Immunodiagnostic Systems new assay launched for IDS-iSYS
* Tikit warns order deferrals hurst second quarter revenue and margins
* Mecom sells major stake in Sweden's Mobiento to cut debt
* Hardide afrees fundraising to develop diamond technology
* XCounter and Artemis Imaging to work together
* OpSec Security Group ful-year pre-tax loss £780,000 vs profit £2.65 million
* AH Medical properties full-year pre-tax losses £8.26 million vs £1.39 million
* Northbridge Industrial Services buys Air Compressor rental fleet
* IngeniousMediaActive full-year pre-tax loss £32.4 million vs loss £8 million
* Proventec considers equity issue; receives loan
* Eros International full-year pre-tax profit $48.4 million vs $45.5 million
* AEC Education acquires Malvern House
* Discovery Metals confirms groundwater resources at Boseto
* Russia first-half 2009 oil output down 0.1%; natural gas output plunges 20.8%
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