Heinzis famous for its iconic brands on five continents showcased by Heinz KetchupThe World`s
Heinzis famous for its iconic brands on five continents, showcased by Heinz Ketchup,The World`s Favorite Ketchup Information on Heinz is available at H J. “Heinz has an exceptionally strong and deep executive leadership team, as thesefive executives have demonstrated in leading the Company to a year of recordsales and profit in Fiscal 2009,” said William R Johnson, Chairman, Presidentand CEO. O`Hara has done a superb job in driving the growth of Heinz Europe whileinspiring the European leadership team to new levels of performance as oneunified and cohesive world-class team. Dave Moran becomes Executive Vice President, President and CEO of Heinz Europeafter serving as Executive Vice President, President and CEO of Heinz NorthAmerica. Borrower London Stock Exchange Group Plc(LSE) (LSE.L) Issue Amount 250 million sterling. (Reporting by Frank Tang; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) Currencies Currencies.
June 11 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Thursday. EDT (1441 GMT) LastChange Pct2008 YTDChgClose% ChgUS gold GCQ9 955.801.10 0.1 884.308.1US silver SIN9 15.350 0.125 0.8 11.295 35.9US platinum PLN91268.10 -5.10-0.4 941.50 34.7US palladiumPAU9 259.000.25 0.1 188.70 37.3GoldXAU= 954.801.15 0.1878.2008.7SilverXAG=15.340.19 1.311.30 35.8PlatinumXPT=1262.501.50 0.1 924.50 36.6Palladium XPD= 255.502.50 1.0 184.50 38.5Gold FixXAUFIX=947.50 -6.25-0.7 836.50 13.3Silver FixXAGFIX=15.090-0.300-1.9 14.7602.2Platinum FixXPTFIX= 1267.000.00 0.01529.00-17.1Palladium Fix XPDFIX=261.500.00 0.0 365.00-28.4————————————————————-Prices in dollars per ounce.2008 close for U.S gold second contract month, U.S silver andpalladium third contract months and U.S platinum fourthcontract month. PALLADIUM * September PAU9 up 25 cents at $259 an ounce oninvestment buying. * Spot palladium XPD= was at $255.50 an ounce, up 1percent from its previous finish.Prices at 10:41 a.m.
* Spot platinum XPT= at $1,262.50 an ounce, up 0.1percent from its previous session. * The global car industry accounts for 60 percent of totalplatinum demand for use in automobile catalytic converters. * Chinese buying of platinum in the past six months hasbeen the most supportive factor in the market, and demandgrowth from the jewelry industry compensated for a slowdown inpurchases from industrial users – UBS Investment Bank. * Spot silver XAG= was at $15.34 an ounce, up 1.3 percentfrom its previous finish * London silver fix XAGFIX= at $15.090 an ounce. PLATINUM * July PLN9 down $5.10 at $1,268.10 an ounce on lightprofit-taking after the previous session’s gains.
SILVER * July SIN9 up 12.5 cents at $15.350 an ounce, trackinggold’s direction * Ranged from $14.925 to $15.390 * COMEX estimated 10 a.m volume at 21,882 lots. * Gold/oil ratio at 13.20, lower than the 13.40 of theprevious session. * Spot gold XAU= traded at $954.80, up 0.1 percent fromits previous session * London gold fix XAUFIX= at $947.50 an ounce. * Weak gold jewelry demand amid poor retail sales hurtprices, and open interest in gold is expected to drop further -Gero. * Gold import from top buyer India dropped 39 percent froma year ago – Bombay Bullion Association. [ID:nBOM132429] * Simmering geopolitical tensions in the Middle East andthe Korean peninsular, inflation worries and a first influenzapandemic in 40 years provided background support to gold as asafe haven – traders * COMEX estimated 10 a.m volume at 63,656 lots.
rates make goldfuture spreads more expensive and prompt traders to look forother investment opportunities – George Gero, vice president ofRBC Capital Markets Global Futures. [ID:nN11335223] * Rising Treasury yields and high interest rates arenegative for gold and other investments perceived as riskier,because of the higher opportunity costs of owning them * Sellers reappear as higher long-term U.S. Treasury yields had risen to theirhighest levels in eight months amid concerns about theincreasing U.S. budget deficit and the government’s borrowingability in the long term – traders.