The Board of Directors of Petrolina Holdings hiked its interim dividend to 2.5 cent per share from 0.8 cent a year ago and 1.4 cent for the whole of 2004 on the back of a sharp increase in first half profitability. The 2.5 cent interim dividend, representing a yield of 6.5% was open to all

Libra Holidays Group Pcl (LHG) issued a negative profit warning following Helios Airways’ aircraft crash on 14 August 2005. Helios Airways Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of LHG. The management of LHG will issue a more detailed statement concerning the impact on its financial statements at a later stage. LHG reported Net Losses

Emporiki Bank Group S.A. of Greece announced that it has reached a preliminary accord with two Cypriot investors to sell its 75.02% stake in its Cyprus subsidiary, Emporiki Bank (Cyprus) Ltd, subject to regulatory approval. The process may take up to 2 months to complete. Emporiki announced that it will sell its controlling stake in

Nintendo Co. is to introduce Game Boy Micro in Japan on September 13, Jiji Press reported Thursday. Smaller than Game Boy Advance, the new mobile phone-sized game console weighs only 80 grams, is 50 millimetres long and 101 millimetres wide and will be marketed for 12,000 yen (110 dollars). All Game Boy Advance software runs