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Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited Announces 2017 Interim Results

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Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited (HKSE: 71) announced last week the unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017 .           For the six months ended 30 June HK$ Million   2017   2016   Change Revenue   1,559   1,485   5% Underlying profit attributable to shareholders*   333   263   27% Underlying earnings per share (Basic)*   57 cents   cents   27% Interim dividend per share   23 cents   20 cents   15%               * Underlying profit attributable to shareholders and underlying earnings per share are calculated by excluding the post-tax effects of the property revaluation movements and other non-operating and non-recurring items such as net gain on disposal of a subsidiary For the six months ended 30 June 2017 (the "Reporting Period"), the Group's unaudited revenue was HK$1,559 million, representing a growth of 5% compared to the six months ended 30 June 2016 (the "Last Corresponding Period"). Excluding the increa...

Miramar Hotel & Investment : and Investment Company, Limited Announces 2017 Interim Results

Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited announced today the unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017 . * Underlying profit attributable to shareholders and underlying earnings per share are calculated by excluding the post-tax effects of the property revaluation movements and other non-operating and non-recurring items such as net gain on disposal of a subsidiary For the six months ended 30 June 2017 (the "Reporting Period"), the Group`s unaudited revenue was HK$1,559 million, representing a growth of 5% compared to the six months ended 30 June 2016 (the "Last Corresponding Period"). Excluding the increase in fair value of our investment properties of HK$416 million and the one-off net gain on disposal of a subsidiary with a property in Central of HK$32 million, unaudited basic underlying profit attributable to shareholders surged significantly by 27% to approximately HK$333 million. The basic underlying earnings per share we...

Behind the Scenes of the Michelle Carter Verdict

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"????>AuthorCreated with Sketch. By Jesse Barron Aug 23, 2017 The text messages started the night her son went missing. Lynn Roy saw the first one around ten-thirty on July 12, 2014: "Do you know where he is?" She saw the second the next day: "Did you call the police yet?" Then a third: "Any news?" The sender, Michelle Carter , was familiar to Lynn as a girl her son, Conrad, texted. She guessed they were friends. It turned out Michelle was right to be worried: That afternoon, July 13, police found Conrad in the parking lot of the Kmart on Route 6 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide from a water pump in the cab of his F-250. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below "Our songs, listen to them and remember me." A few days later, Conrad's father, Conrad Roy II, discovered a spiral-bound jou...