Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, November 22, 1978

Issue date: Wednesday, November 22, 1978
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg fret november 43 Fira no says report by Glenn Somerv tilt Wasyl Moon up Canadas foreign invest fluent a sew Agency is m obstacle of investors who want to take advantage of opportunities in the Ift Canadian an analysis prepared by the embassy in Ottawa the foreign investment review a Eticy routinely approves More than 90 per cent of new investment and takeover so companies should still look North despite the modest prospects for Canadian the report real economic growth in 1977 was a percent and Wilt continue below its potential this year probably averaging four per cent or less the embassy report it estimates the Canadian Economy could potentially grow at a real at the same consumer prices Are Likely to Rise this year at rate Well above the eight pet cent Pace in and unemployment Mil exceed per the embassy study sounds a warning note about possibly More militant labor noting that wage rates and average weekly earnings have been declining in real terms after discounting for inflation for nearly a time lost through strikes has been increasing and unions Are demanding Shorter work while Canadas current account balance Mem financier seeks Columbia Stock the los Angeles times new York millionaire financier Kirk Kerkorian says that he plans to make a tender offer for shares or about 20 per cent of the outstanding common Stock of Columbia pictures industries through his wholly owned Racinda investment Kerkorian will pay per common or about the principal share Holder of already owns about of Columbia if enough shares Are Korian would end up with 25 per cent ownership of the Columbia Stock enough to make him by far the largest single stockholder in who either personally or through Racinda owns 48 per cent of the Mem said in an interview that he has no intention of either disposing of his Mem he is vice chairman of Mem is my Home and it will always be my he we have come into Columbia As an we like we have something to offer manage but it is their manage ment Kerkorian said that his Mem experience enables him to offer useful advice to he said he has absolutely no plans to seek working control of but added that he would seek to in crease the 10man Columbia Board to 12 and designate the two additional in International transactions in goods and services has been improving Selling pressure against the Dollar remains the study that Means the government has to be cautious in both its monetary and taxation Hie current account deficit of billion in 1977 narrowed to an annual rate of billion in the first half of but the Canadian dollars value has been driven Down from an average 97 cents in 1977 to a current value of about 85 from the Market opportunities will vary considerably by the study in the Atlantic there Are possibilities for Selling fish processing machinery As Well As forestry and mining and in markets Are picking up for such Security related equipment As smoke and process control to markets Are retail sales there Are weak and investment and construction activity slow at this it will be six months or More before Ontario markets the embassy study in Manitoba and farm incomes Are but Overall the Manitoba Economy looks soft while the main opportunities for companies Are for sales of mining and construction supplies in Alberta is the Best provincial Market for compan particularly for exports of Oil and Gas specialized financial construction heavy equipment and chemical Industry the embassy the study was completed before the Canadian budget was presented last As the study had the government had Little room to manoeuvre in the budget statement and made no sweeping changes in tax Toronto Stock quotations and averages Toronto stocks distributed by up Toronto Stock 22 quotations in cents unless marked sex net change is from previous boar lot closing net Stock sales High Low fige a and b 32500 250 245 250 435 435 435 2500 325 325 325 5 8450 16 300 15 15 i 37 37 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Tran b or Trail was irn nac a i Mac it Trinity res 7700 trl Zec cup 3020 Tzec w 10000 Truxall 2200 Turbo cd a Turbo cd b Ulster pet Ultra mar Ugas a Union Oil u Canso u Keno u Siscoe in tire a in tire 7p us of 47 22 us 45 si6t 17 400 400 13500 113 22s 600 7350 300 10150 1000 1000 1200 Verst Cor p 2200 t 4 Verstl c w i Centre Vulcan ind Dino co 0 walk go a walk go b Wrinn Weld Wod a Seburne coast it w pet a p 300 400 100 200 79i 100 1500 1700 3400 800 Ioc 11 475 475 164 153 9 ii 25 164 360 34s 2 2 77 77 144 140 516a 7j4 10 220 220 300 300 190 190 14 j 191 191 516 8 16 38 38 45 i t 475 162 10 9 11 25 i64 345 16 77 142 i t 10b 9 t i 10 220 5 300 190 5 u 191 7 8 16 i 38 38 135 135 135 2 18 t 22 516 18 other exchanges Vancouver Richardson securities wednesday november 15 4 320b 525b 34b 23a ibb 21 10 2lb 40a 9b Richardson securities november 1978 or cd 10 3d a Foll Job miss Island w5 Pedro mines Castex twin Richfield Western Warfjr Loftt Idoa industrials Bank of b c Daon Dev it Nat Lana grouse Man has of Coa inter inc into Mydra new sets mines oils Alton mrs Barrier it Bath Norse by Dev can Nat res Cut Mil Chev Petro Cost car Cprek Oseka res convex giant it Gib mrs it merculus res Hecate goo Hima res int Brennac int Tyrni mrs Loren eng Man state Ven Piper Pete Plains Pete Sabina so Forth mrs Silver std sonic rav stamp inti sunlit on Tacoma res Unold fort Val Ltd cop Westmount Kes 1978 or cd 1030 60 85 300 32 35 340 1175 43 41 460 330 4 400 so 12 500 66 125 525 90 45 51 28 16 265 70 80 375 40 73 56 50 10 495 6 60 u 850 185 i250a 42 47b 450b 3250 40b i2b 036 90b 40b is 26 i6b 15 cd 265b tub 75b 370b 406 65b 58 m lob 13 Job s2sc 182b Dow Jones new York a closing averages open High Low close 30 ind 799 98 56 20 trn 0 59 Istl 6sstk 273 w 043 stocks volumes utile 65 St wednesday Ham 99 pmt5e tse 300 minerals final Gas Industry utilities consume merch Forest transit pipeline manage comm golds building Index 1978 1978 close Cage High Low 18 1758 79 1211 13 117958 121877 125857 231985 Montreal Montreal change indices Banks paper chador 4l 71 141 92 or close 211 18 191 94 we ago 205 43 it Halo 211 00 1978 High 226 01 1978 Low 1977 High 18799 67 1977 wednesday ii if m 212 191 Banks 92 comp paper 141 85 wednesday Gold 1718 paper 1240 3 noon Gold 1054 paper Standard poors new York poors 500 Stock Index tuesday huh Low close 400 Indus 20 40 util 40 find ii 36 500 Saks 94 49 wednesday Ham comp Indus trans noon noon prices Are unavailable 12 is net Slock Sulev High Low p m Che Stock 12 is net sales High Low d m Choe coast t mine we Stair p West Licud Weston Watn j p while p a Khonok a Wilco Willroy Windfall Wood reef 1530 11 1300 425 425 200 16 13800 440 420 500 to Zio Ino 500 3000 15 z60 220 5000 1000 56 16 8 is 220 ii 42 s 16 45 20 s6 1a 8 is 220 16 39 5 Wool Wal a or Harg Vuk Bear Zollers a bbl r in by run c Perm in c realty u to realty 96 5 zoo 519 250 96 200 1200 9f Trust units 300 516a 168 43ro 1100 200 2120 13 8 16e 8 sales to noon steady London a the Dollar held steady in quiet trading on foreign Exchange markets Gold prices fell in reaction to the auction tuesday from the Gold re the steadiness of the Dol Lar suggested it May have found its place after three weeks of fluctuation after president Carters announcement 1 of tight Money measures to halt the slide of the american cur the Dollar dropped to new lows at the end of but while the Dol la Rescue plan has brought an rates Are still Well below what they were at the beginning of a skid nearly two years in the Dollar closed Down 225 tuesday at in terms of Cana Dian rates at mid morning on the major european markets were Amsterdam up from farm and food from Union stockyards the cow Market made up a major portion of receipts and most classes were steady at the Winnipeg stockyards top Grade cows met a moderate demand while heavy Cutler and canner cows met a Good top steers were scarce but traded a few top heifers also traded the 11 estimated hog Price was slam Fluhler cattle am calves Al i steers Over ibs 61 under ibs 6003 a3 Al 2 Belt ers Over 8so ibs under 850 58 a3 54 do 2 cows 43 d3 sob 80b 300ta 32b 16b 340b o5 3941 50 shells and poor condition Good bulls Good Butcher calves feeder cattle and Calvet Good feeder steers Over 800 600 800 ibs 500600 ibs 7080 Good Stock heifers Over 550 5966 Good Heiler calves 400500 ibs 6373 Host the Manitoba hog producers marketing boards estimated average Price was yesterdays average was 477 12 on sales of hogs Domestic sows sold for Export sows sold Tor 70 prices at Brandon Stock Yards Slaughter cattle and Calvet Al 2 steers Over 6164 ai2 heifers Over 850 5961 dl2 cows 41 d3 o5 34 Good bulls 54 56 feeder cattle and calves Iso Good feeder steers Over 800 ibs 600 800 500600 ibs 400500 ibs Good Stock heifers Over 550 ibs Good Stock helter calves 400 500 65 from commodity Grain prices were unchanged to higher in mod Erate trading at the open on the Winnipeg commodity Exchange Oats and Rye were not opening prices nov not open l 20 a tonne higher 307 March 80 cents higher and not flax nov Ana dec not May unchanged 267 july unchanged 264 oct not open feed a emf dec 30 cents Luger March i 3d higher May 50 higher 95 july higher 94 10 Barley dec l 00 higher March 70 cents higher 77 May july not open prices were higher through mid session Trad ing tuesdays volume of Trade was tonnes of of feed of Vancouver of 460 of Rye and of mid Esmao prices Vancouver rapt my not 3 10 higher 309 March higher june higher 299 sept 3 00 higher nov higher flax nov not higher 266 May 3 90 higher july 4 00 higher 268 higher feed wheat dec 60 cents higher March 1 40 higher May i 20 higher 96 july higher 94 10a dec u cents higher 78 March 100 higher 78 10a May 60 cents higher july 40 cents higher 77 Oats dec 90 cents higher March l 00 higher 81 May w Hilgner july 70 cents higher 80008 the not 80 cents higher 99 May higher july 50 higher 106 sob Market from new the Stock Market held fairly steady in sluggish pre Holiday trading the Dow Jones average of 30 Industrial stocks slipped to 80153 in the first hour of trading on the new York Stock gainers and losers were closely matched in the Early there were 483 issues up and 451 Down in volume in the first hour was a fairly Light Mil lion analysts noted no partic ular news influencing on tuesday the Ket ended a fou Day rally in slow although weakness in the Dollar on tuesday was cited As one some analysts Sug cautiously awaiting sow developments to Provitz further the Dollar improved a bit on Many currency markets abroad but foreign Exchange trading was also slow and the Dollar moved in a narrow up y2 to topped the nose most Active list in the Early the retail company tues Day announced increased profits but slower sales in its latest fiscal other actively traded issues included Tucson Gas and up to Ralston unchanged at and hous ton natural off to the nose composite Index of All listed common Stock slipped to tested that the Market was from Montreal prices were generally higher in moderate noon time trading on the Montre Al Stock Exchange volume at 11 est was shares compared with shares traded up to the same time the composite Index climbed to industrials to and utilities to Banks dipped to and papers to Simpsons gained Tyg at Inco a at Noreen Energy resources at Pacific Petrole us at Royal Trust a 14 at Triec 1 at and Bra scan a at Alberta Gas trunk line a lost at and Lauren tide financial at from Toronto rises in Energy and transportation issues sent the Toronto Stock Market up two Points wednesday in moderate mid morning the tse 300 Index Rose two to with advances in two of its four most heavily weighted Oil and Gas stocks climbed to and Industrial products to while financial services slipped to and metals and minerals to transportation shares jumped More than 60 Points to Lead the five gainers among the other 10 groups within the 14unit compos Ite merchandising issues were the biggest of the five volume of trading by 11 totalled shares compared with 000 at the same time tues advances led declines 102 to 82 with 149 issues in trading halts issued at the opening continued in shares of lost River min ing and pan Central explorations at the companies requests pending in tuesdays lost River Rose 15 cents to a new High of 77 cents on the Sale Grain futures Winnipeg yesterdays High Low 10am today or cd 24500 26300 25650 26590 26210 26800 26200 27000 26710 26450 26050 26740 26450 26500 26250 no of my by of oat5 of 8520 8470 8570 8480 my 8080 7980 8160 8080 my 8030 7960 by 7990 7930 Barley de 7760 7690 7830 7740 my 7760 7660 7800 7710 my 7740 7610 7760 7700 by 7760 7710 Rye nov 9700 of 9890 9700 9920 9870 my 10590 10400 10620 10560 by 10600 10600 feed of 10940 10900 10980 10910 my 9820 9660 9940 9800 my 9500 9380 9620 9500 by 9290 9250 9410 9290 rapeseed Vancouver no 31900 a 30720 30390 30950 30660 a 30020 29600 30250 29960 jul 29710 29310 29900 29600 be 29600 29300 no 28400 28200 november 1978 open jv322 by 250 it my my Jim my by 6941 aug of while pan Central gained 15 cents to 65 also a on halts issued tuesday continued in shares of Voy Ager Petroleum multiple Access and la Verendrye management pending Voy Ager last traded at a multiple Access at and la Verendrye at a Eastern provincial air ways fell to on the Sale of 200 shares Fol lowing its opening resume the company has announced a special 90cent dividend on common shares and the appointment of Harry Steele As presi Dent and chief executive among other husky Oil advanced 1 to Hudson Bay Oil and Gas Ivi to Westbourne International to newest development a to and Kaiser re sources to Hudson Bay dropped to Tex a Gulf to cae industries a i to Bell Canada to and Bow Valley industries y4 to United Siscoe mines was up to Kerr Addison a to and Westfield minerals 15 cents to Northgate exploration slipped to and Agni co Eagle mines 14 to Canadian Homestead oils Rose to pan Canadian Petroleum to and Merland exploration to Ulster Petroleum was Down one cent to and Canadian hid Rogas resources five cents to produce Crescent fruit Ltd november vegetables cabbage new Texas 50 radishes 36 of bag tomatoes 6x6 30 Green onions Cal i Doz potatoes Man reds eggs Large Large medium Small wee Canada b 39 Canada the above prices Are Tor eggs in ungraded Fob station in minimum lots of 300 dozen in lots of 150 dozen to 300 dozen the minimum Price shall be 14 per dozen less and in lots of less than 150 dozen he Price shall be m per dozen less than that shown in the above prices All poultry prices live i to producers delivering Winnipeg except Chicken broilers Chicken 38 25 1250 205 6m 404 Chicago november de i my 349 my by 322 de 228 in j 238 my 4 by j of my my by 4 soy no a 687 my j my 656 by a under 35 Over 35 Over 6 5 Fovel under 5 5 6 06 broilers Toms hens 4175 it22 520 520 510 Grain inspection cars inspected november 1978 this or last or wheat 1651 w Oats 12 m Barley tit 427 Rye 23 6 flax 57 1 rapeseed a 276 j 17 or and total 35 h4e contract i30 ;