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- Bear, Ambac hurt Q1 sector performance
- Canada Equity Preview: Imperial, Magna International, Thomson
- Digital China Announces 2007 Annual Results for the Fiscal Year Ended…

Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Mar 31, 2008
About Public Storage: Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500 and The Forbes Global2000, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed realestate investment trust that primarily acquires, develops, owns andoperates storage facilities. The Company's headquarters are located inGlendale, California. At March 31, 2008, the Company had interests in2,012 storage facilities located in 38 states with approximately 126million net rentable square feet in the United States and 177 storagefacilities located in seven Western European nations withapproximately nine million net rentable square feet. Additional information about Public Storage is available on ourwebsite, www. Forward-Looking Statements: All statements in this press release, other than statements ofhistorical fact, are forward-looking statements which may beidentified by the use of the words "expects," "believes,""anticipates," "should," "estimates" and similar expressions.

Bear, Ambac hurt Q1 sector performance
MarketWatch – Mar 31, 2008
The bond insurer had to sell more than 180 million new shares to raise what it needed to satisfy the rating agencies, almost tripling the total outstanding. Before that, Ambac had just over 100 million shares. When more shares of a company are sold, that divides the future earnings of the business among more investors, leaving a thinner slice for each backer. The sector’s first quarter winners were harder to come by, and only four firms managed to post returns of 10% or better. Public Storage Inc, which operates self-storage facilities across the country, rose about 23% in the quarter…
When more shares of a company are sold, that divides the future earnings of the business among more investors, leaving a thinner slice for each backer. The sector’s first quarter winners were harder to come by, and only four firms managed to post returns of 10% or better. Public Storage Inc, which operates self-storage facilities across the country, rose about 23% in the quarter.

Canada Equity Preview: Imperial, Magna International, Thomson
Bloomberg – Mar 31, 2008
Stocksymbols are in parentheses after company names, and prices arefrom the March 28 close in Toronto. 3percent to 13,233. The benchmark stock index has fallen 4…
InStorage REIT (IS-U CN): The owner of self-storageproperties was rated “sector perform,'' with a share-priceestimate of C$6, in new coverage by RBC Capital Markets analystNeil Downey. Magna International Inc.

Digital China Announces 2007 Annual Results for the Fiscal Year Ended…
Forbes – Mar 31, 2008
“By the end ofreporting year, we essentially completed our strategic transformationinto a ‘customer-focused, service-oriented’ business. Largely as aresult of this, we made significant breakthroughs in terms of bothprofit growth and operating risk management. These were importantsteps in the long-term development of our company. As one of the year’s major developments, the Group’s Servicesbusiness successfully moved from a loss of HK$24 million in FY2006, toa profit of HK$47 million in FY2007. The turnaround was mainly drivenby centralizing R&D initiatives, enhancing & standardizing applicationsoftware sales, improving product support capabilities and, broadeningthe Group’s service offering in the IT operation outsourcing business. FINANCIAL REVIEW Digital China’s turnover for FY2007 was HK$35,244 million,representing an increase of 38. 65% from HK$25,418 million in theprevious fiscal year.

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