On a sunny day in Hobart, in contrast to the showery, chilly conditions that had greeted the players for the first half of the match, Bell continued where he had left off on Thursday with some sparkling strokeplay.
Bell continued his impressive form in the series with a chanceless innings, including 15 fours and a six, but one-day skipper Paul Collingwood failed to get some valuable practice ahead of the Test, departing for a fourth ball duck.
In a conference call held before the bell Friday morning, executives continued to strive to reemerge from the wreckage and garner investor support to buy shares that the company plans to introduce in a public offering this spring.
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Before the opening bell, Mr. Bernanke said continued accommodative policies were needed to confront deep problems in the jobs market.
Sinclair did drive Anderson tamely to Bell at short cover but New Zealand continued to profit from England's awful fielding.
Instead of rallying furiously into the close as one might have suspected, the market continued to sink until the closing bell rang.
Yum Brands posted third quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, hitting profit estimates and seeing continued, yet slowing, growth in China.
Wagh overcame the loss of Knight with admirable composure, and continued his march towards three figures despite Ian Bell falling for a duck, caught at third slip off Amjad Khan.
Pietersen lasted only three balls, chasing one that was angled across him to ameliorate Zaheer's anger, while Ganguly's excellent match continued when he claimed the key wicket of in-form Bell, tempting him to nibble outside the off-stump.
Perhaps one of the most representative companies of the global economies, Caterpillar posted fourth quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, more than quadrupling profits and forecasting a better 2011 on continued demand from emerging markets and continued upward momentum in commodity prices.
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Former market darling Chipotle posted first quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, delivering a solid beat on profit on the back of continued store openings, and despite margin pressure from higher salsa and chicken costs and a persistent slowdown in same store sales growth to only 1%.
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American Express and Honeywell, two major Dow components, posted earnings after the bell on Wednesday, both of them beating consensus EPS estimates on rising revenues pointing to a continued, albeit sometimes slow, economic recovery.
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Wells Fargo posted fourth quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday with an EPS of 61 cents, in line with Wall Street expectations as it continued to improve in most lines of business.
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Early afterhours trading saw a continued sell off, as EGPT fell 1.3% only an hour after the closing bell.
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Ntini continued to be one of the most profligate bowlers on show, and he was lofted by Bell for six shortly after being driven through cover for four by the same batsman.
Construction supplies retail and wholesale store Fastenal posted third quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, growing net income 29% and sales 20% on an expanded store-count and continued demand for their products.
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