In discloses astros game used terms of craig biggio autographed baseball indicates profit contribution, however, the growth inhigher margins services would be enough to offset the continueddecline -- down 13.6 percent -- in corporate and carrier voicerevenue, Morgan Stanley said.(Editing by Victoria Bryan and Marie Maitre) ($1=.7030 Euro). MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp(ONGC.BO) said its net realisation after subsidy payouts fellto $58.25 per barrel in the June quarter from $69.13 a yearago. The state-run refiner said its gross realisation per barrelmore than halved to $60.58 per barrel from $125.83 a year ago,as crude prices came off sharply. "Colt's net cash pile of 243 million euros looks set to groweven if the business does not," it said in a note. Higher-margin data and managed services revenue grew by 2.9percent year-on-year in the quarter, down from 7.5 percent inthe first quarter. The bank said, however, that Colt was able to flex its capexbudget -- down to between 200 million and 250 million euros fromaround 300 million in 2008 -- showing it could cut spendingwhere it saw a lack of growth opportunities. We would expect 2010 also to be a year ofprogress." Morgan Stanley cut its EBITDA forecast for 2009 to 312million euros from 322 million to reflect lower sales growth.
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