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Passenger convenience is the mantra Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) seems to be adopting, to impress upon people the need to take buses every day.

Plan", and,together with the Canadian Plan, the "Plans"), including successfullyclosing US$ 800 million exit financing facilities. They have officially completed thereorganization and financial restructuring contemplated in the CanadianPlan of Reorganization and Compromise (as amended, the "Canadian Plan")and the Joint Plan of Reorganization (as amended, the "U.S. (Reporting by Abhinav Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by DeepakKannan) Stocks Bonds. MONTREAL, CANADA, Jul 21 (MARKET WIRE) -- Quebecor World Inc. and its affiliated debtors and debtors-in-possessionannounced today that they have successfully emerged from protection underthe Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada ("CCAA") and Chapter11 of the U.S Bankruptcy Code.

Shares of the company closed at $31.97 Tuesday on the NewYork Stock Exchange. * Q2 adj EPS $1.29 vs est $1.09 Stocks  |  Bonds * Net investment income rises 6 pct July 21 (Reuters) - StanCorp Financial Group (SFG.N), aprovider of employee benefit products and services, posted asecond-quarter profit that topped Wall Street estimates, helpedby higher net investment income. For the quarter, net income was $56.3 million, or $1.15 ashare, compared with $48.4 million, or 98 cents a share, a yearearlier Excluding items, the company earned $1.29 a share Revenue rose to $693.7 million from $688.9 million lastyear. Analysts on average expected the company to earn $1.09 ashare, excluding items, on revenue of $682.1 million, accordingto Reuters Estimates Net investment income rose 6 percent to $145.4 million. Seagate shares rose 22 cents, or 2 percent, from its closeof $11.20 on Nasdaq. (Reporting by David Lawsky; Editing Bernard Orr) Stocks France. The company said it saw revenue of $2.4 billion to $2.6billion in the fiscal first quarter, better than it hadpredicted in June.