Traffic census for better management

Here's a road traffic census to measure average daily traffic in the state. Starting Wednesday, the chief engineer's office (communications and buildings, South) under the public works department (PWD) will carrying out road census for a week across Karnataka.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States and Europe stepped up pressure on Honduras' de facto government on Tuesday as deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his supporters called on Washington to pave the way for his return. "Although we expect sales comparisons to be lower in thesecond half of the year, we now expect net earnings for theyear to be modestly higher than 2008's record earnings," ChiefExecutive Mogens Bay said in a statement. Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $1.21 pershare, before special items, on revenue of $483.3 million,according to Reuters Estimates. Sales at its utility segment nearly doubled to $199.1million.

Revenue for the company, which also makes mechanizedirrigation equipment for agriculture, rose marginally to $498.8million. For thesecond quarter, net income attributable to the company was$44.2 million, or $1.69 a share, compared with $37.3 million,or $1.41 a share, a year ago. * Q2 EPS $1.69 vs $1.41 yr-ago Stocks * Q2 revenue $498.8 mln vs $497.1 mln yr-ago July 21 (Reuters) - Valmont Industries Inc (VMI.N), a makerof lightning poles and support structures, reported a 17percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher volumes andshipments of large projects at its utility segment. InvestorsThe Children`s Place Retail Stores, Inc.Jane Singer, 201-453-6955Vice President, Investor RelationsorMedia:Sard Verbinnen & CoGeorge Sard/Paul Caminiti/Nathaniel Garnick, 212-687-8080 Copyright Business Wire 2009. The Company, its directors, some of its executive officers and certain other ofits employees are participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of thematters to be considered at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Informationabout the participants is set forth in the definitive proxy statement.Information about the participants` direct or indirect interests in the mattersto be considered at the Annual Meeting is also contained in the proxy statementreferred to above.