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BCE Reports its Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (5180 words) |
 | BCE Inc.'s decision was based on a number of factors, including a revised business plan and outlook of the principal operating segment of Teleglobe with associated funding requirements, a revised assessment of its prospects, and a comprehensive analysis of the state of its industry. |
| BCE recorded a gain of $1,042 million, relating primarily to the tax benefit from (i) reinstating non-capital losses that were previously used to offset the gain on sale of Nortel Networks shares in 2001; and (ii) applying a portion of the capital losses against the gain on the sale of the Directories business in 2002. |
| BCE recorded a charge of $316 million in 2002 ($191 million in the second quarter and $125 million in the fourth quarter), representing a write-down of its investment in BCI to an estimate of its net realizable value. |
| Ptolemy XII of Egypt (278 words) |
| Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX[?] Soter II. |
| He was king of Egypt from 80 BCE until his death. |
| At first, he was coregent with Cleopatra VI[?] Tryphania, but she mysteriously disappears from the records in 69 BCE. |
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