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BCE Announces 1991 4th Quarter & Year-End Results (534 words) |
 | Bell Canada's contributions to BCE's consolidated earnings per common share for the year and for the last quarter of 1991 were $2.97 and $0.74 respectively, the same as in 1990. |
 | Northern Telecom contributed $0.97 to BCE's consolidated earnings per common share for 1991, compared with $0.89 in 1990; and the fourth quarter contribution was $0.40, compared with $0.37 for the same period a year earlier. |
 | BCE is a management holding corporation whose core businesses are provision of telecommunications services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment. |
| TheStreet.com: BCE to Spin Off 37% Stake in Nortel to BCE Shareholders (517 words) |
 | BCE, which owns about 39% of Nortel, one of the world's biggest communication equipment makers, said it would distribute about 37% to BCE shareholders while retaining the remaining 2%. |
 | BCE had been under pressure from investors to spin off its Nortel stake in order to increase the value of the company's other holdings. |
 | BCE's other holdings include Bell Canada, the nation's biggest phone company, as well as CGI and BCE Emergis, which are involved in systems integration and electronic commerce, and BCE Media, a programming and content company. |