Sept 4 (Reuters) - North West Company Inc NWC.TO :
* THE NORTH WEST COMPANY INC. ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER
EARNINGS
AND AN INCREASE IN THE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
* NORTH WEST COMPANY INC - DECLARED A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF
$0.40,
AN INCREASE OF $0.01 OR 2.6% PER SHARE
* NORTH WEST COMPANY INC - Q2 CONSOLIDATED SALES INCREASED
4.6% TO
$646.5 MILLION COMPARED TO $618.1 MILLION LAST YEAR
* NORTH WEST COMPANY INC - QTRLY DILUTED EPS $0.73 PER SHARE
COMPARED TO $0.76 PER SHARE LAST YEAR
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