AsiaPulse News back issues from May 2000:
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... Good Morning. This is the Asia Pulse International service of business intelligence, news, tenders and expert commentary on the economies of Asia provided by Asia Pulse Pte Ltd (Asia Pulse). Asia Pulse reserves all rights including copyright in relation to services ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR UNDER PRESSURE - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar started the new week under pressure and while it is expected to mark time over the next couple of days the general outlook does not favour much of a bounce. "We're going to start slow. "There are holidays in Europe and ...
FOREIGN COMPANIES OFFERING BIZ PACKAGES UNIQUE TO KOREAN MARKET.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - Many foreign companies in the financing and computer industries are introducing business packages that adapt to the unique circumstances in Korean society. Citibank is trying to penetrate a loan market with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) ...
ALL INDIA PRICE INDEX UP BY 4 POINTS IN MARCH.
May 01, 2000 ... SHIMLA(N.INDIA), May 1 Asia Pulse - The All India Price Indexnumber of industrial workers (base 1982-100) registered an increase of four points during March and stood at 434. The corresponding increase during the month was one point last year, Labour Bureau sources said. ...
INDIAN GOVT FAVOURS BILATERAL TRAFFIC RIGHTS TO FOREIGN AIRLINES.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian Government has favoured the granting of bilateral traffic rights to foreign airlines in a liberal manner, creating more international hubs and allowing tour charters to enhance international air services into the country. At a meeting on ...
INDIA TO OFFER MORE COAL BED METHANE BLOCKS TO PVT COS THIS YEAR.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Indian Petroleum Minister Ram Naik has said that government would soon offer more Coal Bed Methane oil blocks to private companies during this year. "Government had decided to award a block in Raniganj area in West Bengal(eastern state) to a private ...
KOREAN TRADE MINISTER TO VISIT INDONESIA, INDIA.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - State Minister for Trade Han Duck-soo will visit Indonesia and India Wednesday through May 12, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry said Saturday. Han, who will meet the Japanese trade minister in the ASEAN meeting in Myanmar May 2, will arrive in ...
INTEL MALAYSIA TO INVEST US$105 MLN IN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.
May 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 Asia Pulse - Intel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, an assembler and tester of microchips manufacture, will invest RM$400 million (US$105 million) to set up its latest test technology development centre in the next 12 months in the northwestern Penang state. ...
VIETNAM REGISTERS 34% EXPORT VALUE IN FOUR MONTHS.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Businesses across the country obtained a combined export value of US$ 4.15 billion in the first four months of this year, an increase of 34 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office. In April alone, businesses posted an export ...
ANZ AND STANCHART TO FORM TASK FORCE TO EASE MERGER.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - ANZ Grindlays and Standard Chartered Bank will set up joint task forces in each country including India to smoothen the merger and streamline operations. ANZ Grindlays had on Thursday announced sale of its Middle-east and south Asia banking ...
SCMP.COM PROVIDES TOTAL WEB SOLUTION FOR HONG KONG LIFE.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HONG KONG, April 28 PRNI-HK-AsiaNet - TotallyHK.com, a hot new Web site aimed at being the ultimate information resource for anyone wanting to live and work in Hong Kong, was launched this morning by SCMP.com, the fast-growing ...
INDIAN TELECOM MAJOR MTNL RECORDS 30 PCT RISE IN PROFITS.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - India's state-owned telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has recorded a 30.5 per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 16.936 billion (US$388 million) for the year ending March 31, 2000 as compared to Rs 12.972 billion in the previous year. ...
KOREA THRUNET SIGNS CONTENT CONTRACT WITH AUSTRALIA'S DIGITALONE.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) SEOUL, South Korea and NEW YORK, April 28 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: KOREA) today announced it has signed a content agreement with Australian online music broadcasting Company, DigitalOne which will ...
EU SLAPS 20.4% ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON KOREAN COLOR TV BRAUN TUBES.
May 01, 2000 ... BRUSSELS, May 1 Asia Pulse - The European Union has decided to slap a provisional 20.4-percent anti-dumping charge on 14-inch color television Braun tubes imported from South Korea, according to the April 27 edition of its gazette. The additional duty will be imposed for six ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, May 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW - Budget structure criticism; Indonesia relationships further strained after jet incident; Bill Gates faces stark choice over break-up proposal. - Hopes for high ...
INDIA'S MTNL TO SET UP VC FUND, START CELLULAR OPERATIONS.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - India's state-owned telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will commence its GSM cellular operations and set up a venture capital fund for IT and telecom in the current fiscal year. The company said it was planning to set up a research ...
FRENCH CEMENT MAJOR LAFARGE ACQUIRES RAYMOND CEMENT IN INDIA.
May 01, 2000 ... MUMBAI, May 1 Asia Pulse - French cemnt major Lafarge has acquired Raymond Cement, the Rs 20 billion flagship company of India's Vijaypat Singahania Group, for Rs 7.85 billion (US$180 million) , subject to regulatory and other necessary approvals. This is the second major ...
AUSTRALIA'S IMPULSE AIRLINES EXPECTS PROFITS IN FIRST YEAR.
May 01, 2000 ... BRISBANE, May 1 Asia Pulse - Cut-price carrier Impulse Airlines expects to make money in its first year of operations, according to executive chairman Gerry McGowan. Mr McGowan also dismissed comparisons with Compass, the infamous airline which failed twice in the early 1990s, ...
EXPORTS BASED ON L/CS SHOW REDUCTIONS IN JAN.-FEB. PERIOD.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - Exports based on letters of credit (LC) are decreasing greatly in contrast to those based on buyer credit alone, increasing the risk for non-payment for exporters, the Bank of Korea said Monday. Exports through LCs in January and February came to ...
INDIA SIGNS MoU WITH SRI LANKA FOR IT TRAINING PROGRAMME.
May 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - India has entered into an agreement with Sri Lanka to model the latter's computer training programmes on the lines of DOEACC scheme under the federal Ministry of Information Technology (MIT). Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed ...
STANDARD & POOR'S ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN S&P ASIA PACIFIC 100 INDEX.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, April 28 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P Asia Pacific 100 Index after the close of trading Tuesday May 2, 2000: Deletion: Pioneer International ...
FIAT TO INVEST $US 120 MLN TO INCREASE PRODUCTION IN INDIA.
May 01, 2000 ... BANGALORE, May 1 Asia Pulse - Fiat India Automobiles Ltd planned to invest US$120 million to increase the production capacity in its Kurla plant in Mumbai, a top company official has said. The present capacity of 25,000 units of car would be increased to 50,000 or 60,000 units ...
KOREAN ECONOMY THIS WEEK - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - Outlook of major economic issues this week: Motor Show and Daewoo Sale The Korea Import Motor Show opens in Seoul with press conferences by participating auto makers Wednesday. It will open to the public Thursday and last through May 10. ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN POSITIVE - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian sharemarket pushed into positive territory in early trade with gains in media heavyweight News Corp helping to buoy the market. This helped to offset mixed signals from Wall Street, which saw the local bourse turn lower in the first few ...
PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGES MAY ADOPT NEW SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS.
May 01, 2000 ... KARACHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - All the three stock exchanges in Pakistan may switch over to a single National Clearing and Settlement System sometimes in June or July this year. Sources in the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan say a team of Asian Development Bank ...
SAUDI PAK INVESTMENT CO APPROVES US$9.73 MLN IN FINANCING.
May 01, 2000 ... ISLAMABAD, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company (Pvt) Limited has approved a total financing of Rs 505 million (US$9.73 million) to eight companies. The financing was approved by the Board of Directors of Saudi Pak Industrial and ...
STANDARD CHARTERED BUYS ANZ STAKES IN S.ASIA.
May 01, 2000 ... KARACHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) announced here that it had acquired the ANZ Grindlays business in the Middle East and South Asia. The total consideration is approximately worth $1.34bn. The combination of two businesses will position Standard Chartered as the ...
PAKISTAN'S MCB, AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE SIGN NETWORK AGREEMENT.
May 01, 2000 ... KARACHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Muslim Commercial Bank Limited (MCB) and Aventis CropScience Pakistan (Pvt) Limited (Acentis Pakistan), have entered into an agreement for MCB Network Express (a Collection Service). This is an addition in the existing collection system of Aventis ...
MOODY'S TO KEEP KOREA'S CURRENT SOVEREIGN RATING FOR THE PRESENT.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - Leading credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service will likely maintain the country's sovereign rating at the present level for the time being. Moody's managing director Vincent Truglia said it will be difficult for the credit ratings of Asian ...
TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATED AND NON-CONSOLIDATED RESULTS.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO, May 1 Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet - Toshiba Corporation has announced its consolidated and non-consolidated results for the fiscal year ended March 2000. 1) General Overview of Fiscal Year 1999 The economic environment ...
PAKISTAN EXPORTS DEFENCE PRODUCTS WORTH US$21 MLN IN 1998-99.
May 01, 2000 ... ISLAMABAD, May 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan exported defence products worth $21 million during 1998-99, reflecting a great potential in this field to earn and save precious foreign exchange for the country. "We have vast potential in this area, if properly explored and projected," ...
PAKISTAN'S INCONSISTANT, OPAQUE POLICIES BLOCK EU INVESTMENT.
May 01, 2000 ... LAHORE, May 1 Asia Pulse - Inconsistent and unpredictable government policies, and lack of transparency in rules and procedures are the main impediments to European Union (EU) foreign investment in Pakistan, according to European Commission official C. Vardakis. Other ...
NETSOL INT'L TO LAUNCH INTERNET SERVICES IN PAKISTAN.
May 01, 2000 ... KARACHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - NetSol International, Inc., first Pakistani company listed at the Nasdaq, is launching nationwide Internet services in Pakistan through its wholly owned subsidy eReady. With the brand name of NetSol CONNECT's, eReady plans to commence its operation in ...
MALAYSIA'S MSC CENTRAL INCUBATOR TARGETS 1000 TENANTS BY 2003.
May 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 Asia Pulse - The MSC Central Incubator (MCI) plans to increase the number of multimedia company tenants to 1000 by 2003, said its head, Dr Norsaidatul Akmar Mazlan. Since its launch last July, MCI currently has 66 tenants and with their ability to churn out ...
KOREA'S TRADE SURPLUS REACHES US$225 MLN IN APRIL.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - The trade surplus in April amounted to 225 million dollars on a preliminary basis, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said Monday. Exports for the month hit US$13.64 billion based on a ...
PAKISTAN BUSINESS DELEGATION VISITS IRAQ.
May 01, 2000 ... KARACHI, May 1 Asia Pulse - A Pakistans business delegation, headed by Minister of State and Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Tariq Ikram, visited Iraq last week to coincide with EPB's participation in ...
CHINADOTCOM ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HONG KONG, May 1 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - chinadotcom corporation (Nasdaq: CHINA) (Website - www.corp.china.com), the leading pan-Asian integrated Internet company, has announced that its Shareholders had approved a 2-for-1 stock ...
PHILIPPINES iAYALA SIGNS WAP DEAL WITH YAHOO ASIA.
May 01, 2000 ... MANILA, May 1 Asia Pulse - iAyala, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ayala Corporation today signed an agreement with Yahoo! Asia to provide a range of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services to Globe Telecom customers. WAP is a computer language that allows individuals to ...
NETOP REMOTE CONTROL RELEASES WINDOWS-READY VERSION.
May 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) BIRKEROD, Denmark May 1 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Very few international software companies have specialised in Remote control programmes aimed for PC networks and the Internet, thus making it an attractive niche business for ...
VIETNAMESE LABOURERS TO BENEFIT FROM HCM HIGHWAY.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Construciton of the Youth Volunteer section of the Ho Chi Minh Highway will also involve paid local labour, helping poverty alleviation and reducing costs by five to ten per cent, says the deputy general director of the project's management board, Pham Hong Son. ...
PAKISTAN BANDWIDTH RATES CUT TO BENEFIT INTERNET USERS.
May 01, 2000 ... ISLAMABAD, May 1 Asia Pulse - The benefits of reduction in bandwidth rates given to Internet service providers (ISPS) by the Government would definitely filter down to the end users, a spokesman of the Ministry of Science and Technology said. Clarifying certain press reports, ...
VIETNAM'S INVESTMENT ABROAD REACHES US$4.9MLN IN ONE YEAR.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - In the past year ended in April Vietnam carried out 11 projects abroad with a total investment capital of US$4.9 million, the highest such figure so far recorded by the country. Also in the past year, overseas projects have expanded to include financial ...
VIETNAM'S HO CHI MINH CITY UPS EXPORT OF LABOURERS.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Ho Chi Minh City plans to send 5,000 workers abroad this year, 10,000 in 2001 and between 12,000 and 15,000 in 2002 and the following years, according to the municipal People's Committee. Those who are eligible but incapable of paying their own way will ...
INTERNATIONAL BANK MALAYSIA OFFERS `COSY HOME' LOANS.
May 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 Asia Pulse - International Bank Malaysia Bhd has introduced a new home loan scheme, Cosy Home Bonus Scheme, that provides a high margin of finance of up to 95 percent. This loan scheme consists of two attractive housing packages, the Cosy Home Bonus and Cosy ...
MALAYSIA 'S CB INDUSTRIAL EXPECTS TO MAINTAIN PROFIT LEVEL.
May 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 Asia Pulse - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd expects to maintain a similar profit level for the current financial year to that of a pre-tax profit of RM10.3 million (US$2.71 million) achieved at the end of Dec 31, 1999, its chairman and managing director Lim Chai Beng ...
VIETNAM'S SOEs URGED TO SPEED UP RESTRUCTURING & EQUITISATION.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - Ho Chi Minh City authorities have instructed the municipal Enterprise Renovation Board to present the list of State-owned enterprises (SOE) slated to go public this year by the end of this month. They have also directed the Council for Enterprise Value ...
EDUVERSE.COM TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE TO CHINA SCHOOLS.
May 01, 2000 ... BANGKOK, May 1 Asia Pulse - eduverse.com, a leading English as a Second Language online educational publisher, said here it had signed an agreement with the China Central Educational Technology Center (CCETC) to provide its educational software products throughout China's primary and ...
SONY GROUP NET PROFIT FALLS 32% IN FY99.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp (TSE:6758) said Friday group net profit for the fiscal year ended March dropped 32% to 121.8 billion yen, the second straight year of decline, after the strong yen pushed down sales. The yen's exchange rate appreciated by 15% against the ...
AUSTRALIA PLAYS DOWN MILITARY JET INTERCEPTION BY INDONESIAN F5s.
May 01, 2000 ... CANBERRA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's rocky relationship with Indonesia has hit a new low after an armed Indonesian military plane flew within six metres of five unarmed Australian air force aircraft. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the Australian government would not ...
JAPAN'S SANYO SHOOTS FOR 38% GROWTH IN FY2000 CELL PHONE SALES.
May 01, 2000 ... OSAKA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Sanyo Electric Co. (TSE:6764) on Friday announced a business plan that targets 170 billion yen (US$1.59 billion) in cellular telephone sales in fiscal 2000, up 38% on the year. The consumer electronics manufacturer aims to double overseas sales of ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MAY 1, 2000.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - MITI To Launch Net Database On Terms Of Franchise Contracts - Terumo Develops Artificial Blood Vessels To Treat Aneurysms - MOF To Disclose Budget ...
JAPAN'S ADVANTEST POSTS 19% RISE IN GROUP NET PROFIT FOR FY99.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Advantest Corp. (TSE:6857) announced Friday that its consolidated net profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 grew 19% on the year to 22.4 billion yen (US$210.52 million), buoyed by strong sales of semiconductor testers in South Korea and Singapore. ...
JAPAN'S HINO MOTORS POSTS US$147.5 MLN PRETAX LOSS FOR FY99.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Hino Motors Ltd. (TSE:7205) said Friday that it recorded a 15.7 billion yen (US$147.5 million) pretax loss for fiscal 1999, better than the 42.7 billion yen loss it posted the year before, but worse than its previous forecast of an 11.3 billion yen loss. ...
VIETNAM'S SAIGON PORT LAUNCHES NEW CONTAINTER PIER.
May 01, 2000 ... HANOI, May 1 Asia Pulse - The future of Saigon Port is looking good following the beginning of operations of the affiliated container pier K21B in Tan Thuan wharf early last month, according to the port's general director, Tran Van On. This is the last pier belonging to the ...
SACKED INDONESIAN MINS COULD TAKE LEGAL ACTION: HOUSE SPEAKER.
May 01, 2000 ... JAKARTA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Former ministers Yusuf Kalla and Laksamana Sukardi could sue President Abdurrahman Wahid if they could prove themselves innocent of the corruption charges levelled against them by the president, House Speaker Akbar Tanjung said at the weekend. The ...
PUTIN TO VISIT TOKYO FOR FORMAL SUMMIT IN LATE AUG.
May 01, 2000 ... ST PETERSBURG, May 1 Asia Pulse - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin agreed here Saturday night that Putin would pay an official visit to Japan in late August, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said. The specific date will be ...
AUSTRALIAN FM PRAISES INDONESIAN PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP.
May 01, 2000 ... CANBERRA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Australia has generally been very impressed with the leadership of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and wanted to give him support, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. "In general terms I have to say we've been very impressed with Mr ...
JAPAN TOBACCO JOINT VENTURE TO PLANT LOW-PROTEIN GM RICE.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Japan Tobacco In (TSE:2914) and UK firm AstraZeneca Plc's 50-50 joint venture announced Friday it will begin late next month experimental cultivation of genetically modified rice. Orynova KK, established in October, will cultivate rice plants ...
HITACHI, TOSHIBA, FUJITSU IMPROVE EARNINGS IN FY99.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Hitachi Ltd. (TSE:6501), Toshiba Corp. (TSE:6502) and Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702) all posted strong consolidated operating profits in fiscal 1999 thanks to higher semiconductor revenues and the success of restructuring efforts. Hitachi and Fujitsu both ...
JAPAN'S DAIICHI MUTUAL FIRE COLLAPSES UNDER INVESTMENT LOSSES.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Co. will soon formalize a decision to give up efforts to continue operations, paving the way for another company to take over the financially troubled midsize insurer, sources close to the matter said Sunday. The ...
NISSAN DIESEL TO CUT LIABILITIES BY US$752 MLN YEN IN 5 YRS.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Through collaboration with leading shareholders Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co (TSE:7201), Nissan Diesel Motor Co. (TSE:7210) plans to slash procurement costs by 60 billion yen (US$563.9 million) within three years and consolidated liabilities by 80 billion yen ...
JAPAN'S CHIBA KOGYO BANK TO GET CAPITAL INFLOW FROM FUJI BANK.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Chiba Kogyo Bank (TSE:8337) said Friday it will become an affiliate of Fuji Bank (TSE:8317) after receiving a 25 billion yen capital injection from the city bank via a third-party share allocation. The regional bank will also apply to the Financial Reconstruction ...
JAPAN'S CONSTRUCTION SPENDING TO RISE 0.5% IN FY2000.
May 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, May 1 Asia Pulse - Combined government and private sector spending on construction is likely to inch up 0.5% in fiscal 2000 to 71.22 trillion yen (US$669.36 billion), the Ministry of Construction predicted Friday. The first increase in four years is thanks to strong private sector ...
INDONESIA'S ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY FACING CRISIS: MINISTER.
May 01, 2000 ... JAKARTA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Mines and Energy Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted the national electricity industry is now facing a crucial problem as a consequence of growth in the number of electricity users, limitedness of power generating capacities, lack of capital and ...
HYUNDAI INV'T TRUST TO ANNOUNCE RESTRUCTURING PLAN TUESDAY.
May 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Hyundai Group will announce a final restructuring plan for troubled Hyundai Investment Trust and Securities Tuesday. The conglomerate's restructuring committee will discuss a final outline before making the announcement, a senior group executive ...