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Article: MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 17, 2007.
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- October 17, 2007
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
BUSINESS TIMES:
- Public Bank Bhd, the country's third-largest lender, posted a 25 per cent rise in its third-quarter net profit on the back of a jump in net interest income and earnings from Islamic banking.
- Idaman Unggul Bhd may announce as early as this month the disposal of its general insurance arm Tahan Insurance Malaysia Bhd and the planned sale of its timber assets, executives familiar with the matter said yesterday.
- Malaysia has revised upwards its 2007 forecast of the value of palm oil exports, in view of rising palm oil prices.
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