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Article: MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 19, 2001.
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- July 19, 2001
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
THE STAR
- The KLSE continued its upward trend yesterday with heavy buying, sending the benchmark Composite Index (CI) up a further 10 points to 647.
- Conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd has raised the stakes in the battle for Palmco Holdings Bhd, acquiring an additional 33.87 million shares yesterday, representing a 22 per cent equity interest in it at RM4.60 per share via a direct business transaction.
- Shares of United Engineers (M) Bhd (UEM), under pressure for a long time on perceptions of poor corporate governance and because of its heavy debt burden, are likely be ...