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Malaysian news

§         EON Capital: Pays final dividend

§         PPB Group: Flour-milling arm gets first go-ahead for Wilmar China unit buy

§         Boustead Holdings: Announces RPT

§         Alam Maritim: Lands Shell job

§         Magna Prima: To develop projects with RM1.6bn GDV

§         TPC Plus: Gets takeover offer from Huat Lai

§         Zecon: Earnings likely to go up with revised toll rates next year

§         Retail: Sales likely to grow 6.5% this year

§         Steel: First coil rolls off Acerinox’s plant in Johor

§         Power: EC seeks players with lowest cost for 4,500MW capacity

§         Healthcare: 3 firms likely to get hospital support services concession renewal

§         Plantation: RM275m for rubber replanting and planting of new trees

Global news

§         US: Bernanke drive for openness may include more briefings

§         Europe: ECB balance sheet increases to record EUR2.73trn

§         Europe: Italy sells EUR9bn of bills as borrowing costs fall

§         Japan: Unemployment rate rises for first time in 3 months

§         Japan: Consumer prices fall for a second month in November

§         Japan: Industrial output slid 2.6% in November from month before

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