IDEAS OF THE DAY (SEE SEPARATE REPORTS FOR DETAILS)
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Results
Note: MAHSING
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Company
Update: NESTLE
l Quick Bites: IOI, SCIENTX
l On Our Radar: ECS
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On
Our Technical Watch: THHEAVY, PJDEV
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Economic
Viewpoint: Malaysia
Industrial Output
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
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Westport
reports 18.8% rise in Q3 earnings, no dividend
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Salcon
returns RM30m to shareholders
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IOI
Plantations gets 76.6% of Unico-Desa shares
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Work
at KLIA2 98% done, should be completed by year-end
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Boustead
Holdings awards torpedo launch contract to BHIC subsidiary
FOREIGN NEWS
HIGHLIGHTS
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T-Mobile US announces offering of 66.2m shares
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UniCredit
CEO sees fourth-quarter profit little changed
ECONOMIC NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (MACRO BITS)
l IPI Expanded By A Marginal 1.0%
l China New-Credit Drop Shows Shadow-Finance Curbs As Leaders
Meet
l India Targets US$2.3b In Asset Sales
l Canada Consumer Confidence Extends Drop On Job Security
l EU And US Resume Trade Deal Talks
l Germany Under Renewed EU Pressure To Lift Domestic Demand
Currencies
l Dollar Gains Versus Most Rivals Except Euro
Commodities
l Brent Oil Rises As Iran Talks End Without Deal
l Gold Falls On Strong Chinese Data, Fed Taper Worries