Reported in The Australian.news.com.au(26/7/06)

“HOKUETSU Paper Mills is poised to become the first major Japanese company to use a poison-pill defence after it rejected an unsolicited $US1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) offer from Oji Paper, Japan’s largest paper manufacturer.
Oji Paper threatened to launch a hostile tender offer after Hokuetsu failed to respond by Monday […]

My articles reporting on the various REIT, interestingly, AmInvestment Group Bhd has newly-launched a fund called AmAsia-Pacific Property Equities (APPE) which invest only in properties and REIT
Further details (The Star 28/7/06) as follows:
AmInvestment Services Bhd chief executive officer Cheah Chuan Loke
APPE, which would invest in the Henderson Horizon Asia-Pacific Property Equities Fund, was suitable for […]

Perhaps, with this record as the best dividend payout player in the Mesdaq’s market, more investors might want to include it into their portfolio hence enhancing its share price.
Reported in The Star(28/7/06)

REDtone International Bhd has emerged as the top Mesdaq-listed company;
in terms of dividend payout following its announcement of 4 sen interim dividend for the […]

Reported In The Star (26/7/06)
“PUBLIC trustee Amanah Raya Bhd (ARB) will make an entry into the real estate investment trust (REIT) market by issuing a combination of conventional and Islamic funds worth approximately RM1 billion in the third quarter of this year.
The company will introduce its conventional REIT worth RM500 million first, followed by its […]

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Reported in the IBNlive.com ((Friday July 14, 02:03 PM)
The National Australian Bank (NAB) has said it plans to outsource 100 credit card processing jobs, with India being a possible destination. The decision to outsource is to bring in greater efficiency. A pilot programme of the NAB, in […]