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Primasia News, Taiwan, February 2001:

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02.27.2001 - 27 Feb., 2001
Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor pricing out Taiwan foundries?
Lite-On Tech to move into LCD module production
Askey breaks into US market
Ta Chong Bank and Ta Chong Bills Finance to merge
Liquidity conditions still ailing
Cabinet seeking to increase efficiency
Just desserts...?

02.26.2001 - 26 Feb., 2001
Nan Ya pushing DDR DRAM through bundling deal with VIA
Quanta revenue up 35% MoM in February
Etron expects 40% growth in 2001
Hua Nan Bank to move into insurance next month

02.23.2001 - 23 Feb., 2001
Foundry utilization said to drop to 55-60% in 2Q01
ASE conservative on 2001
GVC and Arima still tight with Ericsson
Taishin consolidating financial structure
Slowdown in global demand continues to dampen exports

02.22.2001 - 22 Feb., 2001
ProMOS migration to 0.17um progressing slowly
SEMI's book-to-bill sees fifth month of decline in January
Accton seeks technology gain from merger
Inventec and Toshiba deny NB PC order rumours
Disappointing results for Cathay Life
Exports will continue to disappoint

02.21.2001 - 21 Feb., 2001
Orders galore for Taiwan handset makers
ADT plans LCM investment in China
Winter blues for Wintek in 1Q01
Securities companies delving deep for 2000 dividend payouts

02.20.2001 - 20 Feb., 2001
Increased fiscal spending to the rescue?
SPIL 2000 financials on line
Zinwell expects 30% revenue growth this year
Taiwan monitor makers facing legal action

02.19.2001 - 19 Feb., 2001
VIA nets China CPU orders
Hua Nan Bank in discussion with Lehman to form AMC
Disappointing results for handset makers
Lite-On Tech to make 40% dividend payout
GaAs wafer outsourcing coming Taiwan's way
DGBAS lowers 2001 GDP growth forecast to 5.25%

02.16.2001 - 16 Feb., 2001
Realtek expects revenue of NT$1.2b in 1Q01
Handset makers looking to three-fold production increase in 2001
Ritek earmarks large portion of CAPEX for optical communications
Favorable earnings in January for securities companies
MSCI delays re-evaluation of Taiwan weighting

02.15.2001 - 15 Feb., 2001
The message from UMC's investors' conference: the sector is yet to bottom out
Foreign group plans to acquire Chung Shing Bank
Acer continuing scale down
Gov't suggests easing of regulations on foreign purchase of land

02.14.2001 - 14 Feb., 2001
Macronix bullish on 30% revenue growth in 2001
Picvue to continue to benefit from strong demand for PDA
Loop Telecom goes up-limit for 9th day in a row
Taisdaq hopeful Novatek reports 2000 EPS of NT$7.18
Construction of 4th nuclear power plant back on track

02.13.2001 - 13 Feb., 2001
Sunplus reports strong financials for 2000
Banks turn in high overdue loan numbers in January
Ritek becomes largest shareholder of Gigastorage
MTI EPS score comes in below expectations

02.12.2001 - 12 Feb., 2001
Opinions differ as to the 'when' of semiconductor recovery
New regulations proposed for banking industry
January revenues on a downer
Chunghwa Telecom may shell out NT$6 cash dividend
CD-R makers release gloomy January results
Things looking up for China Steel

02.09.2001 - 09 Feb., 2001
Scorecard of semiconductor revenue for Jan. 2001
ASE revenue affected by IC foundry slowdown
Picvue revenue surges YoY, while Wintek sees fall in growth
Chung Hsing moving into investment-trust business

02.08.2001 - 08 Feb., 2001
UMC's Jan. 2001 revenue exceeds expectations
Revenue generated by DDR chipset will depend of timing of popularity
New Motorola contract for Acer Communication
Rising NPL ratio in Jan. 2001

02.07.2001 - 07 Feb., 2001
2001 TSMC revenue double-digit growth, despite 25% decline in 1Q01
First Commercial Bank still searching for M & A target
Toshiba NB PC orders not finalized
The battle over the fourth nuclear power plant

02.06.2001 - 06 Feb., 2001
Mosel pre-tax expected to hit NT$10b
Taiwan Cellular's 2000 results
Delay of GPRS system
Wintek to pay 4 for 10 stock dividend
CPI increases 2.36% YoY.

02.05.2001 - 05 Feb., 2001
IC design houses benefit from foundry price cut
Nokia move was expected
Banking and insurance link up
TFT-LCD makers restructure

02.04.2001 - 04 Feb., 2001
An update of IC design house Jan. revenue
Central bank of China cuts interest rates
DRAM players' Flash deals concluded
CDIB states plans for 2001
Uncertainty about timing of CD-R market turnaround

02.01.2001 - 01 Feb., 2001
IC design houses saw varying results in Jan. 2001
Slowdown of main economic indicators in Dec. 2000
GVCˇ¦s windfall from Ericsson outsourcing
Large drop in Taiwan domestic banksˇ¦ earnings
Compal to increase handset investment