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Primasia News, Taiwan, April 2001:

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04.30.2001 - 30 Apr., 2001
Book to bill up; share prices may trace W-shape going forward
Quanta 1Q01 results beat market expectations
ACM conservative on handset shipment

04.27.2001 - 27 Apr., 2001
First Commercial proposes 5-bank merger
Zyxel holding conservative on the rest of the year
ASE hit hard by sectoral gloom

04.26.2001 - 26 Apr., 2001
ADT and Unipac forecast losses this year
Powerchip 1Q01 results take top spot among DRAM plays
Cathay Life to buy back shares in the NT$45 - NT$80 range
SPIL sees no recovery before 3Q01
M2 growth in March the lowest on record
Property market opens to foreign investors

04.25.2001 - 25 Apr., 2001
Ambit holding back with conservative forecast of NT$17.3b 2001 revenue
SiS and ALi up against considerable odds in 2001
CDIB and Int’l Bills to transform into financial holding companies
Wintek 1Q01 earnings take a dizzy 97% fall

04.24.2001 - 24 Apr., 2001
'Finance Merger Disease' rampant in Taiwan - MoF urges insurance companies to unite
Nan Ya Tech sees DDR SDRAM softening with seasonal weakness on PC demand
Loop's 1Q01 earnings go loop-the-loop
Chunghwa Telecom bracing itself for competitive onslaught
Ritek gross margin improves to 19.9% in 1Q01
Export, industrial production and unemployment figures in March not exactly awe-inspiring
Taiwan will have to wait Aegis . . . but deal may still heighten tensions

04.23.2001 - 23 Apr., 2001
Central Bank makes 12.5 basis points interest rate cut - another token gesture ?
Chunghwa Picture Tube TFT-LCD panel output continues to climb
Hua Nan and Chiao Tung to take the plunge . . . or so we hear
Elan to issue NT$3.5 dividend for 2000

04.20.2001 - 20 Apr., 2001
Macronix sees revenue bottoming out in April
Faraday's 2001 targets not within easy reach
New order boosts Zyxel's image

04.19.2001 - 19 Apr., 2001
Ambit rings in highest ever revenue figure for March
Compal 1Q01 earnings not quite up to par
Taipei Bank wins bid to run Taiwan's national lottery
China Airlines reports 1Q01 EPS of NT$0.32
Anything the Fed can do, the CBC can do too . . .

04.18.2001 - 18 Apr., 2001
Sunplus not too upbeat on prospects for 2Q01
Picvue to close loss-making production line
Local media alive with reports of "sweeping tax reform"

04.17.2001 - 17 Apr., 2001
Winbond pessimistic on outlook for DRAM
Accton 1Q01 pretax earnings grow 81%
ODLs proving untamable, up again in March
Procomp announces NT$1.5b rights issue

04.16.2001 - 16 Apr., 2001
ADSL outperforms cable modem in 1Q01 shipment
Lite-On Tech 1Q01 profit declines 7%
Realtek 1Q01 revenue comes in strong
Five banks in contention to run Taiwan's national lottery

04.13.2001 - 13 Apr., 2001
To release or not to release . . . ODL statistics get piecemeal airing
Something stirs in Japan - ADSL predicted to take to the skies
Short on memory? Take a look at ICSI

04.12.2001 - 12 Apr., 2001
Overdue loan figures - swept under the carpet ?
Zyxel 1Q01 results up 113%, but no smooth sailing ahead
Infodisc revenue takes a knocking as ASP falls 20%
CKS estimates 1Q01 cargo volume down 11%

04.11.2001 - 11 Apr., 2001
2001 GDP growth forecast revised down to 3.7% from 4.5%
ProMOS expects 1Q01 losses to reach NT$600m
ACM leads the pack in resilient handset shipment
ALi turns in surprisingly high monthly revenue
New banking ordinance enacted

04.10.2001 - 10 Apr., 2001
Sectoral March revenue nothing to complain about
Foundries may see first loss-making quarter ever in 2Q01
March revenue hit and miss
China Steel results fail to shine
No slowdown in job cutting . . .

04.09.2001 - 09 Apr., 2001
Intel's Pentium-4 strategy to have mixed impact on DDR DRAM
Monthly revenue in the ascendancy
Several banks fall short of legal reserve requirement in 2000
D-Link unfazed by patent rights case
Can you read the president's lips? 'No tax hike' pledge under review

04.06.2001 - 06 Apr., 2001
DRAM rally out of steam, but April revenue will continue to benefit
Compal down on monthly results, but big on NMV deal
Strong LCD monitor shipment bolsters Amtran March revenue
D-Link record March revenue figures bode well for 2001

04.04.2001 - 04 Apr., 2001
Procomp bullish on GaAs industry outlook
Compal expects to see 30% growth this year
Picvue's March revenue up 68% YoY but down 6% MoM
Everlight fails to shine so far this year

04.03.2001 - 03 Apr., 2001
Accton revenue in March leaps 84.9% YoY
Broadband growth fuels 34% revenue growth for Ambit

04.02.2001 - 02 Apr., 2001
News flow on Nan Ya continues positive
Shipment continuing very strong through March
Realtek March revenue a match for the market
Looking at record high earnings in 1Q01
Askey's cable modems certified by US Cable Labs
Government to issue NT$30b worth of bonds in 2Q01