31.   MUTIARA SWISSCOM Bhd, an integrated telecommunications provider, is unlikely to see an increase in its foreign equity, at least for this year.

32.   Nusantara Steel has also concluded off-take agreements with its foreign equity partners.

33.   Rafidah said that the Government is fine-tuning some policies regarding foreign equity structure, incentives and costs.

34.   Several factors are preventing banks experiencing capital shortages from attracting foreign equity investments.

35.   THE Government will announce further liberalisation of foreign equity ownership in Malaysian companies soon, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says.

36.   The government has been under pressure from investors to allow foreign equity in insurance business.

37.   The paper made no mention if Indian private companies with foreign equity will be eligible for the bids.

38.   To cope with the crisis, steel manufacturers are looking for foreign equity partners, negotiating debt restructuring with their creditors, speeding up exports and cutting production capacity.

39.   Virtually all major foreign equity markets pulled back.

40.   Yet more are clamouring for greater transparency and better corporate governance, and for more liberalised policies vis-a-vis foreign equity ownership.