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HONG KONG, March 3 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST:
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (SEHK: 0388) listing head Richard Williams has hit back at criticism of the soon to be implemented controversial suspension policy, saying the new measures are in line with international practices
- The Hang Seng Index may retreat by as many as 500 points or 2.1 per cent today after United States markets dropped on Friday.
- China Pacific Insurance, which withdrew a HK$24 billion initial public offering last month, plans to bring the deal back to market this month and will begin pre-marketing today, sources said.
- PCCW (SEHK: 0008), the city's largest telecommunications service provider, is expected to report 35 per cent net profit growth for the year to December on improvements in its core fixed-line business and narrowed losses from pay television and mobile operations, analysts estimated.
- YY Sport, the retail unit of Yue Yuen Industrial (SEHK: 0551, announcements, news) Holdings, has increased its planned initial public offering by 50 per cent to US$1.5 billion, thanks to the mainland's strong consumption that boosted its valuation, sources said.
Source: HighBeam Research, HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 3, 2008.