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Print - 2005-03-15
US aviation still vulnerable to attack

US aviation still vulnerable to attack

US aviation remains vulnerable to attack and groups such as al Qaeda may try to target non-commercial planes and helicopters, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a confidential government report. The report by the FBI and the Department of Homel
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Metals dip, pressured by firm dollar

Metals dip, pressured by firm dollar

Copper fell nearly 1.5 percent by the close of trade on the London Metal Exchange (LME) on Monday on profit-taking prompted by the dollar's recovery, traders and analysts said. Three-months copper closed $44 lower at $3,198 a tonne from Friday's London ke
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Dollar gains versus yen in London

Dollar gains versus yen in London

The dollar jumped nearly three-quarters of a percent against the yen on Monday as investors bought back the cheapened greenback following its slide after poor US trade number on Friday. Some analysts said rising US Treasury yields and investors' nervousne
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Sterling down versus buoyant dollar

Sterling down versus buoyant dollar

Sterling slipped against the dollar on Monday while it held steady versus the euro as investors awaited this week's economic data for clues on the UK interest rate outlook. A lower-than-expected rise in producer prices and a slowing house price inflation
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Telecoms lead FTSE to weaker close, O2 places stock

Telecoms lead FTSE to weaker close, O2 places stock

A move by renamed mobile phone operator O2 to raise cash via a share placing snuffed out an early rally attempt by Britain's blue-chip shares, leaving the FTSE 100 index in the red by Monday's close. O2, changing its name from mmO2, raised 375 million pou
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

European corporate bonds slipped on Monday amid subdued trading, as bonds of major US auto makers extended declines on investor concern over declining market share and the pace of economic growth. Bonds of Ford traded five basis points wider on continued
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

Corporate bonds slip amid subdued trading

European corporate bonds slipped on Monday amid subdued trading, as bonds of major US auto makers extended declines on investor concern over declining market share and the pace of economic growth. Bonds of Ford traded five basis points wider on continued
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Monday's unofficial close: US stocks up as oil prices ease, dollar gains

Monday's unofficial close: US stocks up as oil prices ease, dollar gains

US stocks edged higher on Monday as oil prices eased, the dollar recovered some ground and merger and acquisition activity helped the tobacco and technology sectors. Philip Morris, the tobacco arm of Altria Group Inc, is bidding $5 billion to buy Indonesi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
56 journalists killed world-wide in 2004

56 journalists killed world-wide in 2004

At least 56 journalists were killed for their work world-wide last year, the highest toll for the profession in a decade, as Iraq remained the most dangerous place in the world for reporters, a US-based media rights group said Monday. Another 122 journali
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Iraqi government talks at impasse as 8 killed

Iraqi government talks at impasse as 8 killed

Talks on forming Iraq's government were at an impasse Monday over Kurdish demands on the ethnically-divided city of Kirkuk and their peshmerga fighters, as violent attacks killed at least eight people. With the historic first session of the country's new
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Earthquakes jolt Mumbai, Indian Ocean archipelago

Earthquakes jolt Mumbai, Indian Ocean archipelago

Earthquakes rattled the western Indian state of Maharashtra and the tsunami-hit Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Monday but no casualties were immediately reported. A quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Maharashtra's state capital Mumbai
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Macedonia gets 1st Hague indictment

Macedonia gets 1st Hague indictment

Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski, a hard-liner in the 2001 Albanian insurgency crisis, has been indicted by the Hague tribunal for war crimes, the Justice Ministry said on Monday. It is the first indictment by the UN tribunal for war cr
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Sharon rejects truce offer

Sharon rejects truce offer

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a Palestinian bid on Monday to win a formal cease-fire with militants, a statement from his office said. "The cease-fire the Palestinians are working for does not give up the terror option, and is not a solutio
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New York cotton settles lower

New York cotton settles lower

Cotton futures closed lower Monday on trade sales and speculative profit-taking as the market took a breather after surging to a nine-month high at the end of last week, analysts said. The New York Board of Trade's key May contract fell 0.54 cent to finis
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Afghanistan rules out legalising opium cultivation

Afghanistan rules out legalising opium cultivation

Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali ruled out Monday the possibility of legalising Afghan opium production, the largest in the world, for making medicines. An international drug policy think-tank, The Senlis, suggested to President Hamid Karzai in D
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
UN human rights chief chides global community

UN human rights chief chides global community

The United Nations' human rights chief chided the international community Monday about its record on protecting civil liberties, saying it was too selective in responding to abuses around the world. Opening the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commis
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Bangladesh bans smoking in public places

Bangladesh bans smoking in public places

A law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising came into force across Bangladesh on Monday and was hailed an important first step by anti-tobacco campaigners. The Smoking and Tobacco Product Usage (Control) Act was passed by the Bangladesh
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Parliament session ends: China authorises use of force against Taiwan

Parliament session ends: China authorises use of force against Taiwan

China underlined its paramount political and economic objectives as an annual parliament session ended on Monday, authorising the use of force if Taiwan moved toward independence and reiterating commitment to stable growth. The National People's Congress
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Osama tried to communicate with Zarqawi

Osama tried to communicate with Zarqawi

Osama bin Laden attempted to communicate with al Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a month ago through a letter that was seized when a ground courier in Pakistan was intercepted, a counter-terrorism expert said here Monday. "About four weeks
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Strong quake in eastern Turkey injures 18, causes damage

Strong quake in eastern Turkey injures 18, causes damage

A second earthquake in three days jolted eastern Turkey early Monday, leaving 18 injured and causing material damage, local authorities said, quoted by the Anatolia news agency. The tremor, which measured 5.9 on the open-ended Richter scale, struck at 3:5
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Former Kosovo Prime Minister pleads not guilty to war crimes

Former Kosovo Prime Minister pleads not guilty to war crimes

Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj pleaded not guilty at The Hague on Monday to charges of murder, rape and deportation of civilians as a guerrilla leader in a 1998-99 war against Serb forces. Haradinaj, a former regional commander of the Kos
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
US concerned by Venezuela arms deals

US concerned by Venezuela arms deals

A senior US military commander has expressed concerns over Venezuela's arms procurement programme, the Financial Times reported on Monday. General Bantz Craddock, the commander-in-chief of the US Southern Command, said he was worried about the end-destina
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Washington slams door shut on Sinn Fein

Washington slams door shut on Sinn Fein

Leaders of the Irish Republican Army's political wing head to Saint Patrick's Day events in the United States this week battered by a furor over IRA crime, shut out of talks in Washington and banned from its annual fundraising drive among Irish-Americans.
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
UAE to crack down on child camel jockey trafficking

UAE to crack down on child camel jockey trafficking

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it would crack down on the trafficking of Asian child camel jockeys, a practice internationally condemned as a form of slavery. Rights groups say several thousand boys, some as young as four, work as jockeys in the
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Himalaya glaciers receding fast due to warming: WWF

Himalaya glaciers receding fast due to warming: WWF

Himalayan glaciers are receding at among the fastest rates in the world due to global warming, threatening water shortages for millions of people in China, India and Nepal, a leading conservation group said on Monday. The World-wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Blair's international brainstorming to combat climate change

Blair's international brainstorming to combat climate change

Thirty Energy and Environment ministers from 20 industrialised and emerging countries will gather here at the behest of the British government Tuesday and Wednesday to debate climate change and how to combat it. The informal meeting is to lay the groundwo
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Malaysian investors willing to initiate joint ventures

Malaysian investors willing to initiate joint ventures

Malaysian investors have expressed readiness to embark upon joint venture in the sectors of construction, IT, energy, computer hardware, city planning and tourism to further promote bilateral trade ties between the two brotherly countries. The announcemen
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
KANUPP to double power generation capacity

KANUPP to double power generation capacity

The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) is going to double its power generation capacity from current 50 MW to 100 MW by June 2006. This was stated by KANUPP complex General Manager Qamarul Huda while talking to newsmen on the sidelines of a workshop her
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Price control 'CDGK officials must have magisterial powers'

Price control 'CDGK officials must have magisterial powers'

Karachi Nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that it was necessary to give powers of magistrate to officers of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) to control the increasing prices of milk, sugar, wheat and other essential items. The City Nazim was talk
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Dhabeji Medical Centre to be revived

Dhabeji Medical Centre to be revived

Sindh Minister for Labour, Transport, Industries and Commerce Muhammad Adil Siddiqui has directed the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) officials to reactivate the Dhabeji Medical Centre, and provide more, medical facilities to secured w
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Elusive consensus

Elusive consensus

Try as they might, the authorities are still chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of consensus on dams and water storages. It is instructive how, despite being master of all he surveys, even President General Pervez Musharraf is finding it difficult to have his w
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
The delays in PSDP implementation

The delays in PSDP implementation

A report appearing in this paper the other day disclosed that at a meeting, held earlier this month, the National Economic Council (NEC) decided not to include those projects in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for which the provinces could
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
New 'revolutionaries' show discontent with Putin policies

New 'revolutionaries' show discontent with Putin policies

Nikolai is a revolutionary. "I woke up one morning and realised I was born to be one," said the Moscow student as he walked along the elegantly crumbling balustrade encircling Moscow State University. "I realised that the only thing people can do in Russi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
World Consumer Rights Day

World Consumer Rights Day

March 15 is an annual occasion for celebrating World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), with a purpose to show solidarity with consumer movement. It is to promote the basic rights of consumers to demand their rights of being respected and protected. It is also a
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Aborigines in Taiwan battle to save their culture

Aborigines in Taiwan battle to save their culture

Resplendent in leather head-dresses mounted with eagle feathers and trimmed with bear fur, and wild boar tusks tied with ribbons around their sinewy arms, the warriors surround a squealing mountain pig. A few swift stabs in the neck and the hog is dead, t
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Handicapped post office

Handicapped post office

The lack of postal facilities highlighted by the public through Press and various complaints to the PMG (Sindh), still stand unattended and unresolved. There is only one post office in Gulistan-e-Jouhar area, Karachi, without its proper establishment whic
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
SBP's special audit of HBL

SBP's special audit of HBL

We are pleased to see an article in the newspapers regarding the SBP's special audit of HBL. After a long time and effort made by different firms and your esteemed newspaper for the heavy mark-up on mark-up charged by Habib Bank Ltd the State Bank of Paki
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Irfan Memon Helmets for motorbike users

Irfan Memon Helmets for motorbike users

Effective March the Punjab government has strictly enforced helmet law that makes it mandatory on a motorcyclist or scooter-rider to invariably wear a helmet while on road. Every day hundreds of motorbike users are currently being challenged in the provin
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Two-month amnesty to Adiala jail inmates

Two-month amnesty to Adiala jail inmates

The Provincial Minister for Prisons Saeed Akbar Khan granted two-month' s amnesty to all prisoners lodged in Adiala Central Jail, but the prisoners facing sentence under murder, terrorism and other heinous crimes would not attain this facility. Minister g
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Need for diversifying learning stressed

Need for diversifying learning stressed

"'One type fits for all' mode of education has destroyed innovation and the spirit of learning in everyone, including parents, children, teachers and the society. To bring about any meaningful change in the lives as well as state of education in Pakistan
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Supreme Court adjourns private power companies' appeals

Supreme Court adjourns private power companies' appeals

The appeals, involving two private power companies and another by former federal minister Jehangir Badr against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), were adjourned by the Supreme Court to different dates in the next month here on Monday. Chief Justic
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Moot on 'Achieving Self-sufficiency in Edible Oils'

Moot on 'Achieving Self-sufficiency in Edible Oils'

The Agricultural Foundation of Pakistan in collaboration with Pakistan Oilseed Development Board, Pakistan Science Foundation and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council is holding a national conference on "Achieving Self Sufficiency in Edible Oils" from M
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Malaysians offered land for livestock farms

Malaysians offered land for livestock farms

The government has offered land to Malaysia to invest in livestock farms in the country. This was discussed in a meeting of Malaysian delegation, headed by Tan Sri Dato Emeritess, with Federal Minister for Food Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bos
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Smoking claims 50,000 lives in Pakistan annually: expert

Smoking claims 50,000 lives in Pakistan annually: expert

Cigarette smoking is claiming more than 50,000 lives per annum in Pakistan that is a national tragedy and needs united efforts to overcome it. Dr Aslam Chaudhry, a well-known ENT Specialist and Associate Professor in Rawalpindi General Hospital stated thi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NTC hearing for duty reduction

NTC hearing for duty reduction

The National Tariff Commission (NTC) will hold a public hearing for reduction of customs tariff on imported raw materials for soap manufacturers on March 24. The Pakistan Soap Manufacturers Association has approached the NTC to reduce the custom duty on i
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NTC hearing for duty reduction

NTC hearing for duty reduction

The National Tariff Commission (NTC) will hold a public hearing for reduction of customs tariff on imported raw materials for soap manufacturers on March 24. The Pakistan Soap Manufacturers Association has approached the NTC to reduce the custom duty on i
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Ivory Coast cocoa farmers suspend strike

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers suspend strike

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers' unions said on Monday they had suspended a strike over funding for co-operatives in the world's top producer and were due to talk with industry bodies from Tuesday. "Our union has suspended the strike since Saturday...because we
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Oil rises as US temperatures lift natural gas

Oil rises as US temperatures lift natural gas

Near-record oil prices rose on Monday as natural gas futures rallied on forecasts for cool US weather. US distillate stocks are stubbornly below year-ago levels on trucking and heating demand, making oil prices vulnerable to natural gas rallies late in th
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Gold falls, looks to 16-1/2-year peak

Gold falls, looks to 16-1/2-year peak

Gold recoiled from last week's 2005 high above $445 an ounce in Europe on Monday, coming under pressure as the dollar fought back, traders said. The metal had a strong chance of revisiting prices last seen in June 1988, with currencies the key driving for
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Member To Member

Member To Member

Members have subsequently reported the transactions on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
CPI rises to 8.91 percent

CPI rises to 8.91 percent

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July-February 2005 has risen to 8.91 percent, up from 3.49 percent in the same period last year. According to Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) during the same period increased to 11.89
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will sell Rs 50 billion of three-month and one-year treasury bills (T-bills) on Wednesday. The State Bank on Monday called a tender to sell three-month and one-year treasury bills maturing on June 9, 2005 and March 16, 200
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will sell Rs 50 billion of three-month and one-year treasury bills (T-bills) on Wednesday. The State Bank on Monday called a tender to sell three-month and one-year treasury bills maturing on June 9, 2005 and March 16, 200
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

SBP to sell Rs 50 billion treasury bills on March 16

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will sell Rs 50 billion of three-month and one-year treasury bills (T-bills) on Wednesday. The State Bank on Monday called a tender to sell three-month and one-year treasury bills maturing on June 9, 2005 and March 16, 200
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Bukhatir visiting Pakistan

Bukhatir visiting Pakistan

Described by many as the Bill Gate of cricket and Kerry Packer of Sharjah, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, Chairman Bukhatir Investment Ltd is coming to Pakistan on Monday night to make investments in diversified fields, UAE Ambassador in Islamabad told
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NJLI Pension Fund Rates

NJLI Pension Fund Rates

New Jubilee Life Insurance Pension Fund Rates on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal al Saud on Monday said that his group of companies would invest in Pakistan's tourism sector, construct hotels and look for joint ventures in other areas. He was addressing a joint press briefing here after a detailed presentati
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NJLI Pension Fund Rates

NJLI Pension Fund Rates

New Jubilee Life Insurance Pension Fund Rates on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal al Saud on Monday said that his group of companies would invest in Pakistan's tourism sector, construct hotels and look for joint ventures in other areas. He was addressing a joint press briefing here after a detailed presentati
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
NJLI Pension Fund Rates

NJLI Pension Fund Rates

New Jubilee Life Insurance Pension Fund Rates on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Waleed offers investment in tourism

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal al Saud on Monday said that his group of companies would invest in Pakistan''s tourism sector, construct hotels and look for joint ventures in other areas. He was addressing a joint press briefing here after a detailed presentat
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
'Strategic deterrence fully operational'

'Strategic deterrence fully operational'

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Ehsanul Haq has said that Pakistan's strategic deterrence is fully operational and has contributed in stabilising the South Asian security landscape. He said that the nation's nuclear capability, resting in
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
'Strategic deterrence fully operational'

'Strategic deterrence fully operational'

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Ehsanul Haq has said that Pakistan's strategic deterrence is fully operational and has contributed in stabilising the South Asian security landscape. He said that the nation's nuclear capability, resting in
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Drawback rates revised

Drawback rates revised

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has reduced duty drawback on export of cement from Rs 53 per ton to Rs 33.44 per ton. The CBR has amended standard SRO 415(I)/2001 through a notification issued on Monday. According to another notification, the duty draw
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Drawback rates revised

Drawback rates revised

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has reduced duty drawback on export of cement from Rs 53 per ton to Rs 33.44 per ton. The CBR has amended standard SRO 415(I)/2001 through a notification issued on Monday. According to another notification, the duty draw
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Drawback rates revised

Drawback rates revised

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has reduced duty drawback on export of cement from Rs 53 per ton to Rs 33.44 per ton. The CBR has amended standard SRO 415(I)/2001 through a notification issued on Monday. According to another notification, the duty draw
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Drawback rates revised

Drawback rates revised

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has reduced duty drawback on export of cement from Rs 53 per ton to Rs 33.44 per ton. The CBR has amended standard SRO 415(I)/2001 through a notification issued on Monday. According to another notification, the duty draw
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Baglihar: Pakistan for early naming of neutral expert by World Bank

Baglihar: Pakistan for early naming of neutral expert by World Bank

The Foreign Office expects the World Bank to appoint a Neutral Expert "in a reasonable time frame" to judge if the on-going construction of a multipurpose dam at Baglihar upstream Chenab River has violated the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. Foreign Office s
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Rice coming on March 16

Rice coming on March 16

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Pakistan this week, a day sooner than expected, for talks on terrorism and other regional issues, an official said on Monday. Rice will hold talks with her counterpart Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri and hold meeti
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Most CNG stations and dealers reluctant to cut prices

Most CNG stations and dealers reluctant to cut prices

Most of the station owners and dealers of compressed natural gas have refused to cut the prices of the CNG, despite the announcement made by their association in the metropolis. The only representative body that protects the interest of the CNG dealers in
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
CBR transfers and postings

CBR transfers and postings

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has transferred and posted 17 officials (BS-17/18 and BS-19) of Customs and Excise Group with immediate effect.
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
'Paksat-IR, completely indigenous satellite in couple of years'

'Paksat-IR, completely indigenous satellite in couple of years'

Pakistan is in the process of developing a completely indigenous satellite Paksat-IR, which would replace country's present communication satellite in the next couple of years. A feasibility study to develop Paksat-IR is being prepared in collaboration wi
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Industrial growth increases by 13.91 percent in 7 months

Industrial growth increases by 13.91 percent in 7 months

The industrial sector growth has increased by 13.91 percent during first seven months of the current fiscal as compared to the same period last year. According to the official sources, out of major 39 industrial items, 24 registered handsome increases in
Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices

Atlas Fund Prices on Monday (March 14, 2005).

Published 15 Mar, 2005 12:00am
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