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To: Father E. who wrote (31516)	1/21/1998 9:36:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

*GLANCE - Asia Financial Crisis* Reuters Story - January 21, 1998 00:23 %&64 %GLANCE %US %TH %JP %ID %CN %SG %KR %INT %GVD %DBT %ECI NEWS EQUITY EQUITY/NEWS1 PHONES/HELP REUTERS USER/HELP V%REUTER P%RTR To access stories on the Reuters terminal, use the mouse to click on the codes in brackets. ---------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin urged Japan to do more to strengthen its ailing financial system, saying a strong Japanese economy would help restore stability in the troubled Asian region. IMF chief Michel Camdessus delivered a carrot-and-stick message to staggering Asian economies: clean up the way the country is run and international investors will come back. --------------------------TOPSTORIES---------------------------- * U.S. urges Japan to step up pace of reforms [nN2156482] * Asia will pull through, if it reforms-IMF [nPAIE1LBJ0] * U.S. launches strong defense of Asia bailouts [nN2155356] * Thai minister says seeks to strengthen IMF program[nN21307147] * Japan PM sees Rubin Asia remark simplistic-media [nT22204041] * Australian shares slip after early gains [nSYD31856] -------------------------INDONESIA------------------------------ * Indonesian rupiah plunges in Singapore to 13,500 [nJAK15973] * NZ warns exporters of perils of Indonesia trade [nNZZX32091] ---------------------------KOREA-------------------------------- * S.Korea proposes debt restructuring plan [nN21723680] * S.Korea commercial banks' 1997 net turns to loss [nSEO024789] * S.Korea business groups mull mutual 'big deals' [nSEO024791] ------------------------FOCUS ON ASIA--------------------------- * World Bank praises Thailand, pledges assistance [nN21133406] * Treasury's Rubin defends US fund used in bailouts [nN21148531] * U.S. Senate Finance Committee to hold Asia hearing[nN21131904] * Dollar weighed down vs yen in Tokyo but supported [nT2232641] ---------------------------NEWSGUIDE---------------------------- Politics & General News [NEWS] Oddly enough [ODD] World News Diary [POL/DIARY] Index of diaries [IND/DIARY] News outlook [OUTLOOK/] Business Outlook [OUTLOOK/B] Sports trivia quiz [SPO/QUIZ] Emerging markets news [EMRG] Sport [GLANCE/SPO] Business [GLANCE/BIZ] Directory [GLANCE/] ---------------------------------------------------------------- - SPEED GUIDES......................... ................ -- Asiadesk (65) 870-3821