Public firms' 2008 earnings plunge 57 pct

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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 297 state-run companies reported a
57-percent decline in their combined net profit in 2008 mainly due to higher raw

LG Dacom reports 53 pct rise in Q1 net

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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- LG Dacom Corp., a South Korean fixed-line and
Internet operator, said Thursday that its first-quarter net earnings rose 53

Seoul stocks start higher on U.S. rallies

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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares got off to a strong start
Thursday as investor sentiment got a boost from overnight Wall Street rallies,
analysts said.

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