For latest earnings estimates made by Toyo Keizai, pleasedouble click on 7895.TK1.. July 3 (Reuters) – CHUO KAGAKU CO LTD CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified) Full year to Full year to Dec 31,2009Dec 31,2009 LATEST PREVIOUS FORECAST FORECAST Sales 78.0078.00Operating2.40 1.80Recurring1.60 1.00Net loss 2.70 prft 100 mln NOTE – Chuo Kagaku Co Ltd is a maker of resin food containers. July 3 (Reuters) – CHUO KAGAKU CO LTD CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified) 6 months to6 months to June 30,2009 June 30,2009 LATEST PREVIOUS FORECAST FORECAST Sales 35.0036.00Operating1.00400 mln Recurring 800 mln100 mln Net loss 3.10 loss 300 mln NOTE – Chuo Kagaku Co Ltd is a maker of resin food containers. The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI finished up 25.35 pointsat 18,203.40, but the main index lost 2.1 percent on week. The China Enterprises Index .HSCE, which represents toplocally listed mainland Chinese stocks, was up 0.1 percent at10,983.77 (Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Chris Lewis).

Reuters and the Reuterssphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group ofcompanies around the world.nLU634406 France Italy. HONG KONG, July 3 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares reversed theirdownward course to claw back a 0.1 percent gain on Friday,snapping a three-day losing spell, as Chinese insurers climbed,tracking strong gains on the mainland markets. Iliad, the sole candidate for a first auction in 2007 that did not succeed, is once more seen as the frontrunner for the upcoming auction. (Editing by James Regan) ((dominique.vidalon.reuters ; +33 1 49495432; Reuters Messaging:))Keywords: ILIAD BOUYGUESTELECOM/(C) Reuters 2009.All rights reserved.Republication or redistribution ofReuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expresslyprohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.

However, a decline in travel abroad as customers tighten their budgets and pressure from European Union regulations on charges could impact the company’s revenue from roaming fees “We’ll see in July/August what happens to travel,” he said. Paris-based Iliad, parent of French Internet service provider Free, which recently bought provider Alice from Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI), has said it would invest 1 billion euros to build a fiber optics network. Last month, Iliad said it would pay the 240 million euros for a fourth 3G mobile phone licence in France recommended by the country’s CPT shareholding agency, which helps the government value its assets. Bouygues Telecom was also resisting well to the crisis, Deputy Chief Executive Emmanuel Forest told Reuters at the conference “It isn’t really having any impact for now,” Forest said.

“No, there is no impact,” Maxime Lombardini said on the sidelines of a telecoms conference hosted by French newspaper Les Echos when asked if the global economic slowdown was having any effect on Iliad’s business. He would not comment on second-quarter trends, but added that the group planned to stick to its investment plans for a fiber optics network. 2 broadband operator, and Bouygues Telecom (BOUY.PA) have not been hurt so far by the economic crisis, top company executives told Reuters on Friday. France  |  Italy* Iliad CEO says seen no impact from economic crisis * Iliad CEO says sticking to fiber optics investments * Bouygues Telecom Dep CEO says not much impact from crisis (Adds details) By Dominique Vidalon and Cyril AltmeyerPARIS, July 3 (Reuters) – Iliad (ILD.PA), France’s No. (Additional reporting by Jim Wolf in Washington; Editing byAlex Richardson) Stocks China Japan North Korea. Analysts say Japan’s history of producing under licencefrom U.S. companies makes it less likely to pick a Europeanoption, though the Typhoon would be considerably cheaper thanthe F-22, at about $100 million per plane.

Boeing’s (BA.N) F-15 might also be an option for Japan.Boeing is seeking partners to develop a “stealth” version ofthe plane. A team from BAE Systems (BAE.L) visited Japan in June topromote the rival Eurofighter Typhoon, developed by a Europeanconsortium, but critics point out that the aircraft is alreadysomewhat dated. In some ways less advancedthan the F-22, it is also far cheaper at about $60 million fora basic model. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES FOR JAPAN? The F-35, being developed by a consortium of countries andto go into full production by Lockheed-Martin in 2014, may beone of the most realistic options. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, however, hasrepeatedly said he wants to cap production at 187 aircraft, thelast of which would roll off the production line in late 2011or early 2012. lawmakers to develop an export version that could besold to Japan U.S. But theprospect that production of the F-22 may soon end, affectingjobs in many parts of the United States, has prompted a pushamong U.S.