Four years ago, when his Citicorp investment had already started to pay off, he heard that Four Seasons Hotels Chairman Isadore Sharp needed cash and was looking to sell a chunk of the company.

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In April 1994 Four Seasons Hotels Chairman Isadore Sharp announced plans to raise cash by selling a big chunk of the company.

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If Mr Guo does not pour all the cash he has promised into Sharp, his investors would be relieved.

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Sharp is facing a grim future of difficult choices, squeezed by a worsening cash crunch at the largest Japanese maker of liquid-crystal displays.

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Meanwhile, the Russian rouble weakened as a sharp midday sell-off on the Moscow bourse prompted foreign investors to repatriate their cash.

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Apple is believed to source about a third of its display panels from Sharp, and it is therefore in its interest if the display maker manages to raise additional cash and stay in business.

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