The British-based Messier-Dowty unit of French state-owned firm Snecma, would build the Boeing jet's landing gear, a substantial and expensive part of any aircraft.

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Mr. Lu, manager at a power plant in eastern China, a unit of the state-owned China Guodian Corp.

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Also in Hong Kong, China's largest shipping company China Cosco Holdings fell 5.3% after the company announced that it plans to sell its logistics unit to its state-owned parent.

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They said he expressed concern about a project he was working on for his employers, Institute of Microelectronics (IME) in Singapore, a unit under the state-owned Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

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The ABB unit, based in Sugar Land, Texas, provides products and services to many foreign state-owned electrical utilities.

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