Ithas abandoned the view thatthecountrieswillreach self-sufficiencysoonand now predictsthat they will callonthe worldmarketmorefrequentlyin the nextthree to fouryears.
About 100, 000 letters were mailed to shareholders, warning them that their shares were in jeopardy of being classified as abandoned, and asking them to call specified phone numbers, visit company websites or mail back the letters to prevent their stocks from being turned over to the state.
Two-thirds of them are said to be from the Gamaat Islamiya, suggesting that the state has abandoned the relative leniency showed in response to the group's ceasefire call.