TAIPEI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories and press reports that may affect the Taiwan stock market on Monday.

Major firms such as TSMC could climb after the island's top planner said he expects economic growth of about 4 percent in 2010.

REUTERS HEADLINES

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LOCAL PRESS REPORTS

-- The Kimpo Group, which counts contract PC maker Compal as a unit, will sign an agreement with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday to jointly develop a 3G cellular network based on China's TD-SCDMA standard, the Economic Daily reported.

-- Taiwan's Premier Wu Den-yih will support the economics ministry in its push to restructure Taiwan's DRAM chip sector, since working with Japan's Elpida is the only way for the island's firms to compete with bigger rivals, the Economic Daily reported.

-- Chinese investors will not be allowed to take holdings above 10 percent in companies involved in the financial, telecoms and airline sectors, the Commercial Times reported. ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0007 GMT ------------

S&P 500 1091.38 -0.32% -3.520
USD/JPY 88.94 0.17% 0.150
10-YR US TSY YLD 3.3601 -- -0.009
SPOT GOLD 1160.4 1.06% 12.200
US CRUDE 77.97 0.65% 0.500
DOW JONES 10318.16 -0.14% -14.28
ASIA ADRS 123.12 0.57% 0.70

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OTHER INDEXES/TAIWAN ADRS

LAST % CHANGE
Phil. semicon index -0.81
Adv Semicon Eng (ASE) -1.65
AU Optronics 1.97
Chunghwa Telecom 1.30
Siliconware -2.12
TSMC -0.29
UMC -1.12

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