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COMPANY/(Symbol)           COUNTRY             PRICE               P-E



AEGON (AEG)                Netherlands         $25.44              18
Financial-services
firm with solid
cross-selling record



ITALGAS (IG IM)            Italy                 9.13              11
Gas distributor could 
be takeover bait



MUNICH RE (MUV2 NR)        Germany             262.90              30
Reinsurer will
benefit as premiums
rise



NOKIA (NOK)                Finland               23.67             32
Cell-phone maker
spearheads new
crop of mobiles



UBS (UBS)                  Switzerland           51.80             12
Asset manager 
benefits from
conservative
strategies



VODAFONE (VOD)             Britain              249.70             41
World's largest
mobile-phone
operator



Data: Bloomberg Financial Markets, BusinessWeek