P529 Teletext 529 Oct46 22:14:49 —————————————— SUNDAY ———————— OBSERVER Bass is weighing up a £1bn bid for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, the international chain owned bz Japanese conglomerate Seibu Saison. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Cable & Wireless and BSkzB have reached preliminary agreement to jointly sell pay-per-uiiw films. TELEGRAPH Powirgjn is looking at buying a £1bn 50 per cent stake in Midlands Electricity, the company it was barred from bidding for 18 months ago. ——————————————————————————————————1/2—— Precis index 510 Companies index 520 I.T.JOBS? - CONTRACT OR PERMANENT see p631 International CityNews Shares FUSEP529 Teletext 529 Oct46 22:18:50 —————————————— SUNDAY ———————— SUNDAY TIMES Investors should hold on to their shares and Peps rathjt than succumb to panic selling in the wake of last week's stock market turmoil, City experts have said. ——————————————————————————————————4/2—— Precis index 510 Companies index 520 POPULAR SHARES - LATEST PRICES p516 International CityNews Shares FUSE