BELL GROUP CONFIRMS STANDARD CHARTERED STAKE
  The Bell Group Ltd &lt;BLLA.S> said it now
  holds 14.9 pct of the issued capital of Standard Chartered Plc
  &lt;STCH.L> after acquiring further shares.
      The one-sentence statement from Bell's headquarters
  confirmed what its brokers Warburg Securities told Reuters in
  London yesterday.
      Bell previously held 10 pct of Standard.
      Bell chairman Robert Holmes a Court, who is also a director
  of Standard, was not available for comment on his company's
  intentions in boosting its holding and other company officials
  contacted here by Reuters declined to comment.
  

