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JAL Slumps; Resources Gain

By SHRI NAVARATNAM AND WEI-ZHE TAN SINGAPORE -- Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday with Japan Airlines slumping on concern over its restructuring plans and resource shares higher on recent gains in commodity prices....

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Shanghai's B shares dive on policy disappointment

SHANGHAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Shanghai's dollar-denominated B-share index <.SSEB> plunged more than 8 percent on Tuesday afternoon as investors were disappointed at a lack of market-friendly steps from the government, rumours of...

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Obama hits brick wall over China's currency

Obama hits brick wall over China's currency The Australian ONE businessman's vantage point explains more eloquently than words why Barack Obama ran straight into a Great Wall last week when he tried to persuade China to let its...

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Europe Markets: European shares pressured as banks decline

Lloyds Banking Group sets share-offer price at 37 pence , MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares weakened on Tuesday, with banks leading the decline after a report from ratings agency Standard & Poor's raised...

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China shares hit by heavy afternoon selling

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese shares succumbed to a heavy dose of profit-taking in afternoon trading Tuesday, with foreign-currency-denominated B shares as well as yuan-denominated A shares in the outperforming resources...

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US STOCKS-Futures little changed after HP, ahead of data (at Reuters)

HP Q2 results meet prelim figures, boosts buyback program * GDP, consumer sentiment data on tap * Futures: S&P up 1.2 pts, Dow up 2 pts, Nasdaq down 1.25 * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] By Ryan Vlastelica...

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A Debt Weight Cost to the Economy

In my latest article in Quadrant Online I quote from the American President whose lack of a sense of irony is one of the more remarkable features of his personality. While in China last week, he was quoted as saying: It is...

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Bank fears spark China share fall

Fears that China's banks will need to raise capital gave Chinese share prices their biggest fall in three months. Shareholders were worried such a move might weaken the worth of their own holdings by increasing the number of...

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Sensex closes 0.29 percent lower, global cues weak

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian equities markets closed Tuesday on a dull note, with a key index ending trade 0.29 percent lower than its previous close with major global bourses going quiet on profit booking.

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China stocks drop 3.5 pct in heavy trade, B shrs dive

SHANGHAI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - China's key stock index slid 3.45 percent on Tuesday while turnover jumped to a four-month high, as the dollar-denominated B-share index plunged and technical signals pointed an overbought market....

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