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Asian Stock Markets Decline

Asian share markets were mostly lower, with exporter stocks weighing on the Tokyo market. China's benchmark index bucked the regional trend, rising 0.5%. ...full story at WSJ

from WSJ on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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