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Japan's pessimists outweigh optimists

While sentiment fell across the board, the fall in the widely watched Tankan survey was not as bad as feared, showing sentiment holding up at some large manufacturers ...full story at Financial Times

from Financial Times on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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