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Asian Markets Dive on US Fears

Asian markets decline sharply

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2007 5:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – Stocks plummeted across Asia today, sustaining the biggest losses in more than two months after concerns that Citigroup might be short of cash rattled investors. Mitsubishi UFJ, the largest bank in Japan, dropped 6% as the Nikkei fell to 16,517.48, a 2.1%... Read full story »

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