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Foreign investors drive Japan stock losses: report

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Japan's blue-chip benchmark Nikkei Stock Average ended Tuesday down about 12% from its recent high on March 19, with foreign investors driving much of the selling, according to Nikkei news report Wednesday. Investors outside Japan accounted for almost 70% of the trading value in the index's shares, and have been...

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Asia stocks fall as Greek worries rattle investors

Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, rattled by a political impasse in Greece that could lead the debt-stricken country to a disorderly and destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. (rwad on here …)

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Sri Lanka ‘finds big arms haul’

The security forces in Sri Lanka say they have found the largest stock of explosives since the end of the civil war three years ago. (read the story…)

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World stocks fall after optimism fizzles on China

World stock markets fell Monday as optimism over a move by China’s central bank to encourage lending were offset by lingering uncertainty about crisis-struck Greece. (rwad on here …)

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Taiwan pushes stock gains tax bill forward

Taipei (The China Post/ANN) – The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) of Taiwan yesterday successfully maintained the upper hand in the Legislative Yuan and pushed the Executive Yuan's draft of stock gains tax amendment through for the first reading. (the story here…)

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Controversy over Taiwan's stock gains tax carries political subtext

The row over the Ma Ying-jeou administration's plan to introduce a tax on stock gains has been a financial issue on the surface. But there has been a political subtext about Ma leadership. Ma has be ….. (the story here…)

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World stocks volatile amid Greek political turmoil

World stocks volatile amid Greek political turmoil

World stock markets were volatile Tuesday as the initial shock from election results in Europe faded but skepticism grew over whether Greece could form a government capable of fixing its financial mess. (rwad on here …)

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Hong Kong Exchange Confirms Interest in LME

HONG KONG, April 30 (Reuters) – The operator of Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday confirmed its interest in the auction process for London Metal Exchange (LME), which is estimated to be worth between 500 million and 1.5 billion pounds ($783 million-$2.4 billion). (the story here…)

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EM ASIA FX-Taiwan dlr drives Asia FX higher, but more gains doubted

* Taiwan dlr up; CBC mildly intervenes -dealers * Won rises on stock inflows, exporters * USD/TWD, USD/SGD, USD/PHP seen oversold (Adds details, updates prices) By Jongwoo Cheon SINGAPORE, April 30 (Reuters) … (read the story …)

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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Down by midday; NOL outperforms

Singapore shares eased by midday on Monday, but containershipping firm Neptune Orient Lines outperformed themarket after a broker upgraded the stock, citing its recentprice fall despite higher freight … (read the story …)

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