| Thu, 17 May 2012 GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares fall steeply on worries over Spain banks, growth
| * MSCI Asia ex-Japan falls 0.6 pct, Nikkei opens down sharply | * Euro hits fresh four-month low vs dollar | * Euro, dollar off lows vs yen | By Chikako Mogi | TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Asian shares fell steeply on Friday after more signs emerged of growing instabilit... | Nikkei drops sharply, pressured by Spanish bank concerns
| TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped sharply on Friday morning, breaking through the 8,800 support level, as concerns about the health of Spain's banking system and a stronger yen worsen already bearish investor sentiment. The Nikkei fell 2.1... | Tokyo stocks set to languish as Europe crisis brews anew
| As risk-aversion spawned by fresh concern over the eurozone sovereign debt crisis dominates equity markets, Tokyo stocks are expected to stay in the doldrums as markets abroad deteriorate. | In March, the Nikkei index climbed back above the 10,000 line for the first t... | Changes key as HK step up bid to halt mighty Japan
Hong Kong have made five changes to the starting lineup that figured in the narrow loss to South Korea as they attempt to stop the Japan juggernaut at the HSBC Asian Five Nations Top 5 competition in Tokyo tomorrow. | //--> Friday, May 18, 2012 | Hong Kong have made fiv... | Sizzling Japan bonanza
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| Facebook priced its stock at $38 per share Thursday, officially giving the social networking giant the largest Internet initial public offering in history. | The IPO could generate as much as $18.4 billion for the Menlo Park, Calif., company and its early private inve... | Nikkei Set to Fall on Spanish Bank Concerns
| Japan's Nikkei share average is set to fall on Friday, breaking through the next support level | as concerns about the health of Spain's banking system and a stronger yen compound an already bearish climate. | Market players said the Nikkei was likely to trade between... | Nikkei set to fall, pressured by Spanish bank concerns
| TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is set to fall on Friday, breaking through the next support level as concerns about the health of Spain's banking system and a stronger yen compound an already bearish climate. Market players said the Nikkei was l... | Japan Stock Futures Drop on Europe Turmoil, U.S. Data
| Japanese and Australian stock futures fell, indicating benchmark gauges will extend this week’s losses, amid increasing concern that Greece will exit the euro and after disappointing economic data in the U.S. | American depositary receipts of BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)... | Afghanistan, economy top the agenda as Obama hosts world leaders
| President Barack Obama on Friday kicks off a frenetic four days of guns-and-butter diplomacy, including a pair of high-stakes international summits focused on reviving the sputtering global economy and winding down the unpopular war in Afghanistan. | Both issues will ... | All Japan Tours offers special Japanese festival tours
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| Facebook priced its stock at $38 per share Thursday, officially giving the social networking giant the largest Internet initial public offering in history. | The IPO could generate as much as $18.4 billion for the Menlo Park, Calif. company and its early private inves... | |
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