Seoul shares hit record, then fall
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Seoul shares briefly hit a record on Monday but then headed lower as exporters fell after China raised interest rates and on worries that troubles in U.S. subprime mortgages would hurt the world's largest economy.
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South Korean shares and the won  currency sagged on fears about North Korea's nuclear ambitions  and after top computer maker Dell reported slow holiday sales,  while concerns about U.S. deficits capped the dollar.
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Asian stocks edged higher on Monday  following a strong performance by Wall Street last week, but  Seoul shares eased from a record high as Kookmin Bank dropped  after being ordered to pay back taxes.
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Asian share markets fell on Monday after oil hit a record above &#36;55 a barrel, with investors cautious ahead of earnings reports from bellwether firms IBM and Texas Instruments later in the day.
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Korean LCD maker suffers massive decline in earnings.
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Asian stocks slid on Monday on gloomy  U.S. jobs data, bleak earnings prospects at tech firms and high  oil prices, while the Australian dollar hit a six-month peak  after the coalition government was swept back to power.
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Sharp falls in technology stocks led  Asian share markets lower Friday on bleak earnings prospects at  industry leader Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and a retreat on  Wall Street.
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The dollar held near a record low  against the euro and a 4-1/2-year low versus the yen on Monday,  sending Asian shares sharply lower, after a meeting of rich and  developing nations said nothing to arrest its fall.
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Exporters led a fall in Asian shares on Monday as oil prices set new highs near &#36;47 and data showing the U.S. trade deficit widened to a record raised fresh concern about the health of the world's largest economy.
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The Nikkei average fell 1 percent by  midsession on Thursday after sharp declines in metals prices  pushed down shares of steel makers and mining companies, which  had been big gainers over the past three months.
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Asian stocks slid on Monday on gloomy U.S. jobs data, bleak earnings prospects at tech firms and high oil prices, while the Australian dollar hit a six-month peak after the coalition government was swept back to power.
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Most Asian stock markets fell after oil prices hit a record high on Thursday, reigniting worries that high energy costs will dent household incomes, raise companies' expenses and hurt global economic growth.
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Asian shares struggled to break above the flat line on Friday as dour economic reports in Japan and South Korea followed lackluster trading in U.S. markets to cap gains.
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Asian stocks tumbled anew on Friday after the latest salvo of sour signals about the U.S. economy pummeled Wall Street, sending the benchmark S&P 500  down 3 percent to a 15-month nadir.
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Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.11 percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks, hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for $1.25 billion.
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Asian stocks raced to a record high on Friday as a weaker yen boosted Japanese exporters such as Canon Inc.  and a spike in oil prices pushed energy shares higher.
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Asian shares struggled to break above  the flat line on Friday as dour economic reports in Japan and  South Korea followed lackluster trading in U.S. markets to cap  gains.