Nikkei falls as Softbank and Yahoo suffer
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The Nikkei average fell 0.62 percent on   Wednesday as Softbank Corp. 9984.T and Yahoo Japan Corp.   4689.T declined on a bearish broker report from Credit   Suisse, while recent gainers such as Canon Inc. 7751.T also   came under pressure.
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Tokyo stocks finished lower Thursday on losses by select technology and banking shares. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.29 percent  by mid-morning on Friday as renewed earnings concerns prompted  investors to sell several technology stocks, while insurers  dropped on worries over their exposure to the costs of a  hurricane hitting the United States.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.29  percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather  from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such  as Sharp Corp. and other technology issues.
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The Nikkei average edged down 0.12  percent on Wednesday as profit-taking wiped out earlier gains  in Softbank Corp. (9984.T) and other index heavyweights, and  paper stocks lost ground after Oji Paper Co. Ltd. (3861.T) said  it expected its $1.4 billion takeover bid for a rival to fail.
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Japanese shares fell at the start of a  holiday-shortened week on Tuesday as brokers and banks declined  on recent data indicating signs of an economic slowdown in some  key areas, offsetting gains in some chip-related stocks.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.59 percent on   Monday as Canon Inc. 7751.T and other major exporters came   under pressure after falls on Wall Street amid worries about a   U.S. economic slowdown undermined investor appetite.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday and was on course for an eighth day  of losses as a broad range of stocks wilted after oil prices  spiked to $50 a barrel and U.S. stocks made more losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.38  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday as investors took a  breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of  gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. dropped after a competitor made a hostile takeover bid for UFJ Holdings Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.58  percent on Tuesday with technology issues such as Advantest  Corp. leading the way, hit by a drop in their U.S. rivals and  unexpectedly weak production data at home.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average fell to a  one-week low by midsession on Thursday after some tech issues  were hit by a bearish outlook from U.S. chip maker Xilinx Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dropped 1.09  percent by midday on Tuesday and was on course for an eighth  straight day of losses as a broad range of shares wilted after  oil spiked up to $50 a barrel and U.S. stocks fell again.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 1.51  percent to a five-week closing low on Thursday as poor  machinery orders data followed sluggish growth figures that  undermined confidence in the economy a day earlier.
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The Nikkei average was down 0.5 percent   on Tuesday, after briefly touching a one-month low, as a fall   in commodities prices stoked worries about global demand,   hitting stocks sensitive to the economic cycle such as steel   makers.
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Japan's Nikkei average fell around 0.8  percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output  data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking  hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.