Asia stocks fall on profit fears; SKorea off 8 pct (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 10/22/2008 - 9:41pm

A pedestrian is reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.<br /><br />Japan's key stock index has plunged more than 7 percent in early trade on worries over weak corporate earnings.<br /><br />The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 478.95 points to close at 8,195.74 in the morning session.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Asian stocks tumbled for a second day Thursday, with South Korea's market sinking more than 8 percent, as a barrage of downbeat company forecasts deepened fears of a global recession.




 

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