Asian stocks down on Europe debt plan doubts (AP)

By admin on November 1st, 2011

People are reflected on an electronic board of a securities firm, which shows the yen-dollar foreign exchange rate, a day after after the Bank of Japan weakened its currency to help Japanese exporters,  in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. On Monday, The Bank of Japan says it sold yen and bought dollars during Tokyo trading in order to pull the yen down from a post-World War II high against the dollar.   (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as new concerns emerged about the viability of a much-heralded plan to contain Europe’s debt crisis.


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