Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Asian Stocks Drop, Ending Three-Day Advance, on Greenspan's China Warning

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for the first time
in four days after former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
warned that Chinese equities face a ``dramatic contraction.''

All but one of the 10 industry groups on the Morgan Stanley
Capital International Asia-Pacific Index dropped on concern a
potential fall in Chinese shares will spread to stock markets
elsewhere. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. slid from a two-
month high after the company forecast the only earnings decline
among Japan's three biggest banks.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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