Exporters, Hanjin Heavy, Hyundai Motor: South Korea's Equity Preview

(Bloomberg) -- The following shares may rise or fall
in South Korea. Prices refer to the July 20 close. This preview
includes news announced after markets shut. Stock symbols are in
brackets after the company names.

The Kospi index climbed 2.4 percent to a record 1,983.14. The
Kosdaq added 0.7 percent to 825.33. Kospi 200 futures expiring in
September advanced 2 percent to 252.55, while the underlying index
gained 2.3 percent to 251.45.


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BHP, James Hardie, Dwyka, Woodside, Woolworths: Australian Equity Preview

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares may rise or fall in Australia. This preview includes
news announced after markets closed July 20. Prices are from the
July 20 close unless otherwise stated. Stock symbols are in
brackets after the company names.

The S&P/ASX 200 Index futures contract due in September lost
0.7 percent to 6383 at 6:59 a.m. in Sydney. The Bank of
New York Australia ADR Index lost 0.8 percent in New York.


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Harry Potter book breaks global record at Borders

(Reuters) - Fans have lined up outside book stores around the globe for a copy of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- the seventh and final volume of the series written by J.K. Rowling.




The sixth book in the series -- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" -- sold 850,000 copies worldwide by Borders in 2005 during its first day of sales, Borders said.


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Two AngloGold miners killed in S.Africa rock fall

(Reuters) - Two miners were killed after a rock fall deep underground at a mine owned by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, the world's third-biggest gold producer, a company official said on Sunday.

The two miners had been trapped for close to 48 hours at the Moab Khotsong mine in the country's North West province, and their bodies were recovered in the early hours of Sunday, said Steve Lenahan, a spokesman for AngloGold.


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Saudi Aramco Says Four Killed, 12 Injured in Fire at Ras Tanura Terminal

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world's largest
state-owned oil company, said four workers were killed in a fire
at the Ras Tanura North Product Terminal.

The fire on July 19 at Ras Tanura in the Eastern Province,
near the Persian Gulf, also injured 12 other workers, the
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-based company said on its Web site.


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UPDATE 1-India's ICICI Bank net rise 25 pct, meets f'cast

(Reuters) - The bank, which is also listed in New York , said its
net profit for the April-June quarter was 7.75 billion rupees
, up from 6.20 billion rupees a year ago.




A Reuters poll of 10 brokerages and analysts had forecast a
24.6 percent rise in net profit to 7.7 billion rupees.


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Earnings misses, subprime woes punish Wall Street

(Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from such bellwethers as Caterpillar and Google, and more signals that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread.

The day's losses were big enough to drag the major indexes into negative territory for the week, snapping a three week streak of gains for the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq.


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