Sunday, June 24, 2007

Asian Shares Decline on Concern Over U.S. Home Sales; Taiwan Stocks Climb

(Bloomberg) -- Asian shares fell, led by Toyota
Motor Corp. and BHP Billiton Ltd., on concern figures this week
will show a drop in U.S. home sales, signaling declining demand
in the region's largest export market.

``Stocks globally take a fall every time there's more bad
news on U.S. housing-related or lending data because there's a
threat that this may spill over into other parts of the
economy,'' said Eric Betts, a strategist at Nomura Australia Ltd.
in Sydney. ``This wouldn't be good for companies that depend on
the U.S. consumer.''


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