Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110314:07:15:00
Now in asia, stock markets were down across the region. japanese markets, though, took a beating today. the nikkei tumbling in the early trade and continued to slide throughout the day. it closed down more than 6%. you have to go back to the collapse of lehman's in 2008 to see losses like this in japan. as you see there, the nikkei was 6.18%. in seoul, the kospi -- pardon, it was up by about 0.8 of 1%. construction companies in seoul getting a lift there. that's based on the fact that there will be a lot of reconstruction needed in japan. australia down by about 4/10 and new zealand down by 2/...
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