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On wednesday. the capital boost for the debt ridden car maker will help pave the way for the merger with volkswagen. well, charles, your markets are looking much better than how we ended up here in the asia-pacific region. most of the indexes ended lower. the nikkei down by .6%. tokyo electric power was the big downer there. it closed down more than 18%. of course, tepco is the company that operates the damaged nuclear power plant. the shanghai composite was up by about .2%. the financial stocks really led the gains there. and the main aussie benchmark down by about .2%. uranium and mining s...