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That caught many traders and commercial hedgers off guard, resulting in significant market losses, analysts and brokers said.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Most veteran value investors have a story about the stock they wished they had let get away. The shares looked attractive and the company’s worst troubles seemed behind it. But instead of a quick fix, they got quicksand; the stock languished, a waste of money and time.

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Investors will look for signs that censors’ restrictions on Yahoo’s flickr might ease this week, after the online photo-sharing Web site was blocked when users posted photos of public demonstrations.

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) - Japan shares opened sharply higher Monday following buoyancy on the Wall Street Friday amid eased concerns over interest rates, with exporters such as Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor leading on more yen weakness against the U.S. dollar.
The Nikkei 225 index was trading 1.1% up at 18,160.84 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 1% at 1,789.72.
Elsewhere in the region, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 35.8 points at 6,329.6, New Zealand’s NZSE 50 jumped 2% to 4,297.71 and South Korea’s Seoul Composite was trading 0.7% up at 1,784.62, a new record high.
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) — As a general rule, the Hatfields aren’t looking to the McCoys to learn any lessons about successful feuding. But in mutual funds, there is little doubt that in the ever-raging debate between active and passive investors the folks who believe in picking and choosing their issues can learn something from the people who build funds to emulate an index.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — After upbeat reports on retail sales and consumer prices last week, financial markets’ attention will likely turn to a more depressing topic in the coming week: home building.

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TEL AVIV (MarketWAtch) — ECI Telecom Ltd., the Petach Tikva, Israel, producer of telecommunications-network solutions, said it was in talks under which it could be acquired for $10 a share. The company said it was in talks with an investor group led by a firm controlled by Shaul Shani. The company said it couldn’t give any assurance that a deal would be done. ECI shares closed Friday at $8.92, up 33 cents, or 3.8%. In the past year, the stock traded at low as $6.05 last July and as high as $9.49 in October. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - National Lampoon, the Los Angeles provider of comedy-related films, books, online content and more, reported a narrower fiscal third-quarter loss and named a new president.

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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — ECI Telecom Ltd., the Petach Tikva, Israel, producer of telecommunications-network solutions, said it was in talks under which it could be acquired for $10 a share.

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