** ASIAN WRAP **

** ASIAN MARKETS **

Nikkei 2,68%; Kospi -1,6%; HSI -0,81%; Taiwan -1,43%; China 0,61%; India
-0,85%; Thailand -0,9%; Australia -1,51%

** TRADING HEADLINES **

Asian Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Three Weeks; BHP, Inpex Lead Declines
- Singapore Telecom `Will Look’ at Acquiring Telecom’s AAPT Australia Unit
- AU Optronics Posts Fourth-Quarter Profit After Flat Panel TV Demand Soars
- BlueScope Cuts Full-Year Profit Forecast on China Steel Glut; Shares Slum
- Australia Leaves Benchmark Rate Unchanged at 5.5 Percent for 11th Month
- Kookmin Has Fourth Straight Quarter of Profit as Bad Loan Provisions Drop
- Sinopec Subsidiaries Halt Share Trading Amid Reports of Possible Buyouts
- Dollar Rebounds From One-Week Low Against Yen on U.S. Interest-Rate Gap
- Vietnamese Stocks Good Bet on Wider Array of Investors, Merrill Lynch Says
- BOE Technology to Sell $2.3 Billion of Flat Panels to TPV Over Three Years

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