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Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares finished below 6,000
points on Friday, dragged lower by banks as the country's
largest lender faced new claims from the financial crimes
watchdog.
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BANGKOK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thailand's finance minister on
Friday said the ministry was considering a plan to offer tax
incentives to encourage mergers among the country's commercial
banks to create institutions able to compete with foreign banks,
including regional competitors.
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* Japan antitrust regulators at odds with FSA over
consolidation
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HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - An American serving a life
sentence in a Hong Kong jail for the 2003 "milkshake" murder of
her Merrill Lynch banker husband made a fresh challenge against
her sentence on Friday.
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SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank
announced a new measure on Friday aimed at preventing
individuals from accumulating excessive unsecured debts.
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Questions persist about value of football club if it loses Premier League status
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Guy Dinmore on the frustrations, emotional turmoil and moments of joy that formed their ‘longest goodbye’
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SHANGHAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China stocks fell on Friday
morning, with the Shanghai benchmark poised for a fifth straight
week of declines. Hong Kong shares also fell.
** At 04:23 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was down
28.08 points or 0.85 percent at 3,264.36.
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Dec 15 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets fell on
Friday, tracking Asian shares and Wall Street which slipped
overnight on concerns over potential roadblocks to U.S. tax
reform, with the Philippine index down more than 1 percent on
profit-taking.
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TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission has
decided to approve the merger of Daishi Bank Ltd and
Hokuetsu Bank Ltd after a prolonged review by the
anti-trust watchdog, the Nikkei business daily reported on its
website, without citing sources.