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Latest Stock News from China

China Resources Land Latest Chinese Stock to Join Hang Seng (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China Resources Land Ltd. , a state- controlled developer, will become the latest Chinese company to join Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index following a quarterly review of the city’s benchmark stock gauges.

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Bruised Stock Investors Crawl Back Into Ring (Fox News)
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Stock markets fall as European debt concerns discourage investors (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Economic worries pushed the Toronto stock market lower Monday amid worries about debt problems in Europe.

Brokerages say rules deter foreign stock investors (Thanh Nien Daily)
More foreign investors continue to buy into Vietnam’s stock market, but legal restrictions are still limiting their potential, brokerages complain.

Economic worries push stock markets lower; crude oil, gold prices rise (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market was lower in early trading Monday even as commodity prices headed higher and investors tried to put aside worries about debt problems in Europe.

China Stock Market ‘Approaching Bottom,’ BofA Says (Update1) (BusinessWeek)
China’s stocks, Asia’s worst- performers this year, are “approaching a bottom” as concerns that the government will tighten monetary policy are overstated, according to BofA Merrill Lynch Research.

Clean Edge Stock Indices Stumble (TheStreet.com)
The Clean Edge and Nasdaq's three benchmark clean-tech stock indexes ended on the downside last week.

Early-Market Movers: China Agritech, Novavax Inc (Fox News)
Here are some of the early-market movers for Monday.

Chinese sales boosts luxury goods market in 2009 (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
PARIS (AFP) - Despite the economic crisis, 2009 ended better than it began for the French luxury goods sector, thanks largely to China's growing taste for high-end products, encouraging thoughts of a better 2010.

China’s Stock Index Fall; Developers Drop, Consumer Shares Rise (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China’s benchmark stock index fell as developers dropped on concern tighter lending standards will curb demand for property, countering gains by consumer-related companies ahead of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday.