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  Japan Probes Price Fixing in Auto Parts

  Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided offices of seven auto parts makers as part of a spreading investigation into suspected price fixing on items such as windshield wipers and radiators.

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  Blue Chips Finish in Red

  The Dow industrials fell 15 points, a day after the index notched its biggest advance of the year.

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• HSBC Acts on Offshore Cash

  Moving to mollify federal authorities investigating how the banking industry has helped U.S. clients evade taxes, HSBC is cutting ties with wealthy American clients who bank offshore.

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  SMIC Shares Sustain Three-Day Fall

  Shares of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.continued a three-day fall Wednesday as the company reeled from its chief executive's resignation last week and the death of its chairman late last month.

• Japan Extends Power-Saving Push to Country's West

  The Japanese government for the first time called on households and businesses in the country's west to cut back on electricity use, as fears grow over the economic impact of the spreading power crunch.

• China Forex Agency Rejects Criticism

  The agency that manages China's foreign-exchange reserves struck back against domestic critics of its handling of the enormous cash pile, while also calling on the U.S. to protect the interests of its creditors.

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  Cnooc in Canadian Energy Deal

• Japan's Mizuho in Talks for Vietcombank Stake

• Apple Board Weighs Succession

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  Indonesia's Star Energy Delays IPO Plans

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  CEO of Temasek's Fullerton Unit to Leave

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