Market Outlook: New year despondency descends on Asia

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Market Outlook: New year despondency descends on Asia

The region’s capital markets had a year to forget in 2008, as the global financial malaise sent investors scurrying for the exits. The year ahead doesn’t offer many bright spots either. New deals will be thin on the ground, at least in the first half. Richard Morrow reports.

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