
A pedestrian walks past an electronic stock board displaying the closing figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, June 4, 2012. Japan's Topix Index plunged to the lowest level since 1983 and entered a bear market, after disappointing U.S. jobs and China services data added to evidence the global economy is slowing. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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