S. Korean won tumbles on slumping shares
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preferred bidder-Daewoo Shipbuilding
(LEAD) Hanwha picked as prime bidder for Daewoo Shipbuilding
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Seoul shares crash 10.6 pct on persistent jitters
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed more than 10 percent lower Friday as unrelenting sell-offs of blue chips continued amid a grim economic outlook, analysts said.
BOK pours US$1.4 bln into brokerages, asset managers
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics Q3 net down 29 pct
SEOUL, Oct.
