P.M. BRIEFING : Taiwan Market Has Record Day
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Stocks posted a record one-day gain today as Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party scrambled to defuse a stock market crisis that has rocked the island ahead of Saturday’s crucial local and national elections.
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