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Businessmen walk past an electric board flashing global stock indexes, in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Japanese stocks fell Wednesday as grim earnings from the country`s biggest bank and doubts about the fate of a U.S. government lifeline for ailing automakers underlined a gloomy outlook for world growth and corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 55.19 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 8,273.22.