US law makers may have cleared their first hurdle towards sealing a debt deal but Asian markets opened in negative territory only hours after the House of Representatives vote. Shares fell on concerns that the US still won't be able to avoid a credit rating downgrade making borrowing for the super economy all the more expensive. Hong Kong followed the trend - the US economy clearly is not out of the woods due to rising unemployment and sluggish growth figures. ... www.euronews.net

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