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Last Update: 9:34 AM EST February 03 2006

Asian-Pacific benchmarks ended mostly down, led by South Korean Kospi with a steep drop of 3%. The Nikkei lost 0.3%, while heavy-tech Taiwan''''s Weighted index rose 0.96% resuming rade after the extended holiday. European shares gained at mid-day with the Geman DAX 30% rising 0.5%. Maytag posted wider Q4 net loss of 93 cents a share, despite 7% sales growth, missing estimates. Moody reported 22% income rise in Q4 on 21% revenue growth.