Kia car sales in U.S. top 300,000 mark

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SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Co., South Korea's second largest carmaker, said Friday that its sales in the United States exceeded the 300,000 mark in the first eight months of 2011.

Seoul shares down 0.7 pct in late-morning trade

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SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 0.7 percent lower late Friday morning as investor sentiment was dampened by growing uncertainty about the global recovery, analysts said.

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