but, net income for fanuc saw the slowest growth in six quarters. the company explained that orders are decreasing rapidly, and are expected to diminish further from the second quarter on. also thegain, but were slowest growth in about a year and a half. we are seeing the stock of their taking a hit. rishaad: let's have a get some of the other stories. david, he has it for us. david: let's first talk shares of air china. we resume trade this morning. to take apected massive punch in the stock price. eight shares at the bottom there, -6%. simple,here is fairly the airline needs to raise some serious money here. at 994 million shares, from at a 20% discount. you put those together, and we billion.ng at $12 they put it out just this boostg, they say should output, they keep there by recommendations. i did lower than price targets. just to wrap things up, air appear.so it is fairly good. underestimatean to say that it is growing. growth, let's look at deals now. global majestic properties has agreed to cough up $4.5 million u.s. to buy more than 200 war

take a look at fanuc. they dropped nearly 1.8%. itochu also declined 1.8%. it was a mixed picture among exporters. mazda motor was down 1.4% but casio computers gained 2.8% propping up the nikkei. and sumitomo raising 2.5%. as we head into next week investors will be watching japanese corporate earnings. they'll also be looking to see if chinese officials will commit to more economic stimulus. giang nguyen reporting from the stock exchange. >>> worse than expected numbers dragged down stocks in the ai sh pacific region. the shanghai composite dropped about 1.3% to snap a six-day losing streak. they managed to post a gain of nearly 2.9%. in light of the weak factory data analysts say investors are hoping for further stimulus measures from the government. traders in south korea show concern about the economy of the country's largest trading partner china. it's the lowest closing number in two weeks. the index lost about 1.5% for the week. most other markets in the region ended lower. hong kong retreated from yesterday's gain finishing the day with a decline of