Japan's Nikkei Index rose for the third straight day following gains overnight on Wall Street and a week of fluctuation amid global worries about a possible U.S. recession.

由于担心美国经济有可能陷入衰退，全球股市这个星期颇具动荡。华尔街股市星期四晚间开始回升后，日本日经指数连续第三天上扬。

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It was the third straight quarterly decline in Japan's gross domestic product and the economy's worst quarterly performance in 35 years.

这是日本国内生产总值连续第3个季度下滑，也是该经济体35年来最糟糕的季度经济表现。

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Focus Media swung to a loss in its latest quarter, the third straight period of red ink.

分众传媒第二季度亏损，连续第三个季度出现亏损。

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Last year, Johnson became the second driver in history to win a third straight Sprint Cup championship.

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The Commerce Department says orders placed at U.S.factories increased in June, for a third straight month.

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The win was Boston's third straight in overtime, and New York's third straight loss in extra time.

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The win was the second straight and third in four games for the Devils following a six-game losing streak that dropped them close to the eighth-place cutoff for the playoffs.

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Kieswetter sliced straight to third man when on seven but survived because Morne Morkel was no-balled for over-stepping and South Africa's frustration was compounded as an edge by Pietersen edge bisected Jacques Kallis and keeper Mark Boucher, leaving the two veterans looking at each other and the ball flying to the boundary.

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