Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,335.30	-19.12	-0.12%
S&P 500	1,666.29	-1.18	-0.07%
Nasdaq	3,496.43	-2.53	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,335.30

-19.12

-0.12%

S&P 500

1,666.29

-1.18

-0.07%

Nasdaq

3,496.43

-2.53

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,803.33	-21.17	-0.75%
FTSE 100	6,758.86	+3.23	0.05%
DAX	8,421.94	-33.89	-0.40%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,803.33

-21.17

-0.75%

FTSE 100

6,758.86

+3.23

0.05%

DAX

8,421.94

-33.89

-0.40%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,381.00	+20.21	0.13%
Hang Seng	23,366.40	-126.66	-0.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,180.06	-28.98	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,381.00

+20.21

0.13%

Hang Seng

23,366.40

-126.66

-0.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,180.06

-28.98

-0.56%

China Punishes Officials for Corruption in Construction: Xinhua

By Bloomberg News - 2011-12-21T13:44:48Z

A total of 15,109 Chinese officials were punished in the past two years for construction-related corruption or dereliction of duty, Xinhua News Agency said today, citing a central government agency it didn’t identify.

The officials received disciplinary or administrative penalties between July 2009 and November 2011, and 7,891 cases were transferred to judicial organs for handling, the official news service reported. China has checked all government-funded building projects initiated and conducted since 2008, it said.

To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Helen Yuan in Shanghai at hyuan@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Joshua Fellman at jfellman@bloomberg.net

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