Nikkei dives to 29-month low

Nikkei dives to 29-month low

TOKYO, Japan - Passersby watch a stock price board outside a Tokyo brokerage house Feb. 28 as the Nikkei Stock Average plummeted to a 29-month closing. Tumbling U.S. technology stocks and bleak data on Japan's economy dealt a double punch to the Tokyo equity market.

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