Asian stocks slid toward second month of losses in a row

Asian stocks today slid toward a second month of losses in a row, and even the glittering Nikkei paused, as weak Chinese factory activity fed grew doubts about the post-pandemic recovery in the world's second-biggest economy.        Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slipped two percent and Japan's Nikkei-225 tumbled 1.45. Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.9 percent and China's Shanghai Composite index was 0.6 percent down. South Korea's Kospi ...