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Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks fell the most in more than two months as European leaders delayed a rescue package for Greece and China’s trade data signaled growth in the world’s second-largest economy is weakening.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped 1.8 percent to 1,042.15 at the close in New York, retreating from a six-month high and erasing its weekly gain. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index sank 2.3 percent. Benchmark gauges in Hungary and the Czech Republic lost more than 2 percent. Brazil’s Bovespa fell 2.3 percent, the most this year.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos obtained approval from his Cabinet for deeper budget cuts needed to secure a second package of international aid. The approval capped a week of tension in Athens as European Union and International Monetary Fund officials argued with Greek government officials over the conditions required to secure the 130 billion-euro ($172 billion) rescue package.

Source: BusinessWeek

by bethany9543550

This tester consistently reads values that are like 1/2 what the actual tension is. Perhaps it works on that one exact belt they used to calibrate it, but I couldn’t care less because it is not the belt my car uses. Don’t be surprised if your belt snaps on you while you’re trying to tension it to the spec using this junk.

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by ulises6505203

By applying the specified amount of tension (i. e. up to the point of the clicking noise of the tool), the belt has deflected a certain amount and the moving arm will only move up as much as the belt has deflected. The way this tool works is you put the arm of the tool in the down position, and then put the tool midway on the belt between two pulleys. I can tell the tool basically converts some level of belt deflection into a corresponding tension number....

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