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Down 65% since its Oct. 3 peak

All of China may have grieved when Olympic star hurdler Liu Xiang pulled out of the Beijing Games with an injury. Executives at Ping An, the Shenzhen-based insurer, had even more to worry about: Liu held a $14.6 million insurance policy with the company. Happily for Ping An, the insurer says Liu isn't asking for payment.