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Asian stock markets have tumbled, with Japan's Nikkei index sinking nearly 10 percent, as recent steps by the world's major economies to fortify credit markets fail to stem fears that the spreading financial crisis could spawn...
The Associated Press Wednesday, October 8, 2008; 3:28 AM TOKYO -- Japan's stock market plummeted 9.4 percent _ its biggest one-day drop in 21 years _ Tuesday as investors rushed for the exits on deepening fears over the global...
NEW: British Treasury chief announces plan as European markets open NEW: News comes on heels of major fall in Asian markets; Nikkei plunges 9 percent U.S. Fed chief says effects of crisis will be felt well into 2009 U.S....
