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AP - Hong Kong shares edged lower in lethargic trade Wednesday as investors sold banks and developers.
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AP - European stock markets headed lower Wednesday following losses in Asia, with worries about a global downturn weighing on banking and commodity stocks.
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Reuters - Stocks staged a late fight back on Tuesday after a choppy session in which stronger-than-expected results and outlook from computer maker Hewlett-Packard offset fears that more losses at Citigroup and other banks are yet to come.
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AP - European stock markets fell Tuesday following Asian losses amid further gloom about the state of the world economy and the banking system’s prospects in particular.
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AP - An increasingly despondent Wall Street fell for the third straight session Wednesday as investors absorbed another series of dismal corporate reports and news that the government won’t buy banks’ soured mortgage assets after all. The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 410 points, and all the major indexes lost more than 4 percent.
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AP - A disheartened Wall Street fell for the third straight session Wednesday as investors absorbed another series of dismal corporate reports and news that the government won’t buy banks’ soured mortgage assets after all. The Dow Jones industrials skidded 410 points, and all the major indexes dropped more than 4 percent.
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AP - An already disheartened Wall Street turned sharply lower Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government won’t buy banks’ soured mortgage assets after all, disappointing investors who hoped to see the bad debt wiped off companies’ books. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 270 points, and all the major indexes dropped more than 3 percent as the market retreated for a third straight session.
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AFP - Disillusioned by plunging stock markets and failing banks, or caught out by the unforgiving boom-bust capitalist cycle?
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