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    Saudi stock market rebounds after rate cut (AFP)

    Qatari investors follow the market's movement at Doha's Stock Market. Arab shares tumbled for the fourth day running on Wednesday but the Saudi bourse, the region's largest, rebounded after an international rate cut while the Egyptian market made up some ground.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)AFP - Arab shares tumbled for the fourth day running on Wednesday but the Saudi bourse, the region's largest, rebounded after an international rate cut while the Egyptian market made up some ground.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:15:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks fluctuate despite emergency rate cut (AP)

    A traffic light is pictured beside the Wall Street road sign in the financial district of New York September 19, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)AP - Wall Street zigzagged Wednesday as an emergency interest rate cut failed to alleviate investors' fears that the paralysis in the credit markets will set off a global recession. The major indexes moved in and out of positive territory, with the Dow Jones industrials at times falling more than 200 points or rising more than 100.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:23:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    'Better days ahead' despite economic nightmare : Obama (AFP)

    US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks at a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Obama told Americans Wednesday AFP - Barack Obama promised Americans Wednesday "there are better days ahead" despite plummeting global stock markets, rising job losses and dark clouds of economic gloom.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:47:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Wall Street slips to five-year low as global markets stay tense (AFP)

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange. US stocks plunged Tuesday for a second straight day with a vicious downward spiral reinforced by fears of a deeper credit crunch leading to severe recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AFP - Stocks plunged for a second day running on Wall Street on Tuesday, while those in Europe were mixed, on persistent anxiety over the health of the banking sector -- and despite central bank initiatives to shore up confidence.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:42:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Harper sees possible stock-market bargains (Reuters)

    Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper gestures after delivering a speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto October 7, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election October 14.       REUTERS/Chris Wattie       (CANADA)Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday he is concerned about the sharp falls in Canadian stock markets but said there may be some good stock bargains out there now.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:22:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Retirees flee stocks to save shrinking nest eggs (Reuters)

    Retiree John Abel works on a piece of furniture in his garage in the western Chicago suburb of St Charles, September 30, 2008. (Nick Carey/Reuters)Reuters - This time around John Abel was ready for the stock market crash.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:32:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Neiman Marcus offers volume of extravagant gifts (AP)

    Brady White as Santa shines the Neiman Marcus limited edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series Sedan during the unveiling of the the 82nd edition of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book in Irving, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The car is featured in the Christmas Book as a wow gift priced at $160,000. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)AP - With stock markets sinking and fear of recession rising, what's the affluent consumer to do? Neiman Marcus hopes a few of them will escape the grim headlines by splurging on diamonds, Dior and other diversions.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:03:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Dow slides 5.1 percent on fears of deeper crisis (AFP)

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange. US stocks plunged Tuesday for a second straight day with a vicious downward spiral reinforced by fears of a deeper credit crunch leading to severe recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AFP - US stocks plunged Tuesday for a second straight day with a vicious downward spiral reinforced by fears of a deeper credit crunch leading to severe recession.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:57:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Wall St sinks for fifth day as credit worries mount (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 7, 2008. U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve moved to unclog the commercial paper market, which is widely used to fund day-to-day business by companies. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks tumbled for a fifth straight session on Tuesday, capping the Dow's biggest five-day point loss ever, as fears mounted that the rapidly spreading credit crisis would drag the economy into a deep recession.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:18:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Stocks tumble as Street worries about financials (AP)

    Traders Matthew Jones, center, and Paul Svachula, left, watch the markets  in the S&P 500 futures trading pit at the CME Group in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.  The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points amid escalating worries about credit markets and financial sector.  The Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 60.66, or 5.74 percent, to 996.23.  (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points amid escalating worries about credit markets and the financial sector.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:43:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Britain unveils $437 bln bank rescue as markets panic (AFP)

    Taiwanese investors monitor share prices at a stock trading house in Taipei. Britain unveiled a 437 billion dollar bank rescue Wednesday as markets around the world bombed over fears that the worst financial crisis in decades has still not been mastered.(AFP/Patrick Lin)AFP - Britain unveiled a 437 billion dollar bank rescue Wednesday as markets around the world bombed over fears that the worst financial crisis in decades has still not been mastered.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:29:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Asian stocks plunge on fears of global recession (AP)

    A passerby looks at the electronic stock board in front of a Tokyo brokerage Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 as Japan's stock market plummeted 9.4 percent — its biggest one-day drop in 21 years. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index nose-dived 952.58 points to 9,203.32, a five-year low. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - A meltdown in confidence strangled Asian stock markets Wednesday on accelerating fears that the widening financial crisis could spawn a global recession.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:13:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Global stocks markets dive as crisis fears spread (Reuters)

    People walk past a video display showing financial information in Tokyo, October 8, 2008. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)Reuters - Stock markets across the world plunged on Wednesday as concerns about the worst financial crisis in nearly 80 years and fears of a global recession gripped investors despite government efforts to intervene.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:15:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    Japan's Nikkei plunges 9.4 percent on crisis fears (AP)
    AP - Japan's stock market plummeted 9.4 percent — its biggest one-day drop in 21 years — Wednesday as investors rushed for the exits on deepening fears over the global financial crisis. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:17:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
    London stock market dives 7% (AFP)

    People walk past an electronic sign showing the progress of the FTSE 100 share index in London. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares has plunged more than seven percent in early trading after the government announced the part-nationalisation of eight major banks amid a sell-off worldwide.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of top shares briefly plunged by more than seven percent early on Wednesday after the government announced the part-nationalisation of eight banks and amid a sell-off worldwide.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:18:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
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