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Banks suffer as U.S. markets plunge

Banks suffer as U.S. markets plunge

Major U.S. shares slump as an emergency loan to one of the world's biggest companies stokes fears about the health of financial markets. The selloff also comes in the wake of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch's sale to Bank of America. full story
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Nikkei 225 11750+140.07 (+1.21%)
Hang Seng 17637-663.42 (-3.63%)
All Ordinaries 4770-30.10 (-0.63%)
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FTSE 100 4912-113.20 (-2.25%)
CAC 40 4000-87.29 (-2.14%)
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