Economy woes batter global equities
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Persistent fears about the world economy battered global stocks again on Monday and drove investors towards safer assets despite expectations of more interest cuts from the Federal Reserve to bolster growth.
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Monday's global sell-off of stocks brings equity markets in line with the gloom that has pervaded credit markets for months.
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World stocks fell sharply on Monday,  battered by fears of U.S. recession and investor disappointment  about a fiscal rescue plan promoted by the U.S. administration.
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A steep sell-off swept through global stock markets on Tuesday as investor confidence was hit by the escalating woes of the US subprime mortgage market and weak US retail sales data.
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Global stock markets fall sharply after US employers cut back on jobs for the first time in four years.
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Markets from Mumbai to Frankfurt went into a tailspin, puncturing the hopes of many investors that Europe and Asia will be able to sidestep an American downturn.
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Global share prices continue to fall sharply amid fears that a US recession will lead to a global economic slowdown.
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US and European stocks were hit by a new bout of nerves on Tuesday as economic reports and the minutes of the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve forced investors to focus on the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on the wider economy.
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Japanese stocks were hit badly on Friday by fears of rising global interest rates following sharp overnight increases in US and European bond yields.
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Major Asian stock markets fell as much as 8 percent as panicky investors feared a U.S. recession could derail global economic growth, and a sharp drop in U.S. stock index futures pointed to heavy selling in New York later on Tuesday.
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Worries about the world-leading U.S.  economy and fears over bank credit rippled across financial  markets on Monday, sending stocks sharply lower and dragging  the dollar to a record low against the euro.
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A worsening outlook for the world economy drove global stock markets sharply lower on Tuesday and intensified speculation about an emergency US interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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London equities tumbled on Wednesday after sharp losses on Wall Street and in Asia kept the focus firmly on the economy and the outlook for corporate earnings.
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Global stock markets fall again following Wall Street's lead on worries about the state of some of the banks.
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Business & money: Asian markets took a battering overnight on growing fears that the US, the world's biggest economy, may be heading for recession.
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Business & money: Markets on both sides of the Atlantic take  fright  at data showing weakness in the US and Germany.
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Wall Street fell sharply Tuesday, joining a global stock decline sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling