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发表于 2009-11-26 09:45 PM
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Dubai debt fears hit world markets hard
Dubai debt fears, dollar slide hit world stock markets hard
By Pan Pylas, AP Business Writer
On 11:54 am EST, Thursday November 26, 2009
Buzz up! 94 Print.LONDON (AP) -- World stock markets tumbled Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continuing slide in the dollar, which earlier fell to a 14-year low against the yen.
AP - A Tokyo money dealer looks at a memo as the U.S. dollar is traded at 86.64 yen on ...
Markets are usually relatively quiet when Wall Street is closed for a holiday, as it is Thursday for Thanksgiving Day. Not so today, as the rest of the world digested the stunning news from Dubai that the government's flagship investment company was in financial trouble.
European markets followed Asia lower with the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closing down 170.68 points, or 3.2 percent, at 5,194.13, having been out of action earlier for over three hours because of technical problems. |
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