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Global Markets Slide

Riding on fears from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, a worldwide stock sell-off has involved some of the worst market declines since Sept. 11, 2001.

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Article | The Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point yesterday, a bold action designed to prevent steep losses in world stock markets from causing an all-out panic.

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