US stocks slide amid credit fears
Story date: 2007-11-05 08:50:00
Added on: 2007-11-05 20:00:13
BBC Business - ... that the current credit squeeze - triggered by banks' unwillingness to lend while they assess the size of potential sub-prime mortgage related losses - will hit growth in the global economy. Citigroup disclosed that its losses stemming from bad sub ...
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