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Pamela Sampson

World stock markets tumble as unemployment hits all-time high in EU

Pamela Sampson

China announces budget, and world stocks climb

Pamela Sampson

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist members of parliament in Athens, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Asian stocks down on Europe debt plan doubts

Pamela Sampson

A man looks at a securities firm's stock board in Tokyo as Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average lost 155.12 points to close at 10,434.38 Thursday, March 10, 2011. Asian shares fell Thursday, weighed down by ongoing fighting in Libya and a larger than expected contraction in Japan's economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (AP)

Nikkei plunges on 1st trading day after quake

Pan Pylas, Pamela Sampson