Financial crisis: World round-up



Investers playing cards

China's stock markets fell on Wednesday as worries about an economic slowdown hit industrial shares hard.

Investors play cards in front of a screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai.

Photo: Aly Song/Reuters 15 October 2008

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