The fear is back. The fear in capital markets is different from the near panic experienced in September and October, before governments around the world began organizing plans to deal with a global credit freeze. The cause is different this time, and many of the symptoms vary. But this fear may be more serious, and it's driving markets even further ...

WORLD stock markets staged a turnaround today, with Tokyo closing up nearly three per cent and European indices back in the black despite a steady flow of dismal economic news.

LONDON - World stock markets staged a turnaround on Friday, with Tokyo closing up nearly three per cent and European indices back in the black despite a steady flow of dismal economic news.

World stock markets have staged a turn around, with Tokyo closing up nearly 3% and European indices back in the black.

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Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies' shares may have unusual price changes in Italy. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the previous close.

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.

The recent thaw in short-term lending markets made it look, at least temporarily, as if the worst of the credit crisis had passed.

After gyrating wildly for weeks, the stock market lurched lower on Wednesday, falling to its lowest point in nearly six years, as concern spread that the economy might be facing a chronic and debilitating decline in prices, The New York Times’s Vikas Bajaj reported.

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Most Asian and European markets rebounded Friday after sharp declines in recent days as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.