Global markets continue to slide as fear of recession deepens (23.10.2008) je

Another dramatic day on Wall Street Wednesday, with the Dow losing more than 500-points, or 5.7 percent. Fears of a global recession are said to have sparked the Wall Street sell-off, and those fears also hit shares in Asia on Thursday. Stock markets in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong have fallen to multi-year lows, with investors dumping shares across the board. +++ SYN-MAZ +++