EUROPEAN-MARKETS

Panic grips global financial markets
Source: WSWS

The financial crisis, used to justify the $700 billion Wall Street bailout approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush on Friday, deepened dramatically Monday, as stock markets around the world registered massive losses in panic selling.

Europe gripped by fear of global crash
Source: WSWS

Europe's ruling elite has reacted with shock and disbelief to what they fear will be the most serious crisis for world capitalism since the Wall Street Crash of 1929. ***