Global financial markets were in turmoil again on Monday as Wall Street braced itself for a dramatic plunge in share prices after the collapse two major US investment banks.
On Sunday, investment bank Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America for about $50 billion in order to avert a financial crisis. Meanwhile, another top investment bank, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy protection very early on Monday after it failed to find a buyer.
The New York Times has called it "one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street's history." The Wall Street Journal has named today the "Mother of All Mondays."
Anticipating a sharp drop in share prices when Wall Street opens later on Monday, European stock markets were seeing strong falls, inspired by fears that many European financial companies are exposed to the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
By early afternoon European time, the leading European stock market indices were all between 4 and 6 percent lower. Especially financials were falling and heavily traded. Fortis lost another 12 percent; Barclays 13 percent.
NEWSFLASH - In answer to the crisis in an already over regulated financial market, the EU has come up with a totally unexpected solution.
European finance ministers, meeting at the weekend during an informal gathering in Nice, said more and better regulation was required for financial markets.
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