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AP – Worries that Portugal or even Spain will have to seek outside help to deal with their debts continued to weigh on markets Tuesday, sending the euro briefly below $1.30 for the first time since mid-September.

AFP – Asian stocks lost ground on Tuesday with Tokyo and Shanghai falling sharply as markets worried about Chinese economic tightening and the troubled eurozone.

Reuters – U.S. shares were set for a lower open on Tuesday, as euro zone debt worries persisted, and ahead of key data that will indicate the strength of the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.

AP – The stock exchanges of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will link via an electronic trading system that will give investors access to all three markets simultaneously by the second half of 2011, officials said Tuesday.

AFP – London’s leading stock market rose at the start of trading on Tuesday, despite overnight losses in Asia.

AP – Stocks ended lower Monday on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 11,000 but recovered much of its losses late in the day.

AP – Stocks ended lower Monday on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 11,000 earlier, but recovered much of its losses late in the day.

AP – DOW PARES BACK LOSSES: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.51 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 11,052.49. It had been down as many as 163 earlier.

Reuters – Store chains had a strong start to the holiday shopping season, but investors who bid up retail stocks were not impressed as they waited to see how much of a sales lull might set in.

AFP – Britain’s leading share index fell back sharply on Monday with only two blue chip firms posting modest gains as Ireland’s 85-billion-euro bailout failed to dispel investor fears over the eurozone debt crisis.