US, European Stocks Tumble

Stock indexes tumbled in the U.S. and Europe Friday as investors worried about the faltering fortunes of emerging market countries across the globe. Markets dropped in New York, Frankfurt, Paris and London in a broad stock sell-off, the latest of several market retreats that have pushed down stock prices throughout January. The value of currencies in Hungary, Turkey and South Africa weakened, and world financial leaders voiced concern about the withdrawal of investment money from...

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