China Worries Push Down Global Stocks

Worries about slowing economic growth in China, rising political uncertainty in Greece, and uncertainty about plans to raise U.S. interest rates rattled investors and sparked a global stock sell-off on Friday. Major U.S. indexes fell two percent or more in afternoon trading, Europe was off around three percent, and key Asian indexes were also hurt.  Concerns about faltering growth in the world's second-largest economy also pushed down prices for oil and other commodities, with...

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