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S&P, Dow Drop to Five-Year Lows as Banks, Carmakers Slide; Citigroup Falls U.S. stocks sank and benchmark indexes slid to their lowest levels since 2003 on growing concern over the health of the financial system and survival of the nation's car industry.

Gymboree Corp., Intuit, Limited Brands, PetSmart Inc.: U.S. Equity Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes in U.S. trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 5:30 p.m. in New York, unless otherwise specified.

AES Gener, Bancolombia, Colbun and Endesa: Latin American Equity Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes today in Latin America trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices reflect the previous close.

Air Canada, Mosaid, Precision Drilling, Technologies: Canada Stock Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes in Canadian trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close in Toronto.

Stocks Plunge, Bond Risk Increases After Paulson Shifts Bailout Strategy Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s shifting approach to rescuing banks helped send U.S. financial shares to their lowest level in 13 years and credit default risk to a record high, and left investors worried more pain is coming.

Europe

Daily Mail, National Grid, Sky and Mothercare: U.K., Irish Equity Preview The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.

Air France, BNP, Carrefour, France Telecom, Vinci: French Stocks Preview The following is a list of companies whose stocks may have unusual changes in Paris. Symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.

Arques Industries, MVV Energie and Nordex May Move: German Equity Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes in Germany. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.

Abengoa, Endesa, Sonae, Teixeira Duarte, Mota-Engil: Iberian Stock Preview The following companies may have unusual price changes in Spain and Portugal. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close.

Asia

Asian Stocks Slump, Extending Global Rout, as Exports Fall; Nintendo Drops Asian stocks fell, driving the region's benchmark index to its lowest level since August 2003, as Japan's exports declined the most in almost seven years and U.S. consumer prices sank by a record.

Japan's Nikkei 225 Slumps Below 8,000 on Exports, Recession; Insurers Sink Japanese stocks slumped, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average below 8,000 for the first time in four weeks, as the deepening global recession eroded earnings at insurers and prompted the fastest drop in exports in seven years.

Korea's Kospi Index Declines, Won Hits Decade Low, as Risk Appetite Wanes South Korea’s won slid below 1,500 per dollar for the first time in a decade and stocks fell for an eighth day, the longest losing streak since 2003, as a global recession prompted investors to pull funds from emerging markets.

Karachi Exchange May End Trading Curbs Once Government Starts Support Fund The Karachi Stock Exchange may end rules barring investors from selling shares once the government puts in place a $252 million fund to support share prices and the economy improves, the bourse’s managing director said.

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