21.   Broader indicators also were lower in heavy trading and shares were sinking sharply in Latin America.

22.   DDI shares sank on worries about a slowdown in the number of new subscribers for a discount mobile phone service known as PHS.

23.   European stock markets had already rebounded from a plunge in trading earlier in the day, while shares sank on Asian exchanges.

24.   Shares in both sank Friday for a second day in a row as analysts warned that predicted benefits from the merger would be a long time in coming.

25.   Shares sank across Asia earlier in the day.

26.   European shares sank in early deals on Wednesday as news of yet another corporate scandal in the United States sent tremors through equity markets across the globe.