1. And the ripple effects from the bankruptcies would shake markets around the world, analysts say. 2. Asian markets were shaken by the collapse of Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd., one of the largest Asian banks outside Japan. 3. Brazilian markets have been shaken by the threat of a devaluation of the Hong Kong dollar. 4. A plunge in the Hong Kong stock market, touched off by an attack on the local currency, shook financial markets around the world Thursday. 5. Canadian markets were also shaken on Monday by political forces. 6. In that case, the government intervened on the grounds that international financial markets would be shaken if the hedge fund went under. 7. In those earlier days, they were the powerful chief economists at Salomon Brothers and the First Boston Corp., respectively, and their dim outlooks shook markets. 8. Japan is caught in a vicious deflationary spiral, its economy shrinking and its banks threatened by losses so enormous they could shake markets around the world. 9. Rarely in the history of the fund industry has a person whose single utterance can shake the market to its foundations also headed a mutual fund. 10. Rubin is clearly walking a fine line, hoping to scare Congress into action but to avoid shaking the markets. |