1.   Australian stocks staged their biggest one-day plunge in eight years as the rout on world equity markets continued.

2.   Australian stocks staged their biggest one-day point plunge in a decade as the rout on world equity markets continued.

3.   Australian stocks staged their biggest one-day points plunge in a decade as the rout on world equity markets continued.

4.   Because world equities have turned out to be more highly correlated in bear markets than experts had believed, internationally diversified portfolios have been far more volatile than predicted.

5.   Funds investing in U.S. stocks did better than world equity funds in the second quarter by a wide margin.

6.   Last month world equities plunged, triggered by sliding Hong Kong stocks, amid concern tumbling Asian currencies will cut back economic growth in Asia.

7.   SPANISH bonds are expected to rise in the coming days as turbulence in world equity markets drives investors to the relative stability of fixed income securities.

8.   Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led the electronics subindex rose for a eighth straight day after a rally in U.S. shares bolstered investor confidence in world equities.

9.   Morgan Stanley said world equity markers moved higher in September, continuing to rebound from the sharp correction in July that began the quarter.