Points. It was the worst session in four years. It also marked the end of the work week on wall street in four years. Chinas economic problems hurt u. S. Companies like apple and walmart, who have counted on chinese demand to drive growth in recent years. Some say investors shouldnt be too concerned. Reporter this is a normal part of markets, really. They usually occur every year or so. We have been long overdue, more than four years since the last correction. One thing you should remember if you are putting money your retirement plan, the good news is you are buying shares cheaper. So stick to that game plan. One upside to the down market, analysts say it is now less likely the u. S. Central bank will raise Interest Rates next month. The last time the fed raised Interest Rates was in 2006. The pentagon says it is trying to find the cause of explosions which rocked the u. S. Army Storage Depot near tokyo overnight. No one was hurt at the blast. Hundreds of firefighters battled the flam
Bell. Hello im andrea roane. The 1000point drop represents a 10 point low but numbers appear to be settling down. It is now down just 233 points, much better than the start of the day. Reporter the dow plummeted again at the opening bell, dropping more than 1000 points if the first few minutes of trading. For me it felt like the crash of 87. Reporter the sell off continued last weeks tumble on wall street. The dow plunged 530 points friday its worst session in four years and the markets worst week since 2011. Fears of chinas economic slow down are shaking investors. Stocks fell across asia monday morning with klines main index tumbling 8. 5 , its biggest one day loss in eight years. There is the repricing of the global stock markets. Reporter adding to the slide is the plunging price of oil. Prices fell below 40 a barrel for the First Time Since 2009. The Stock Exchange is prepared to halt trading for 15 minutes if the s p 500 falls to 7 . Wall street is now on what is called a correct
Welcome to bbc news. An explosion on an underground train in south west london this morning is being treated as a terrorist attack. The train was packed with rush hour commuters when the blast went off. It sent a fireball through the carriage. 22 passengers were injured, none of them seriously. The device appears to have been in a white container with a timer. The mayor of london says a manhunt for the attacker is now underway. The device detonated at 820 this morning at Parsons Green station on the District Line in south west london. My colleague Matthew Price is there. Thank you very much indeed. The section of the London Tube Network on which this explosion took place is actually overground, not underground like much of the network. It is a couple of hundred metres behind me, down this road where, at the moment, police and forensic officers are going through the scene of the explosion to try and piece together what happened and what sort of device this was. We have already had some
An explosion on an underground train in south west london this morning is being treated as a terrorist attack. The train was packed with rush hour commuters when the blast went off. It sent a fireball through the carriage. 22 passengers were injured, none of them seriously. The device appears to have been in a white container with a timer. The Prime Minister said the Terror Threat level would be kept under review. The device detonated at 820 this morning at Parsons Green station on the District Line in south west london. Matthew price is there. This was the fifth terrorist attack, the fifth successful terrorist attack in britain this year. Unlike the others, however, nobody died in this. In the previous poor attacks 36 people lost their lives, yet it is not being taken any less seriously because of that. As you have just heard, the seriously because of that. As you havejust heard, the Prime Minister of britain has caused called an emergency session of the Cobra Committee that looks int
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