Germany, France, Italy and a further 12 European countries unveiled plan to salvage banking systems from potential ruin
Japanese bank to restructure deal following 60% collapse in Morgan Stanley's share price in last five days
Government urged to draw up reserve powers to be used in event of major utility collapse
Unprecedented 40bn barrels of recoverable reserves on offer to Western oil companies
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FTSE 100 -381.7
3932.1
Closed
DAX -342.69
4544.31
Closed
Dow Jones -128.0
8451.19
Closed
Nikkei -881.06
8276.43
Moving up FTSE 100 Price Change
THOMSON REUTERS 1,101.00p +0.09%
Moving down FTSE 100 Price Change
SCHRODERS NV 619.59p -28.90%
ROYAL BANK SCOT 71.70p -25.31%
SCHRODERS 784.49p -25.19%
HBOS 124.13p -19.09%
3I GROUP 500.50p -16.23%

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