World markets slumped into the red, rattled by fears that talks to avoid the US fiscal cliff were in disarray.
World markets slumped into the red, rattled by fears that talks to avoid the US fiscal cliff were in disarray.
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The FTSE-100 index pulled back further from the 6000 mark, down 18.3 points to 5939.9, as the Plan B put forward by House Speaker John Boehner failed to gather enough support among Republicans to go to a vote.
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