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Sat 07 Jul 2008Irish Stock Exchange loses €3bn as market plunges
SOME €3 billion was wiped off the value of the Irish Stock Exchange yesterday as the Dublin market went into freefall following fresh bad news from the US.
Reports that the US government might have to step in to save two giant mortgage companies that hold or guarantee almost half the mortgages in the US rattled markets around the world.
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