Financial turmoil continues


THE world went through another week of roller coaster movements in stock markets as investors were overcome by fears fuelled by more bad news, while central banks continued their attempts to calm the markets with more injections of funds and finally a reduction in an important interest rate in the United States.

The global markets have been behaving like a malaria patient, with bouts of high fever alternating with cold chills.

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