The collapse of America’s fourth largest investment banks and fears about the stability of other financial institutions have led to some on the most worrying days in Wall Street’s history.
Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports on a week that has seen the Dow Jones index have its best and worst days in over half a decade.

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HBOS has confirmed it is in advanced talks with Lloyds TSB about creating a UK retail banking giant worth over £30bn.
The advanced talks are being encouraged by both the Treasury and Financial Services Authority (FSA) as a deal will ease concerns about the health of the UK banking sector.
News of the takeover comes just [...]