Sell-off fever spreads to Asia, Europe
(NEWSER) - Stock markets around the world are tumbling in the wake of yesterday's Wall Street meltdown . Market indexes across Asia saw major dives, and European markets are down in early trading, AP reports. The sell-off is "just a knee-jerk reaction to what's going on," said an analyst in Australia , which saw its biggest market plunge since early 2009. "We're going down simply on the fear that Italy can't pay its debts ." More»