| Concerns about major banks and insurance companies again weighed on the markets. American International Group, the world?s biggest insurance company, fell nearly 5 percent to a 13-year low after the Credit Suisse Group predicted that the insurer would face major losses this quarter because of mortgage-related write-downs. |
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