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Europe
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Asia at 9 30 AM
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News Today
*The Dow and S&P 500 has tumbled to levels not seen in nearly 12 years, ending at the lowest point since May 1997.
* President Obama raises concerns over the rising deficit, aims to cut it to half by end of his first term at office.
* The world needs a "global New Deal" to haul it out of the economic crisis it faces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom said Sunday.
* Swiss banks lost more than a quarter of their deposits last year as customers withdrew some 1.41 trillion Swiss francs ($1.21 trillion) amid financial crisis.
* Citigroup, with assets worth $1.95 trillion or Rs 9,72,075 cr, now values less than SBI, India's largest bank.