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People's Bank of China to intervene as markets go into a tailspin.

Markets under spell of possible Fed rollback of stimulus programme and China liquidity crunch.

Markets fall to nine-month lows with Shanghai declining the most.

Possible QE rollback by US and indications of Chinese slowdown batter markets.

Nervousness to continue till the FOMC rate decision and Fed chief Ben Bernanke's speech, according to Barclays.

Better than expected US jobs and retail sales figures boost markets.

US job and retail figures help end losing streak on Wall Street and Asian markets.

With no positive economic data, most European indices decline in early trade.

Uncertainty over US bond purchases continues to cloud markets.

Factory output shot up 2.2% in France, while Italy's fell 0.3%.

Economic growth in China slowed down to 7.7% in first quarter.

Bank of England and European Central Bank to announce rates decision.

US jobs data and China growth concerns pull down markets.

Wall Street ends lower after investors sell growth-focused stocks.

Nikkei and S&P/ASX fall while Shanghai composite and Hang Seng up.

Market men continue to look for cues from the Fed on asset purchases.

Wall Street gains propel Asian markets as fears over Fed's asset purchase cutbacks ease.

Fed fears force Dow and S&P 500 to shed 0.7%, while Nasdaq Composite falls 0.61%.

FT, Reuters, AP and AFB among media giants targeted by hackers baking Damascus regime.

Markets show signs of recovery after sharpest single-day fall.

Wall Street opens lower but makes up most of the losses by end of day owing to rally in HP stock.

Following attacks on the accounts of The Financial Times and the Associated Press, Twitter introduces two-factor authentication.

Several Federal Reserve officials were in favour of slowing down bond-buying as early as their June meeting.

Markets hit by China's manufacturing data and reports of Fed favouring slowing down bond purchase.

Hackers claiming to be from the Syrian Electronic Army have hacked the Financial Times website and Twitter feeds.

Investors will be tracking a raft of data coming in from the US.

Japanese banking stocks pull the Nikkei down despite stronger GDP data.

Most Asian markets fall but Japanese stocks buck the trend on weak yen.

The European Central Bank head Mario Draghi will address the media later in the day.

An unexpected improvement in the US labour market lifts Asian market sentiments.