French crowds join general strike on 'Black Thursday'

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in a general strike in France on Thursday in protest at the government's handling of the economic crisis. Union leaders said 2.5 million people had taken part in protests...

October 24, 1929 was Black Thursday, 79th anniversary has eerie similarities

As the global financial crisis continues to deepen it is hard not to draw parallels between current events and those that led up to the Great Depression.  October 24 is the 79th anniversary of Black Thursday,...

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