Category: Markets / Finance / October 8, 2012 10:33 AM EDT
Stocks fell on Monday after the World Bank cut its growth forecasts for East Asia, undoing the positive sentiment that followed a drop in the U.S. unemployment rate on Friday.
Euro zone finance ministers will launch their 500 billion euro ($653.00 billion) permanent bailout fund on Monday, putting in place a major defense against the debt crisis that now threatens Spain.









