<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080915/bs_afp/stocksusclose"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080915/capt.cps.nph29.150908230035.photo00.photo.default-512x331.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Y8TZ87__3uVFk95PXu kpfA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. US shares went into a freefall Monday as part of a global rout after a bankruptcy at Lehman Brothers stoked fears about contagion affecting world markets and the economy.(AFP/Nicholas Roberts)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US shares went into a freefall Monday as part of a global rout after a bankruptcy at Lehman Brothers stoked fears about contagion affecting world markets and the economy.</p><br clear="all"/>

View the entire article: Dow plunges 500 points; Lehman failure sparks rout
(AFP)