<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/bs_nm/us_financial5"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081017/2008_10_16t061145_450x300_us_financial5.jpg?x=130& y=86&q=85&sig=Tj3vH9JtxW_MC8cG7.SMDQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders react in front of their screens at the Frankfurt stock exchange October 16, 2008. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Policymakers around the world scrambled for ways to bolster their economies and banks with South Korean and Australian leaders holding emergency meetings in the face of mounting signs of a severe global downturn.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)