Breaking News: European stocks drop on debt concerns

---------------------------------------- Economy/Business News Alert: Breaking News: European stocks drop on debt concerns September 5, 2011 12:22:27 PM ---------------------------------------- European stocks tumbled Monday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index posting its biggest two-day drop since March 2009 on investor speculation that support for bailing out Europe's indebted nations may fade. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 4 percent to 223.86 at the 4:30 p.m. close in London, following Friday's 2.4 percent plunge off of a worse-than-forecast U.S. jobs report. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index dropped 3.6 percent and France's CAC 40 Index lost 4.7 percent. http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/RRHKUP/V10Q4U/FSHT4E/P4JPPM/CCN5Q/HK/h For more information, visit PostBusiness.com ---------------------------------------- Get The Washington Post app for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch: http://itunes.com/apps/thewashingtonpost ---------------------------------------- Get breaking news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Sign up by texting NEWS to 98999. To unsubscribe, click here ---------------------------------------- ©2011 The Washington Post Company Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071