1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2860261.stm, accessed July 2003.
2. For example, the US NASDAQ Composite Index (which fell from a high of 5,135.52 in March 2000 to a low of 1,108.49 in October 2002) http://table.finance.yahoo.com/d?a=1&b=23&c=2000&d=0&e=25&f=2003&g=m&s=%5Eixi, accessed July 2003. See also, Germany's Neuer Markt Index (which closed after losing nearly all its value over the past two years) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2283068.stm, accessed July 2003.