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u.s.markets opened brightly friday,following he**y losses the previous day,amid fresh expectation that the bailout plan would go through.by 11.50 a.m.(1550 gmt)the dow jones was up 1.79 percent and the nasdaq was up 2.80 percent.
asian markets slipped earlier in the day with japan's nikkei exchange closing the week down 215.05 points,or about 1.9 percent at 10,939.71-a new three-year low.hong kong's hang seng dropped 2.9 percent to 17,682.40 and key indexes across the region were all down.
european markets were flat in morning trading,but rallied after wall street opened with london's ftse 100 up 2.15 percent,par**' cac up 2.96 percent and frankfurt's dax up 2.55 percent.
the banking world has been in turmoil in recent weeks with many institutions scrambling for survival as credit has dried up,le**ing many holding"toxic"subprime debt following the collapse in u.s.house prices.
in the latest development friday,troubled u.s.bank wachovia announced it would merge with californian banking giant wells fargo in a deal valued at approximately$15.1 billion.(full story)
the merger will include all of wachovia's banking operations,well fargo said.wachovia had looked set to be sold to citigroup in a deal brokered by the federal **.
the core of the senate financial bailout bill ** a plan to buy troubled assets from banks,but the proposal includes a number of new prov**ions aimed at ordinary people struggling under the credit crunch.blog:will the bailout plan fix the economy?the changes-including$110 billion in tax breaks and ra**ing the limit at which bank deposits are guaranteed from$100,000 to$250,000-were intended to attract votes from the house-especially from republicans,two-thirds of whom voted against that version.explainer:what next for the bailout plan?