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Stocks tumble on fears about Dubai debt fallout

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled Friday as fear swept world markets that financial trouble in the Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai will upend a global economic recovery.

Major stock indexes fell about 2 percent from 13-month highs, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which at times slid more than 200 points in a shortened trading day.

Trading volume had been expected to be light...

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