ABB calls off US equity offer as downturn spreads

ABB, the Swiss industrial engineering company, has cancelled a US share placement due to stock market volatility - just one day after announcing the proposed offering.

The cancellation is evidence that the downturn in global equity markets is spreading to old economy firms as well as the telecommunications and technology sectors.

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