Dollar, stocks plunge sparks scramble for safety

"What is different to previous times is that the bad news in now coming from everywhere, China, Portugal the U.S. the commodity sector the banking sector. The flight from risk told on most Asian shares, with Hong Kong - a favorite channel for global investors to play China - diving 4.2 percent as investors there returned from the long Lunar New year holidays. Wall Street had ended Wednesday mixed after Fed Chair Janet Yellen sounded optimistic on the U.S. economy, but acknowledged risks from mar