World stocks slide for fifth straight day

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks fell for the fifth straight day on Thursday, sliding back toward two-year lows on growing unease about global growth and as VW's emissions test-fixing scandal hit Europe's carmakers again. A 2.2 percent tumble for Tokyo's Nikkei as Japan returned from an extended break had set a gloomy tone in Asia and Europe's bourses and Wall Street futures were dragged back deep into red after an early foray higher. There had been some reassuring German and French