A Dublin panel beater, who spent €40,000 and “thousands of man hours” restoring a dream race car he found discarded in a barn, has been told by a judge that the 64-year-old Jaguar XK 120 is now legally his.

Despair over the economy sent Wall Street plunging again today, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down 733 points, or 7.8%, to their second-largest point loss ever.

US stocks rose sharply today, led by strong gains among the blue chips and mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which said it had lined up added financing.

Wall Street surged in a volatile session today, reversing losses incurred on Friday.