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Flu Pandemic May Cost World Economy Up to $3 Trillion (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- A flu pandemic could kill 71 million people worldwide and push the global economy into a ``major global recession'' costing more than $3 trillion, according to raised estimates by the World Bank of a worst-case scenario.