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Dow Sinks 6.4% for Week

By STEVEN RUSSOLILLO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Fears of a possible Greek default and the U.S economy dipping back into recession pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst weekly decline in nearly three years. Stocks edged slightly higher on Friday, as a pledge from global officials to maintain financial stability alleviated some investor [...]

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Economy Sinks Markets

The U.S. economy is showing new signs of fatigue, depressing financial markets, discouraging consumers and unsettling businesses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 419.63 points, or 3.7%, Thursday, and is down 9.5% for August amid soaring trading volume and some of the worst volatility on record. Angst about the health of the U.S. and European [...]

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Dow Slides as Relief Rally Fizzles

Read More at WSJ U.S. stocks fell, erasing an early rally, as weak manufacturing data and worries that ratings firms still could downgrade the U.S. government’s credit overpowered investor relief about a debt-ceiling deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 110 points, or 0.9%, to 12033, in afternoon trading, after briefly falling below 12,000 for [...]

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Wall Street Grows World Wary…DOW down 207 pts.

  MARKET WATCH U.S. stocks drop Tuesday, as fears of higher interest rates in China and the potential for a new round of bailouts in the European Union fuel unease over the global economy. U.S. economic data also factor in. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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The Fat Lady is Singing

There is an old cliche that says “the Opera isn’t over until the fat lady sings.” When you get the Boston Globe publishing opinions like the one excerpted below, she is on stage front and center and the performance is coming to a close. ~~John Cronin~~ the bostonglobe.com Did you know this is supposed to [...]

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German Ban Weighs on Stock Futures

By:  STEVE GOLDSTEIN U.S. stock futures dropped Wednesday, the first day of the hastily drawn-up German short-sale ban, which served to reinforce rather than dispel worries over the health of European governments and the lenders that possess their debt. More than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 68 [...]

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Asian Shares Weaken; Dragged By Continued Europe Worries

By:  Colin Ng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asian stock markets were lower Monday, dragged by heavy losses on Wall Street Friday and ongoing concerns about troubles in the euro zone. Resource stocks were beaten down in Sydney as commodities prices fell. Markets were “predictably” weak after the falls in U.S. and European equities, [...]

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Now that Obama has Trashed the Health Care Industry, Is Wall Street Next?

For you non-technical market observers, this is what the Dow Jones Industrial Averages look like in chart form.  This is the type of price action that stock traders and investors dream about. Over the course of the last couple of weeks we have been hearing more and more chatter among the same people who have just [...]

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Dow at 10000 as Crisis Ebbs

A Rapid Recovery From Collapse, but Traders Voice Doubt About Bull’s Staying Power BY E.S. BROWNING The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to 10015.86, passing the symbolic 10000 level much faster than expected and racking up a 53% gain in just seven months. Wednesday’s trading marked the first time the Dow touched 10000 since October [...]

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