Dow drops 2 percent on oil, weak factory data
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U.S. stocks fell on the first trading day of the year on Wednesday, with the Dow slumping about 2 percent to dip below the 13,000 level, after U.S. manufacturing data showed signs of contraction and oil hit $100 a barrel, raising the possibility of a recession in 2008.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street on Tuesday, as investors awaited data such as a report on August manufacturing activity for clues on the condition of the U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after   revised data on labor costs stirred inflation concerns and   Intel Corp. said it would cut fewer jobs than some investors   expected.
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US stocks closed mostly lower on Tuesday as record oil prices and economic data showing slower-than-expected growth last month weighed on the markets.
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NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.53, or 0.4 percent, to 10,069.65, one day after the index lost more than 135 points...
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Stocks fell on Wednesday as worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market fueled more caution, setting the Dow Jones industrial average on course to drop below the 12,000 level for the first time since November.
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Stock prices are falling as oil and the economy take center stage. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 43 points in today&#39;s early going.
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Stocks edged lower Wednesday as investors weighed rising oil prices against a pair of government reports that gave a mixed picture about the economy.
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Stocks fell sharply after data showed U.S. factory activity contracted in December to its weakest since April 2003, underscoring worries about the economic slowdown.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as  investor worries about high energy costs hurting corporate  profits kept indexes lower after oil prices broke through $48 a  barrel.
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US stocks failed to sustain a rally on the second-to-last day of the year as a drop in Alcoa Inc. pulled down the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Battered oil prices dived another dollar  on Friday as weak U.S. jobs data deepened a slump driven by  easing worries about winter supplies.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after weak employment data and a record drop in a home sales index heightened concern that turmoil in the subprime mortgage market was hurting the wider U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Monday in a  quiet day on Wall Street as the price of oil dropped below $42  a barrel and knocked down shares of energy-related companies  such as Exxon Mobil Corp.XOM.N.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as data showing a sharp contraction in regional factory and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill Lynch fanned worries about the economy and a weakening financial sector.
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Business & money: Dow Jones industrial average falls 200 points as data 'suggests wheels have fallen off economy'
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Stocks dropped on Tuesday, pushing the Dow down more than 200 points in its second-biggest sell-off of the year, as mounting losses in the subprime mortgage sector dragged down shares of companies with any exposure to the U.S. housing market.