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The Nasdaq composite index fell more than 2 percent on Friday, hit by concerns about weak job growth and a brokerage downgrade of chip maker Intel Corp .
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The Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent by  midsession on Friday as broad-ranged selling was prompted by  Thursday's fall on Wall Street due to concern about high oil  prices.
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Shares of network computer maker  Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O fell for a second day on Tuesday  after another Wall Street analyst cautioned clients not to  expect an unusually strong quarter from the company.
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When the closing bell rang on Friday, the Dow Jones industrials had fallen 256.54 points, nearly 2 percent, to 12,800.18.
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U.S. stocks fell for a second day on   Thursday as fears over inflation and higher interest rates,   combined with signs of further weakness in the housing market,   dampened demand for equities.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, hurt by a  slew of negative reports from top drug makers and oil prices  climbing by $2 a barrel.
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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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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average slipped 1.11  percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks,  hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering  to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for  $1.25 billion.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  issued a disappointing 2007 earnings forecast on Tuesday, overshadowing strong quarterly earnings and sending its shares down as much as 11 percent.
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Stocks fell sharply in low volume on Friday, driving the Dow and the Nasdaq down more than 2 percent, as the government announced the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years, stoking market worries about a recession.
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U.S. stocks fell for a second day on   Thursday on persistent concerns over inflation and higher   interest rates as well as fresh signs of a weakening housing   market.
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Stocks dropped on Friday, with the Dow and S&P down 1 percent, as investors locked in profits after two days of sharp gains, with financial and defensive sectors among those leading declines.
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Stocks declined Monday, the last day of a volatile and difficult year on Wall Street.
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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.
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Shares in the London Stock Exchange eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid failed.
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U.S. stocks ended the final day of the  second quarter on a down note, slipping on Friday after  weaker-than-expected data on Chicago-area manufacturing stirred  concerns about the economy and offset fresh hopes for a faster  turnaround at General Motors Corp. .
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Most markets in Asia were down between 2 and 3 percent today, their biggest drops since the sell-off two weeks ago.