Stocks plunge in morning
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks plunged Monday morning as a series of deadly earthquakes Saturday in Niigata Prefecture and a tumble in US shares last Friday prompted widespread selling, pushing the benchmark Nikkei index to a 10-week intraday low.
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US shares fall in Wednesday morning trading amid fears of higher interest rates to combat inflation.
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Leading European stock markets fell in morning trading on Wednesday, but by less than a sharp setback on Tuesday on fears of a US economic slowdown and an overheated stock market in China, dealers said.
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Tokyo stocks plunged Tuesday morning on concerns about higher oil prices. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was down 121.
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Stocks plunged further on Thursday, sending the S&P 500 down more than 2 percent and driving the Dow industrial average down more than 1,000 points since the start of 2008, as investors worried about the outlook for the U.S. economy.
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European stock markets fell in morning trading as investors looked to bank profits on the eve of a rate decision by the US Federal Reserve.
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Stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as data showing a plunge in regional factory activity and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill Lynch fanned worries about the economy.
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Stocks opened lower today as investors began to take profits following sharp gains a day earlier on Wall Street.
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Stocks plunged yesterday as investors, nervous about earnings reports, cringed at troubling forecasts from two retailers, Home Depot and Sears, and at soaring oil prices.
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The stock market started off badly on Monday, dropping more than it had in any single day since July. Wall Street fared better over the next three days, but a plunge on Friday sent the market down for the week.
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US stocks plunged in a torrid week, suffering their steepest one-day fall in equities since 2001. The slump reversed the year's gains, and left open the question of whether worse was to come.
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US stocks suffered a late afternoon plunge on Tuesday as downbeat news from AT&T and more trouble in the housing market raised fresh fears over the health of the US economy.
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Stocks plunged yesterday as the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 240 points and troubles piled up for subprime lenders.
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Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the US government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession
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Stocks tumbled at the open on Tuesday, joining a global equity rout on fears of a U.S. recession.
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Stocks were firmly negative heading into Wednesday afternoon, with a 1% decline on the Dow.
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Wall Street investors received a double dose of bad news overnight before the US market opened this morning after suffering its biggest fall in two months Friday.