Stocks start with a skid
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Wall Street extended its decline in early trading today, falling on nagging concerns about mortgage defaults and also following the lead of stock markets that tumbled abroad. The Dow fell 4.2 percent last week including Tuesday's 416-point plunge, fell about 62 points to the 12,051 level in the opening minutes of trading.
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A discouraging report on home sales wiped out early gains on Wall Street.
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Stocks slid sharply on Friday, after bellwether stocks such as Caterpillar and Google posted disappointing earnings.
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Stocks tumbled near midday Monday, on the first full trading day after Thanksgiving, as investors bet that the recent rally was due for a rest.
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Stocks plummet, soar, and plummet again, but it all evens out in the end.
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NEW YORK -- With the stock market having jitters after a strong run-up in the past year, some investors might want something more low-key.
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With the much-ballyhooed initial public offering of Google behind them and oil chugging to a new record high, investors took a step back today.
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Thursday brings a new crop of figures for investors to digest after 2008 got off to a rough start on the Street.
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Stock prices are falling to some profit taking after yesterday&#39;s gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 16 points in today&#39;s early going.
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With the stock market looking to start a fourth week of gains, another drop in oil prices gave aid to some stocks Monday but pulled the rug out from under others.
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Stocks tanked Wednesday afternoon, the first trading day of 2008, as oil and gold prices at record highs and a report showing contraction in the manufacturing sector raised worries about the threat of a recession.
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Stocks plunged at the opening bell, spent much of the session in negative territory, then erased a 326-point deficit in the afternoon to post strong gains in the final hour.
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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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For the average investor, the U.S. stock market is looking downright scary. One day it's plummeting. The next day it's soaring.
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US stocks were set for a lacklustre start on Monday, as equity investors looked to lock in profits after the best week for equities in almost five years.
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Stocks slid on Monday as worries about the housing slump's impact on the economy rattled investors, driving down shares of bellwethers such as Caterpillar Inc .
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An unexpected drop in unemployment helped stocks post their first back-to-back gains in almost a month.