Stocks drop as Bear bails out hedge fund
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, dragged lower by the heavily weighted financial sector after Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  said it bailed out a hedge fund that is facing margin calls.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as an unexpected contraction in Midwest business activity raised concerns about the outlook for corporate profits.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday, hurt by a decline in heavily-weighted energy shares and climbing bond yields, which reignited concerns about higher interest rates and their impact on corporate profits.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow knocked off its 14,000-point perch and the Nasdaq composite index down more than 1 percent after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc  posted disappointing earnings.
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Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after BofA announced a deal to acquire the troubled lender.
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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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Stocks slid on Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve lowered its economic growth forecast, adding to already frayed nerves after Bear Stearns said its two hedge funds that had big bets on risky mortgages were nearly worthless.
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Stocks slid on Wednesday as worries grew about how far troubles in the subprime mortgage market could spread, a day after Bear Stearns said two hedge funds with big bets on the sector were nearly worthless.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow and the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc  posted disappointing earnings.
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Stock index futures fell on Wednesday  as news that deep losses on subprime mortgage bonds have left  two Bear Stearns hedge funds almost worthless further worried  investors already edgy after lackluster results from Intel  Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.
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Stocks were little changed on Thursday as a weak outlook from economic bellwether FedEx and sharply lower profit from investment bank Bear Stearns helped stall a rally that followed this week's aggressive interest rate cut.
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Asian and European stocks fell on Monday while sterling hit a one-year low as concerns over financing for banks grew after UK mortgage lender Northern Rock  tapped the Bank of England for an emergency loan last week.
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Stocks slid at the open on Wednesday on recession worries and a weak profit outlook from iPod maker Apple Inc as the Nasdaq composite index crossed a bear market threshold.
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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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U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with all three major indexes snapping a three-week streak of gains, after disappointing results from companies such as Caterpillar Inc.  and Google . Concerns about more credit problems tied to the subprime mortgage market added to the weaker sentiment.
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Wall Street stocks were weaker at midmorning on Friday after disappointing earnings from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and renewed jitters over US mortgage and credit markets.
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World stocks fell sharply on Monday,  battered by fears of U.S. recession and investor disappointment  about a fiscal rescue plan promoted by the U.S. administration.