NYSE Seat Prices Hit 8-Year Low
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The price of a seat on the New York  Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since 1996, the latest  sign that a shift toward electronic trading and possible  regulatory change is undermining investors' confidence in the  exchange's open-auction system of trade.
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European stock markets dropped in early trading as investors took their lead from a US trading session which saw New York's markets suffer a sharp correction.
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The dollar fell to a fresh eight-month  low against the euro on Tuesday and scored its lowest level in  eight years versus the Swiss franc on persistent concerns about  the U.S. economy and high oil prices.
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The Dow Jones industrial average fell 108 points to about 97-hundred-58. Decliners on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered advancers by a five-to-three margin.
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The online brokerage lowered its full-year forecast, sending shares plummeting 8.5 percent in extended trade.
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Stock tumbled across the board Tuesday, with the Dow industrials sinking about 500 points at one point. Declining markets in China and Europe helped trigger the massive selloff on Wall Street. The New York Stock Exchange tried to limit declines by imposing trading curbs. The selloff is on the back of a nearly eight-month rally.
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Older investors are facing tough economic realities as a result of the disappointing U.S. stock market this year.
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U.S. shares looked set to open lower on Tuesday, with stock exchange operators Nasdaq  and NYSE Group Inc.  in focus as a result of developments in their respective transatlantic merger endeavors.
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Shares of the Nasdaq Stock Market  plunged to their lowest levels in over a month after the London Stock Exchange  urged shareholders to reject a 2.7 billion pound ($5.27 billion) hostile bid from the largest U.S. electronic stock market.
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Amid growing recession fears, itâs only natural that U.S. investors are a little spooked.  But how do you explain that foreign stocks are off to an even worse start in 2008?
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s shares (MRK) fell 9.7 percent to the lowest price in almost nine years after the Wall Street Journal said yesterday the drugmaker tried for years to stop safety concerns from hurting sales of its Vioxx painkiller.
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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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On Wall Street, markets opened lower but then stabilized.
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U.S. stocks fell to fresh year lows on  Monday, with technology shares bearing the brunt of the decline  as a fall in software company Autodesk Inc. ADSK.O and a drop  in chipmakers weighed.
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Stocks fell on Friday, capping their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off.
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Japan's main stock index fell Friday to a two-year low as investors worried about upcoming earning reports from U.S. financial groups.
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Company earned 60 cents a share, down from 83 cents a year earlier; Vioxx linked to heart attacks. NEW YORK  - Merck &amp; Co.