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Wall Street tumbles again, Dow drops below 9,000

New York (dpa) - US stocks plummeted again early on Friday (Thailand time) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped below 9,000 points as a series of US and global efforts to tackle the financial crisis have failed to calm the widespread fears of... ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Thu, Oct 09 2008

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