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Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since '04

AP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.

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Off the Wires

Credit markets still tight as stocks plunge AP - Mon Oct 6, 6:23 PM ET
Financial turmoil takes toll on September sales AP - Mon Oct 6, 3:45 PM ET
Stores expected to report dismal September sales AP - Mon Oct 6, 3:11 PM ET
Fed to provide as much as $900B in loans to banks AP - Mon Oct 6, 2:50 PM ET
Paulson picks interim head for rescue effort AP - Mon Oct 6, 1:54 PM ET

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News Stories

Fed provides more help to banks at CNN/Money - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Big Discounts Fail to Lure Shoppers at The Wall Street Journal - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
In a Weak Climate, the Dollar Has Surprising Muscle at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Full of Doubts, U.S. Shoppers Cut Spending at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
In D.C., few evade blame for financial crisis at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008

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Feature Articles

Keeping Customers in a Crummy Economy at Business Week - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
At Massage Office, Business Is a Chart of Wall Street Nerves at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Looking for loans in new places at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Behind big job losses, a tighter credit squeeze The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
'Is My Money Safe?' and Other Questions to Ask at The New York Times - Tue, Sep 30, 2008
How bad is our economy? at The Los Angeles Times - Tue, Sep 30, 2008

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Opinion & Editorials

Is It 1929 Again? at The Washington Post - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Mailing Our Way to Solvency at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Rescue Legislation Contains Palliatives, No Cure at Bloomberg.com - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
What's Worse Than a Flawed Bailout? at The New York Times - Tue, Sep 30, 2008
No one's clean in this mess at The Los Angeles Times - Tue, Sep 30, 2008
The real solution to the financial crisis: recession at Christian Science Monitor - Tue, Sep 30, 2008

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U.S. Economic Calendar - economic indicators to be released in the coming week. From Yahoo! Finance.
Economy at a Glance - Key economic statistics, updated monthly. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Federal Reserve System Beige Book - provides national and regional summaries of U.S. economic conditions.
U.S. Department of Commerce - site includes updates on economic indicators and data.
The Conference Board - non-profit, non-advocacy organization that created the consumer confidence index, an economic indicator released monthly. Also tracks leading economic indicators.
Statistics of Income (SOI) - Find out more about individual and corporate income from data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS.