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Slow Day Sees Modest Losses

Stocks end mostly lower after Bernanke testimony

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 2, 2008 3:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – The markets slid into negative territory after Ben Bernanke's Congressional testimony on the state of the economy today, but trading was generally low-key. "Flat is good," an economist told the Wall Street Journal. "People are getting their nerve back." The Dow... Read full story »

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