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Stocks Fall on Yahoo Plunge, Oil Spike

Investors cautious on new developments

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted May 5, 2008 3:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – Stocks fell today as Yahoo shares plummeted 16% and crude prices jumped past $120 a barrel. "People have gotten in, but they don't want to be in a big way," a investment officer told the Wall Street Journal. The Dow fell 88.66... Read full story »

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Stocks Fall on Yahoo Plunge, Oil Spike

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