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Stocks Reverse; Dow Down 280

Lehman Bros., housing weigh on investor sentiment

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2008 3:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – After a strong rally yesterday following news of the Fannie/Freddie bailout, stocks gave most of the gain back today as the failure of talks between Lehman Brothers and Korea’s state bank sent shares in the investment giant down 44.1%, MarketWatch reports. The Dow... Read full story »

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