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Dow Off 679 on Dour Data

Global manufacturing indexes report contraction

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2008 3:20 PM CST

(Newser) – The stock market tumbled today amid dismal global economic data, MarketWatch reports, including a report by a group of economists that, by their measure, the US economy has been in recession since December 2007. The Dow fell 679.95 to close at 8,149.09....   Read full story »

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