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Stocks Take Another Tumble

Mortgage woes persist, retail down

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 14, 2007 3:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – The markets lost again today, as a small cash manager’s move to halt investor pullouts agitated fears about liquidity, as well as deeper jitters over mortgage woes seeping into credit markets. The Dow fell 207.61 points to 13028.92, dragged down heavily by... Read full story »

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