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Stocks Slide on Earnings Angst

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2007 4:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Dow had its biggest fall in a month today, as investors showed anxiety over third-quarter earnings. The key index dropped 85.84 points from yesterday's record high to 14,078.69, after aluminum maker Alcoa announced a sales slippage of 3.2%. Boeing contributed... Read full story »

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