Intensifying Credit Fears Sink Stocks

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Thu, 03/13/2008 - 19:56

Stocks plunged early Friday as investors worried that a plan to ease a liquidity crisis at Bear Stearns Cos. indicates how severe credit troubles have become.

Each of the major indexes lost more than 1 percent; the Dow Jones industrials fell about 140 points.


 

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