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Right at the open, the market was hit with disappointing news from the World Bank that the global economy may be weaker than it had previously predicted. Within the first 1/2 hour, the Dow stumbled more than 100 points! Commodity sectors continued to slump. Energy and miner stocks were very weak: APA -5.76%, DVN -5.58%, HES -5.17%, RTP -5.9%, X -9.18%, FCX -11.29%, ATI -12.07%. On the tech side, GOOG was down $12.74; BIDU lost $19.58; and, RIMM fell $4.67.
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