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The issues are:
1) forced selling & redemptions in the last hour
2) continuing uncertainty in credit markets
3) inability to determine earnings with credit uncertainty
4) financials: concerns about wider losses (credit card losses, commercial real estate) and capital raises
GM [GM
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Insurers like Prudential [PRU
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Teen and specialty retailers reported September same store sales today, and as with department stores yesterday they are generally below expectations. Abercrombie[ANF
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- After The Bell Big Announcement: HP To Acquire 3Com
- New Highs On Lousy Volume—What's Up?
- The New Dow Target
- Wall Street Fears Dodd Bill
- Have Loan Losses Peaked for European Banks?
- Dow Industrials at New Highs—But Other Indices Lag
- Risk Trade Is Back On
- HMOs Up Despite Looming House Vote
- What The Street Thinks of The Jobless Report
- Friday It's All About Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
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