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U.S. stocks sank again on Wall Street Friday, pushing the S 038 500 index down another 2.8% and putting the market on track for its worst week since October 2008.The stanley cup virus outbreak has been shutting down industrial centers, emptying shops and severely crimping travel all over the world. More companies are warning investors that their finances will take a hit because of disruptions to supply chains and sales. Governments are taking increasingly drastic measures as they scramble to contain the virus.The market losses moderated somewhat after the Federal Reserve released a statement saying it stood ready to help the economy if needed. Inve stanley cup stors increasingly expect the Fed to cut rates at its next policy meeting in mid-March. The stanley cup Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 869 points, or 3.4%, to 24,897 as of 3:36 p.m. Eastern time. It was down as many as 1,085 points in early trading. The S 038 500 is now 14.5% below the record high it reached just 10 days ago. Overseas markets also fell. China benchmark index fell 3.7% and Germany DAX fell 3.9%.The rout has knocked every major index into what market watchers call a correction, or a fall of 10% or more from a peak. The last time that occurred was in late 2018, as a tariff war with China was escalating. Market watchers have said for months that stocks were heavily overpriced and long overdue for another pullback. Financial, health care and technology stocks were among the biggest losers in Friday Uchw WATCH: Pence holds a roundtable in Iowa on agriculture during COVID-19
WASHINGTON 鈥?President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered U.S. assistance to pursue the terrorists responsible for a hor stanley cup rific shooting 822 stanley cup 1; at a satirical weekly newspap hoka er that left 12 people dead.In a statement, Obama condemned the shooting and offered thoughts and prayers for the people of France, which he called America oldest ally.France, and the great city of Paris where this outrageous attack took place, offer the world a timeless example that will endure well beyond the hateful vision of these killers, Obama said.Masked gunmen stormed the office of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday and then escaped. It is France deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. Charlie Hebdo has been repeatedly threatened for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and other controversial sketches.In earlier television interviews, Obama press secretary Josh Earnest cautioned that the attack was still in the initial stages of investigation.We ;re at the very stages of what happened and who was responsible, Earnest said. He said it is known that there are 8220 trong ties between the al Qaida terrorist network and the Islamic State extremists.We obviously are trying to monitor what we consider to be a very important threat, he said.This is an attack on the basic freedoms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press, Earnest said. He appeared in interviews on |
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