Until September, the U.S. tech industry appeared insulated from the year-long economic slowdown. Most of the 20 largest U.S. tech firms reported solid second-quarter earnings in July and August, and they were projecting continued growth in sales through the year-end. Then Wall Street crashed.
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What tech-industry CEOs are saying about the economy
October 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Wall Street marks grim anniversary of 1929 crash – The Associated Presstall89
October 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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Wall Street marks grim anniversary of 1929 crash
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After the rough years following World War I, the unprecedented growth of the Roaring Twenties sent the stock market soaring a staggering 667 percent, ...
Oct 24, 1929: Wall St crash Telegraph.co.uk
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Wall Street marks grim anniversary of 1929 crash
October 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Stevenson Jacobs, The Associated Press October 27, 2008 - 7:01 p.m. NEW YORK - Wall Street's struggle to recover from this month's devastating drop is coinciding with the anniversary of another dark period for the stock market - the crash of 1929.
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Wall Street crunch delays Portsmouth development
October 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The stock market crash and the credit freeze are already having an effect on development projects in Portsmouth, N.H."People are still moving forward, but more cautiously," said Portsmouth architect Lisa DeStefano, a member of the city's Economic Development Commission.
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When Will the Wild Price Swings End? – Motley Fool
October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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When Will the Wild Price Swings End?
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Seven consecutive days of market decline? Never been seen until this month. The worst weekly performance in stock market history? It's all right here, ...
Dow tumbles on 79th anniversary of Wall Street Crash Telegraph.co.uk
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For stocks, October can’t end soon enough
October 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Whichever way next week plays out on Wall Street, the market is likely to close out an October that stock investors would rather forget.
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Dow slides 312 points on 79th anniversary of Wall St. Crash
October 25, 2008 By
Wall Street clawed back heavy early losses to close down 312.3 points on the 79th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 as investors reacted to a global stock market rout driven by rising fears of a worldwide recession.The “VIX” volatility index – which measures the amount of volatility in the markets – hit an all-time intra-day high 89.53
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Panic on Wall Street as Global Markets Crash
October 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed more than 1,000 points off the opening bell as the stock market began what was shaping up as an historic selloff. It's not the first time and not the last. You better brace yourselfs people.
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Rio Tinto takes biggest tumble since 1987 crash
October 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Shares in global miner Rio Tinto suffered their heaviest fall since the 1987 stock-market crash on Thursday, after it dismissed rumours it was warming to a US$62 billion takeover by rival BHP Billiton.
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Are We Stupid Or Just Blind
October 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Financial workers at Wall Street’s top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, for their work so far this year - despite plunging the global financial system into its worst crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, the Guardian has learned.
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