Oct 10 2008
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“ The market rout in the U.S. is rapidly wiping out vast amounts of wealth, casting a pall over households and businesses. U.S. stocks, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, shed $872 billion in market value on Thursday, $2.5 trillion over the last seven trading sessions, and $8.4 trillion since hitting an all-time high one year ago Thursday. The index includes almost all U.S. public companies.
