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DOW, S&P CLOSE LOWER IN BIGGEST REVERSAL SINCE OCT. 08
CNBC ^ | Aug 25, 2015 | Evelyn Cheng, Peter Schacknow

Posted on 08/25/2015 1:46:38 PM PDT by familyop

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 204.91 points, or 1.29 percent, at 15,666.44, with Merck plunging 5.2 percent as the greatest laggard and Apple and Walt Disney the only advancers.

The Dow transports also reversed intraday gains to close down 1.7 percent, solidly in correction territory.

The S&P 500 closed down 25.6 points, or 1.35 percent, at 1,867.61, with utilities plunging more than 3 percent to lead all 10 sectors lower.

The Nasdaq closed down 19.76 points. or 0.44 percent, at 4,506.49.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crash; margincalls; market; stock; stockmarket
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1 posted on 08/25/2015 1:46:38 PM PDT by familyop
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To: familyop

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Walt Disney hired all those foreign H1B visa software programmers ... after FIRING the 200+ Americans ...

To “hell” with Disney ...

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2 posted on 08/25/2015 1:49:23 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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MARKET RALLY EVAPORATES: Here's What You Need To Know (Dow Down 205)
3 posted on 08/25/2015 1:49:48 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: familyop

That happened about the last half hour.


4 posted on 08/25/2015 1:50:24 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

PPT left early for a dental appointment?


5 posted on 08/25/2015 1:51:39 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: blam
"MARKET RALLY EVAPORATES: Here's What You Need To Know (Dow Down 205)"

Thanks, blam!


6 posted on 08/25/2015 1:53:27 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop
...and Apple and Walt Disney the only advancers.

Apple plunge protection kicked in big-time yesterday:




7 posted on 08/25/2015 1:55:08 PM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: familyop

it was the “Dump” part of “Pump and Dump”


8 posted on 08/25/2015 1:58:13 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: familyop

it was the “Dump” part of “Pump and Dump”


9 posted on 08/25/2015 1:58:16 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: familyop

it was the “Dump” part of “Pump and Dump”


10 posted on 08/25/2015 1:58:20 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: familyop

it was the “Dump” part of “Pump and Dump”


11 posted on 08/25/2015 1:58:23 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: familyop; blam

We can always count of blam for the facts and just the facts.


12 posted on 08/25/2015 1:59:50 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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say what?


13 posted on 08/25/2015 2:00:21 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Kartographer; blam
What was interesting to me about the following, is that it was from an advisor for Gordon Brown in the U.K.

Stock up on canned food for stock market crash, warns former Gordon Brown adviser
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stock-up-on-canned-food-for-stock-market-crash-warns-former-gordon-brown-advisor-10469509.html


14 posted on 08/25/2015 2:09:02 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Way Disney has been dead since 1966.


15 posted on 08/25/2015 2:10:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: familyop; blam; Old Sarge

Posted it last night got slammed on it.


16 posted on 08/25/2015 2:11:03 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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17 posted on 08/25/2015 2:12:38 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: familyop

Down again -205?

Not looking too sharp since last Thursday.


18 posted on 08/25/2015 2:28:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: familyop

600+ point swing.

they’re doing what they can to keep it afloat


19 posted on 08/25/2015 2:29:21 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: dragnet2

Down is the new Up.


20 posted on 08/25/2015 2:36:50 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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