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12 Apr 2010 21:28

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Biz: The stock market reached the other end of the inverted bell curve today

  • 11,005 the closing price of the Dow Jones Industrial today, a new peak in a long rebound from the recession
  • 11,143 the closing price on Sept. 26, 2008 – the last time it ended above 11,000 (we blame Lehman Bros.) source
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08 Feb 2010 20:26

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Biz: Another dumpy day for the Dow: It FINISHED below 10,000 again

  • 9,908 the Dow’s closing level today, due to troubles abroad and possible regulation at home
  • 11/04/09 the last time the Dow closed this low, which was just a couple of months ago, by the way source
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04 Feb 2010 21:48

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Biz: The stock market went through a pretty hellish day today

  • 268 the number of points the Dow lost today alone, due to debt fears; it’s the biggest fall in 2010 so far
  • 10,002 the closing number for the Dow today; it dipped below 10,000 for a short while today source
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04 Jan 2010 21:03

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Biz: Nice way to start 2010: Stocks have a pretty awesome Monday

  • 1.5% increase in the Dow Jones Industrial today; hip
  • 1.6% increase in the S&P 500 today; hip
  • 1.7% increase in the NASDAQ today; hooray! source
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14 Oct 2009 20:37

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Biz: The New York Stock Exchange: Full of 10,000 Maniacs

  • Wow bros, we fell pretty far to get to this point. Boy, we wouldn’t have wanted to have money around March or so. We’d probably jump off a building. But today – today, we can say we’re back at 10,000. Welcome back to comfortable riches, friends. source
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15 Jun 2009 17:49

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Biz: The stock market took a tumble, has a boo boo

  • -187.1 Point loss of the Dow today, caused by economic fears scaring investors like a bad horror movie
  • -2.1% Percentage loss of the Dow; the NASDAQ and S&P 500 had similar tumbles today source
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23 Feb 2009 20:39

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Biz, U.S.: Our economy sucks as much as Third Eye Blind

  • 1997 the last time the stock market was this low source
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19 Feb 2009 20:31

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Biz, U.S.: The Dow sucked today – and then some

  • 7,552 its closing number today, a bear-market low source
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