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  • Greek ‘day of reckoning’ shakes stock markets

    From washingtonpost.com

    U.S. stocks are broadly lower in afternoon trading Friday following steep declines in Europe. Investors are worried that Greece may default on its debt and exit the eurozone. Shares of several big U.S. companies, including American Express, dropped after disappointing results. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 242 points, or 1.3 percent, to 17,863 as of 1:25 p.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 21 points, or 1 percent, to 2,084. The Nasdaq fell 70 points, or 1.4 percent, to 4,937. All 10 industry groups in the Standard and Poor’s 500 fell. GREEK WORRY: Greece and its ... (full story)

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verv
Apr 17, 2015 8:02pm
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So it all happened today. No-one saw it coming yesterday.
this is why most 'news' is pointless. Nothing story
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peacourt
Apr 17, 2015 2:19pm — Edited
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how about a 1.1 instead of parity for the euro after todays events. this is on the cards, and fibo has not proven to be reliable on this occasion and is in conclusive, the currency marches on to new high territory higher than most would expect it to be , follow the red admial i see with my telescope
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Trader#3BAA
Apr 17, 2015 1:38pm
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So it all happened today. No-one saw it coming yesterday.
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