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The Closing Bell: Down on jobs jitters

12/04/2008 03:37 PM

A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety about the government’s November employment report due out Friday.

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Obama names Gov. Richardson to head Commerce
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Hawaii to be 1st state with electric car stations
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Brazil's Vale to reduce nickel output in Canada
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Dodd endorses financial assistance for automakers
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ECB cuts rates, following BoE, Swedish Riksbank
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Banks borrow less, investment firms borrow more
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Credit Suisse cuts 5,300 jobs worldwide
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Toll Brothers trims 4Q loss, next year looks worse
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Smithfield Foods 2Q profit drops on grain costs
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Wal-Mart Stores' November same-store sales rise
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New jobless claims drop unexpectedly
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Viacom to cut 850 jobs, freeze some raises in 2009
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Bernanke: more action needed to cut foreclosures
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Scripps puts Rocky Mountain News up for sale
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Carmakers' bailout pleas hit Senate skepticism
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Swedish Riksbank cuts interest rate by 1.75 points
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Capital One buying Chevy Chase Bank for $520M
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AT&T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff
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Target November same-store sales fall
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