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• The Next Black Monday
It came in the wake of Black Monday -- Oct. 19, 1987, the single worst day in the Dow's history -- when, by 4 p.m. ET, the market became $500 billion less valuable.
• China's leaders tested
And beginning at 2:28 p.m. Monday, when the 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck, the disaster area was in dire need of both. Hu and his lieutenants appeared to realize what was at stake, moving swiftly to mobilize the party machinery.
• You Will Lose More Money
So far this year, the S&P 500 has fallen 1% or more on 20 different trading days. On three of those days, it dropped at least 2.5%. That's an index of 500 very large and well-known companies -- not some unknown individual micro-cap stock -- flopping ...
• Carnival ride collapses 24 injured
ANGELS CAMP, Calif. - A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a Calif. county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard. The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and ...
• Cable blamed in overpass fatality
The preliminary police investigation revealed the men were removing a containment system from beneath the bridge about 12:45 p.m. when the cable went slack, dropping them toward traffic, she said.