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   From: crackhead@barackobama.com   
      
   Stocks tumbled Tuesday as the Dow fell nearly 118 points, ending   
   the trading day below the 17,000 mark.   
      
   It was the second straight session of losses after the major   
   indexes set record closing highs at the end of last week.   
      
   The Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.7% to 16,906.62. The   
   Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.7% to 1963.71 and the Nasdaq   
   composite index plunged 1.4% to 4391.46.   
      
   STOCKS: USA TODAY's live markets blog   
      
   Investors turned cautious as they geared up for the start of   
   second-quarter earnings season with aluminum producer Alcoa   
   reporting after the market close. The aluminum giant blew past   
   estimates, sending its stock up in the 2% neighborhood   
   afterhours.   
      
   ALCOA: Kicks off earnings season with bang   
      
   Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast profit growth of   
   6.2% for the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, up from 5.6%   
   last quarter. But heading into the week, the number of companies   
   warning of profit shortfalls outnumbered those predicting upside   
   earnings surprises by a 4 to 1 ratio, above the long-term   
   average of 2.6 negative pre-announcements for every positive one.   
      
   Oil prices remained below $104 a barrel as the benchmark U.S.   
   crude for August delivery was up 4 cents to $103.57 a barrel on   
   the New York Mercantile Exchange.   
      
   The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.57% from 2.61%   
   Monday.   
      
   Overseas, Asian stock markets were mostly lower as Japan's   
   Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.4% to 15,314.41 and Hong Kong's Hang   
   Seng index was basically flat closing at 23,541.38.   
      
   European markets tumbled as London's FTSE index fell 1.3% to   
   6738.45 and Germany's DAX dropped 1.4% to 9772.67.   
      
   On Monday, the Dow fell 0.3% to 17,024.21. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%   
   to 1,977.65. The Nasdaq composite index fell 0.8%, to 4451.53.   
      
   http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/07/08/stocks-   
   tuesday/12351915/   
      
       
      
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