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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Dow Falls, More Layoffs, Puppies Galore

The Dow Jones Index is dropping like a brick off a bridge right now. Barring a massive rally the next ten minutes, the index will have lost about six hundred points.

That's over a five thousand point decline in the past twelve months.

Meanwhile, in the very Northwestern corner of the state, Shaw is laying off over four hundred Dade County workers.

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