Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dow Drops More Than 200 Points – 2 Aug 2011

Due to economic concerns, the Dow dipped below 12000.

1. Fox News (sent before the close of trading)
2. Fox News: +34 minutes (Dow Closes Down 266)
3. USA Today: +2 minutes (Dow Plunges 265 Points at Close
   (added this headline, due to the discrepancy between the
   numbers from Fox & USA Today))
4. MSNBC: +3 minutes (Debt Deal Concerns Help Drive Dow to
   Close Below 12,000 for First Time Since June (stayed safe
   and only reported the level below which the Dow dropped))
5. Los Angeles Times: +13 minutes (Dow Falls 265 Points on
   Economic Fears (looks like Fox rushed to get its alert out
   before final numbers were official))
6. CNN: +3 minutes (The Dow Closed Down About 266 Points, or
   2.19%, as Investors Worried About the Weak Economy (same
   number as Fox, though they did quantify it as "about" 266
   points, and they included a specific percentage))
7. New York Times: +52 minutes (Stocks Slump More Than 2%
   Despite US Debt Vote (for what it's worth, though the
   headline contained only a rounded percentage of the drop,
   the story claimed 264-points))

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