Stock Antics – 8 Aug 2011

News alerts from today's stock market excitement.

1.  Fox News

2.  Washington Post: +9 minutes (US Stock Markets Drop Amid

    Concerns Over US Credit Rating, Escalating Debt Crisis in

    Europe)

3.  Houston Chronicle: +1 minute (Dow Jones Falls Nearly 2

    Percent at Open)

    MSNBC (US Stocks Drop Sharply at Open Amid S&P Downgrade

    Fallout)

5.  Los Angeles Times: +1 minute (Dow Drops More Than 200

    Points)

    USA Today (After S&P Downgrade, US Stock Markets Drop

    Sharply at Opening)

    ABC News (Stocks Tumble at Opening Bell; Dow Industrials

    Fall 227 Points)

8.  Wall Street Journal: +5 minutes (US Stocks Fall Sharply

    at Open)

9.  CNN: +1 minute (US Stocks Plunged at the Open Monday as

    Wall Street Had Its First Opportunity to React to Standard

    & Poor's Downgrade of US Debt)

10. Boston Herald: +10 minutes (Wall Street Drops Sharply in

    First Trading After S&P Downgrade)

11. New York Times: +20 minutes (Stocks Down on First US

    Trading Since Downgrade)

12. Fox News: 102 minutes (Dow Down Nearly 300 Points (first

    alert since announcement of additional S&P downgrades))

13. Los Angeles Times: 101 minutes (Dow Dives 400 Points)

14. Fox News: +6 minutes (Stocks Move to Session Lows, Dow

    Falls 400 Points)

15. Denver Post: +4 minutes (Dow Falls 400 Points, S&P and

    Nasdaq Down 4.5 Percent)

16. Kansas City Star: +5 minutes (Dow Drops 400 Points)

17. Fox News: +22 minutes (Dow Plummets 500 Points, Below

    11,000)

18. Los Angeles Times: +1 minute (Dow Dives 500 Points)

19. MSNBC: +7 minutes (Dow Down 500 Points, Falls Below

    11,000)

20. Sacramento Bee: +9 minutes (Dow Down 500 points, Below

    11,000; S&P and Nasdaq Down 5.5 Percent)

21. Minneapolis Star-Tribune: +69 minutes (Dow Takes Dive on

    First Day After Downgrade)

22. Fox News: +5 minutes (Stocks at New Lows Heading Into

    Close)