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Traders in the S&P 500 stock index futures pit at the Chicago Board of Trade signal offers on Friday. Getty Images Standing at a lectern in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday, President Bush addresses the financial crisis. AP A file photo from Black Monday, Oct. 19, 1987, shows a trader on the New York Stock Exchange shouting orders on a day the market fell 22.6 percent. In the last six trading days, the Dow has shed almost 21 percent. AFP/Getty Ima Specialist Justin Bohan holds his head as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. AP NPR.org, October 10, 2008 · After a string of firsts for the world's financial markets, it seemed fitting that the week ended with the Dow Jones industrial index making more history: For the first time ever, it traded in a 1,000-point range. The Dow... [read full story]
