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Heavyweights investing heavily in China
Giant soft-drink producer Coca-Cola
McDonald's
Morgan Stanley cutting down
Investment bank Morgan Stanley
Bank of America could face more losses
Bank of America
One more plunge in stocks
Following the trends in Asia and Europe, U.S. stocks fell sharply during midday trading. The drop comes amid concerns of the deepening eurozone debt crisis and its effect on the wobbling U.S. economy. The market opened at a lower level and dropped continuously. The S&P 500 dropped about 4% within the first hour of trading. The Dow was down by 3.8% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 4.6%. The heaviest selling came in the heavy industrials sector, with losses around 5% in various stocks, followed by technology and the financial sector. Read more at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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