Bad news on the employment front sent stocks falling early Thursday. Claims for unemployment benefits rose to 399,000, their highest level in six weeks, and investors took the news as a sign that the economic recovery in the U.S. may not be as firmly in place as they had thought. Mostly flat retail sales in December also took their toll. Just after 11 a.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrials
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