All good things must come to an end, and at least for the moment, the stock market's amazing run is taking a well-deserved break. Weakness in U.S. housing starts was offset somewhat by a jump in housing permits to their best levels in more than three years, but China's economy continues to show signs of a slowdown that could threaten a big part of the global expansion. As of around 10:45 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrials
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