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    Stock Market Sell-Off, Easing Up or Just Beginning?

    After yesterday's partial recovery, international financial markets dropped again today, but not as drastically as they did on Tuesday. Today, the Down Jones Industrial Average dropped 200 points in the first minutes of trading. Since then, it and other indexes have been creeping back up.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    After yesterday's partial recovery, international financial markets dropped again today, but not as drastically as they did on Tuesday. Today, the Down Jones Industrial Average dropped 200 points in the first minutes of trading. Since then, it and other indexes have been creeping back up. In the US--the world's largest economy--various measures sent mixed messages as analysts tried to figure out what's going on. Is there a slowing economy or just a bump in the road?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Will Andrews

      Investing Editor for BusinessWeek.com

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      Peter Navarro

      University of California, Irvine

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      Caroline Baum

      independent economics journalist

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    The Stock-Market Sell-Off; To Be or Not to Be...Gay
    1. 1:34Stock Market Sell-Off, Easing Up or Just Beginning?You’re reading this
    2. 23:34Homosexuality: Nurture or Nature?
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