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Disaster fears put investors on edge

Stocks plummet, then recover; Dow drops 312 pts, and it feels like relief

By Robert Gavin
Globe Staff / October 25, 2008

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On the anniversary of the start of the 1929 crash, US stocks yesterday stepped back from the abyss, absorbing another day of steep losses but avoiding the catastrophe that investors and analysts feared when markets opened in New York. (Full article: 801 words)

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