Stocks plummet in largest one-day point drop ever (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 7:45pm

Trader David O'Day rubs his eyes as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday Sept. 29, 2008.<br /><br />The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 300 points, while demand for safe-haven buying in government debt remained high ahead of the vote.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The failure of the bailout package in Congress literally dropped jaws on Wall Street and triggered a historic selloff — including a terrifying decline of nearly 500 points in mere minutes as the vote took place, the closest thing to panic the stock market has seen in years.




 

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