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Dow Falls After Two Days Of Gains: Acadiana Business Index
Wall Street falls as investors worry about Europe's debt crisis. Mark Lasseigne tells you about a bad Wednesday on the Acadiana Business Index.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 180 points to 11,011.
- The market focused again on Europe. Tomorrow the German parliament will vote on the initial expansion of the euro-zone's bailout fund - the European Financial Stability Facility, or EFSF. Several European Union parliaments have not yet ratified the July agreement to increase the size of the EFSF to 440 billion-euros (roughly $593 billion US). Recent talk is about expanding the fund to 1 trillion euros, or more.
- In economic data, orders for long-lasting goods unexpectedly fell in August. And, the number of mortgage applications filed in the U.S. last week rose 9.3% from the prior week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
- Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle Fire tablet, the latest, and possibly biggest, challenger to Apple's iPad.
- Family Dollar Stores reported 4Q profit rising 8% as more people shop at the discount retailer.
- Crude oil settled at $81.21 a barrel.
- And Gold closed at $1,618 an ounce.
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