Stocks sink on worries about economic recovery

A sharp dive in private job growth and a continued slowdown in the manufacturing sector combined to send the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 200 points Wednesday, its biggest drop since early March. Treasury bond prices rose to their highest level of the year as traders placed a larger value on safer investments.

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Source: Boulder Daily Camera

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