Summary Box: Stocks drop for 6 weeks straight

share: digg facebook twitter BELOW 12K: Fears that the global economic recovery has stalled pushed the Dow Jones industrial average below 12,000 for the first time since March and drove the stock market lower for the sixth straight week. GAINS GONE: The Nasdaq is now down slightly for the year, as is the Russell 2000 index of small company stocks. The Dow is still up 3.2 percent for 2011 and the ...

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