MARKET REPORT Consumer fears send stocks down
Posted: August 15, 2009 at 3:01 a.m.
Stocks fell sharply Friday, taking the major indexes down about 1 percent, after investors were disappointed by reports that the Reuters/ University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment fell significantly short of expectations for the first part of August.
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