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U.S. Stocks Gain After Federal Reserve Cuts Rate Half Point

• Bloomberg.com
General Motors Corp., Alcoa Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. led gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after the Fed lowered the benchmark rate to 1 percent from 1.5 percent, matching a half-century low and in-line with the median forecast of economists

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Comment by Brock
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They should have lowered the entitlement checks to government economists.

Comment by Ernest Hancock
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The Dow dropped 356.99 in the last 12 minutes of trading to close down from the opening 74.16

Comment by Fascist Nation
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Well half down, one to go. Then what? What can you cut when your rate hits zero? It hasn't worked too well for those nations that have done it, but it sure robs their citizen's saving right quick.