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Wall Street slumps as Big Tech once again leads decliners - Black News Channel

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are lower Thursday as Wall Street continues to swirl after the Federal Reserve said it will keep interest rates at nearly zero for years to help nurse the wheezing economy. The S&P 500 was 1% lower in morning trading, after trimming an earlier loss that reached 1.6%. It follows up on a volatile day, where the index at first rose following the Fed's announcement before giving out in the last hour of trading to drop to its first loss in four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell […]

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