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Stocks Tumble as Coronavirus Rattles Global Economy

HeadlineMar 06, 2020

Stock markets around the world continued to tumble Thursday as fears grew of a global recession sparked by the coronavirus outbreak. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones dropped nearly 1,000 points, building on similar heavy losses in recent days. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note sank to a new record low in another sign of a looming recession.

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