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	<title><![CDATA[Global Markets Get Hammered As US Recession Reality Sinks In]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/global-markets-get-hammer_n_147590.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>A fresh wave of selling hit global stock markets Monday as weak economic news from around the world and confirmation of a US recession prompted a massive pullback from last week's gains.</p>

<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 679.95 points (7.70 percent) to close at 8,149.09, in the fourth-steepest point loss in history for the blue-chip index.</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-01T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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