Down and down again. Dow starts on a plunging trend

The New York Stock Exchange started this morning with more plummeting stock prices on the Dow Jones industrial average.

The New York Stock Exchange started this morning with more plummeting stock prices on the Dow Jones industrial average.

Investors lined up at the starting gate in a race to dump stocks as they blindly panicked over Standard and Poor's downgrading of the United States Debt.

U.S. news sources are saying the Dow Jones begin its morning with a 184 point plunge and there's no bottom in sight.

Meanwhile economists and investment strategists are saying the downgrade in the United States credit rating will not impact world markets very much after the initial shock wears off.

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