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Business Bytes Asian markets didn't believe Suharto; why should Wall Street? The Dow slipped steadily all day to wind up almost 100 in the red. Read all about it in the FORTUNE Business Report. Get the numbers by index or stock-by-stock
Though it had been scheduled earlier, the Dec. 18 dinner was the turning point for U.S. policymakers. Japanese markets had dipped nearly 6% overnight, and the Dow Jones industrial average had dropped more than 100 points. Fears were spreading that an Asian recession would shrink earnings of American companies and halt the U.S. economy's remarkable and long-running growth. Just that morning, South Korea's foreign-exchange reserves had fallen to less than $10 billion. Default was about 10 days away...
Asia In Severe Tailspin Markets across Asia continued to hemorrhage money Monday. But on Wall Street, the effects were temporary; a 137-point Dow tumble at the morning bell turned to a moderate gain by afternoon closing. Keep up with the numbers...
Business Bytes What earnings worries? Intel beat the odds--and Street expectations--with a very rosy report, post-bell. It's up in after-hours trading. And the Dow cruised along all day Tuesday to end 84 points to the good. All that and more in the FORTUNE Business report. Check the numbers by index or stock-by-stock
...only six days of trading, 1998 already has the look of a nightmare. The Dow and Nasdaq each posted 20 percent gains last year; today's selloff left them both down close to 5 percent. Broader measures are right in step. The question for investors is this: When will the hot potatoes turn into bargains...