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Mark Lacter • November 13 2008 1:06 PM

If only Jack Benny were around. Remember a couple of hours ago the Dow had fallen under 8000? Well, it sort of recovered: 552 points on the upside, to close at 8835. That's right, the index moved about 900 points today. Think I’m getting nauseous.

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