Stocks Continue to Slide, Shake-up at Citigroup

Stocks are lower on Monday, but well above the worst levels of the morning, as credit worries continue to ripple across the financial markets. Overnight trading in Asia saw stocks fall heavily, and the selling continued in Europe.

Citigroup
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, which fell heavily last week, is today’s top story after Robert Rubin was appointed chairman and Sir Win Bischoff interim CEO. Charles Prince resigned after the company announced huge losses on Friday (full story).

Dell
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is buying EqualLogic for $1.4 billion (read more).

IAC
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announced plans to split into five separate businesses (read more).

Burger King Holdings
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reported Q1 profit rose 23% on 10% revenue growth (read more).

StemCells
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Q3 loss widened on higher expenses (read more).

EnCana announced a deal to buy Deep Bossier for $2.55 billion (read more).

Market Snapshot

Dow

-70.31 13524.79

NASDAQ

-17.17 2793.21

S&P 500

-8.49 1501.16

  NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

660,679,930 964,219,008

Up Volume

158,857,910 363,754,608

Down Volume

497,432,120 580,974,296

Advances

643 845

Declines

2501 2003

New Highs

38 41

New Lows

218 248

Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

% Change

Weakest Industries

% Change
Movie Production, Theaters
+1.85%
Toy & Hobby Stores
-6.87%
Internet Information Providers
+1.50%
Industrial Metals & Minerals
-3.76%
Medical Practitioners
+1.45%
Drugs Wholesale
-3.52%


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