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  Falling commodities give Dow worst day of the year

  Worries about an economic slowdown in China fueled a steep drop in commodity prices Monday, spooking investors and giving the stock market its worst ... 

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  Dow Jones average closes at another record high

  Materials and energy companies led the stock market higher Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its second all-time high in a week. 

• Merger activity stirs on Wall Street

  Companies are buying each other again. This year was shaping up to be one of the biggest for mergers and acquisitions since 2007. Then, on Thursday, ... 

• Correction: Wall Street story

  In a story Dec. 5 about the stock market, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a market strategist at Prudential Financial. Her name is ...