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stock trader wears the U.S. flag draped over his suit as trading resumed
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Dow ends up 114; Nasdaq slips 3
NEW YORK — Investors seeking safer havens bought up blue chips Thursday but sold off riskier, technology shares amid worries about how long and how much the slumping economy will suffer from the terrorist attacks.
President addresses Chicago airline workers
President Bush sought to coax Americans back onto airplanes Thursday by putting the federal government in charge of airport security and pledging $500 million to upgrade security features on airplanes in hopes of thwarting future hijackings.
MORE ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT:
Thursday, Sept. 27
• Charities fear gifts may erode
Wednesday, Sept.
26
• Weak
track record for using asset freezes against terrorism and crime
• U.S.
wins support for coordinated attack on terrorist assets
• Layoffs
hit airline employees, workers in travel-related industries
• Dow
ends down 93; Nasdaq drops 38
Tuesday, Sept.
25
• Stocks
steady on consumer report
• Consumer
confidence plunges
Monday, Sept. 24
• Stocks
rally Monday, Dow surges 368 points
Friday, Sept. 21
• Economic
recession now seems likely
• Industry
would get $15 billion in grants and loan guarantees
• Bush
releases $5.1 billion
• Dow
falls 144 in late recovery
• Northwest
Airlines to cut 10,000 jobs
• Stocks
twist and turn on uncertainty
Thursday, Sept. 20
• Delta
CEO to announce job cuts in "life or death" situation
• American,
United lay off 40,000
• Stocks
drop sharply
Wednesday, Sept. 19
• American
Airlines lays off 20,000
• Dow
falls 144 in late recovery
• Boeing
to cut up to 30,000 jobs
Tuesday, Sept.
18
• Dow
ends down 17, Nasdaq falls 24
Monday, Sept. 17
• Dow
falls record 684 points
• Airline
and travel-related stocks drop sharply
• Germany
looks at suspicious trading
• Fed
cuts interest rates by a half-point
• Rate
cut gives nervous investors hope
• America
gets back to business
Saturday, Sept. 15
• Major
airlines cut back to avoid bankruptcy; Continental lays off 12,000 employees
• Traders
join soldiers in New York's financial district as businesses clean up near WTC
• Legal
industry suffers blow in Trade Center attack; reams of documents are lost
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