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CHICAGO - OCTOBER 29: Traders signal offers in the NASDAQ futures pit following the announcement by the Federal Reserve that it would cut the federal funds rate by a half point to one percent at the Chicago Board of Trade October 29, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The cut was the second half-point reduction in the funds rate this month.
Stock prices are shown at the Nasdaq MarketSite before the start of trading Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 in New York. Wall Street joined world stock markets in a precipitous plunge Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials dropping more than 400 points in early trading and all the major indexes falling more than 4 percent.
People stop to look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, in New York. Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but also collected profits from the previous day's massive advance.
A man is reflected on the NASDAQ headquarters window as he watches news of the passing of the Wall Street bailout bill in New York's Times Square, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush who quickly signed it.