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Fridays data on the whole was indicative of slow and steady economic growth. But stocks took a huge dive on Feb. 27 as various worries - about the
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News that the economy slowed to just a 1.6% growth rate in the third quarter overshadowed solid results from Microsoft and Sun and sent stocks skidding on Friday. StandardNET/Standard-Examiner::
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It was the weakest quarter for the U.S. economy since early 2003, and well below the 2.1% growth rate economists were looking for. Investment in equipment and software was a bright spot, growing 6.4% after a 1.4% decline the previous quarter.
Microsoft was unchanged on the day, as investors looked past weak December quarter guidance to next year's highly anticipated Windows Vista release. Sun, meanwhile, gained 2.6% as investors shrugged off weaker than expected sales guidance to cheer the company's narrowing loss. U.S. service sector growth slows in July - Stocks & economy - MSNBC.com::
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A Goldman Sachs report on slowing motherboard demand hit chip stocks, with Intel and AMD losing 3% each.
McAfee gained 6% on its results, and Netgear, Digital River and SupportSoft surged on their earnings reports.
Alltel, Akamai, Hittite, Interphase, Intersil, Overland, Radisys and Silicon Image fell on their results.
The Nasdaq lost 28 to 2350, the S&P 500 fell 11 to 1377, and the Dow lost 73 to 12,090. Volume declined to 2.38 billion shares on the NYSE, and 2.27 billion on the Nasdaq. Decliners led 21-11 on the NYSE, and 20-10 on the Nasdaq. Downside volume was 74% on the NYSE, and 65% on the Nasdaq. New highs-new lows were 255-18 on the NYSE, and 167-39 on the Nasdaq.
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