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Stocks sink after weak jobs report; oil drops

An unexpected jump in claims for unemployment benefits and plummeting oil prices are driving stocks lower in early trading Thursday.

 

Jobs No Match For Oil Surge, Stocks Slammed

Thursday rally a distant memory as crude surges over $104 and Dow hits session lows.

 

Middle East unrest, rising oil prices slam stocks

Stocks fell sharply and oil prices spiked to their highest level in two years on Tuesday as investors worried about the increasingly violent unrest in Libya.

 

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