{"article":{"id":10369,"heading":"Dow Down A Record 681 Points -- Finishes Under 9,000","author":"An IMC-LA Reporter","created":"2001-09-18 18:43:21","modified":"2001-09-18 23:50:53","last_modified":"Wed, 19 Sep 2001 06:50:53","article":"<p>Despite a half-point cut in interest rates, the Dow fell a record 681 points today, finishing at 8,924, according to preliminary calculations.  This was the first time in over 2 1\/2 years it finished under 9,000.  The Nasdaq index fell 115 points and the broader Standard &amp; Poor's 500 index dropped 53 points.  Declines were not unexpected, given previous trends, the long period of suspended trading, and the sharp hit taken by airlines in the wake of shut-downs last week and widespread fears of flying.   <br><br> However, apparently there was no sign of a promoted \"patriotic rally,\" and the impact of yet another cut in interest rates seemed as insignificant as the past 7 cuts this year, which have had no appreciable macro-economic impact so far.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/tech\/wire\/2001\/09\/17\/dow\/index.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Despite a half-point cut in interest rates, the Dow fell a record 681 points today, finishing at 8,924, according to preliminary calculations.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/09\/10369.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":10370,"heading":"Dow plunge:  poor don't suffer?","article":"Are you celebrating a stock market crash?  Do you think the rich will not be rich any more (as opposed to slightly less rich)?  who do you think suffers in a recession or depression.   Can't understand why the left hasn't taken over -- they seem so smart, eh?","author":"Incredulous","parent_id":10369,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-09-18 18:54:04","modified":"2001-09-18 19:14:25","fileurl":""},{"id":10386,"heading":"I Wasn't Celebrating Anything","article":"I think you need to learn to read more carefully, and put a little less of your interpretation into what you read.  I wasn't celebrating anything. I was reporting some significant news, and most of what I wrote was a simple condensation of the AP stroy I linked to, which you could have discovered simply by clicking on the link.  ","author":"Paul H. Rosenberg","parent_id":10369,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-09-18 23:50:53","modified":"2001-09-19 01:00:02","fileurl":""}]}