Dow Closes Below 12,000 for the First Time Since March

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The Dow Jones industrial average closed under the 12,000-point mark on Friday. This is the first time since March 18, 2011.

Analysts attribute this decline to a general sense that the global economy is slowing and to fresh reminders that European debt problems are entrenched.

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