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NPR 2011-06-11

The Dow is hovering just beneath the 12,000 mark, with US stocks turning sharply lower earlier today. NPR's Jim Zarroli says there are a number of factors rattling investors. There's been a lot of pessimism in the markets. We had a series of disappoi

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