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Post-election slide

Stocks' 486-point drop is biggest after presidential vote, as economic forecasts send investors fleeing

U.S. stocks plummeted yesterday, a day after Sen. Barack Obama's historic victory in the U.S. presidential election, as a fresh batch of dismal economic data underscored the massive challenges awaiting his administration.

The drop marked Wall Street's biggest loss ever on the day after a presidential election, coming immediately on the heels of its biggest Election Day rally on record in the...

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