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Wall Street slides on grim economic data

By Alistair Gray in New York

Published: October 2 2008 13:50 | Last updated: October 2 2008 22:30

Industrial and material stocks led more Wall Street falls on Thursday as concerns heightened that the intensifying credit squeeze was spreading beyond the financial sector.

“The reality is setting in that every day that they can’t fix this crisis is a day that a company can’t get funding,” said Marc Pado, market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. “People just didn’t think it was going to [happen] this quick.”

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