US stock markets started December in the red on Monday after poor data on the manufacturing sector added to worries about the year-end onslaught of federal tax increases and spending cuts.The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 59.98 points (0.46 per cent) to 12,965.60.
04/12/2012 - 07:02
US stocks drop after manufacturing data
04/12/2012 - 07:02
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