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Populist_Prole

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15. That was my thought

Reply to eridani (Reply #14)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 02:37 AM

Feb 2012

I mean, if XYZ company were to shit can 10K jobs in the US and relocate production elsewhere, how much you want to bet that the The Dow Jones would respond favorably?

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