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about 2% on slowing global demand concerns. in recent months we ve seen a correlation between oil and equities when crude falls, in many cases so, too, do stocks. now switching gears, another piece of news that is affecting wall street today as well, goldman sachs chairman and ceo lloyd blankfein saying he s been diagnosed with a highly curable form of lymphoma. he says his treatment plan will include chemotherapy over the next several months and he expects to work substantially as normal leading the form but will reduced some previously planned travel. global president and chief operating officer gary cohn is also expected to have enhanced responsibilities through blankfein s treatment period. some news out of goldman sachs. but in terms of the broader, why we are seeing stocks sell off today, it is really those fears over slow hog global economic environment. morgan brennan, thank you very much. kim davis, james blake and a border battle are some of today s other top stories.