Together again, retirement nest eggs took another great fall. The dow industrials plunged 469 point, or 2. 8 . In the past two weeks, the dow has fallen more than 1800 points, recovered more than half of it, and then today lost nearly half of the gain. Oil prices fell as well down 8 , and after rising 27 , the three previous days. Thats what you call turmoil. So we will turn to our chief Business Correspondent anthony mason. Anthony what, is going on . Reporter scott these are the aftershocks of last weeks selloff. And this volatility could continue for a while. All three major indexes were down about 3 today. The catalyst continued unease over china. The shanghai index is down almost 40 since june. The selloff started today on news that chinese manufacturing hit a threeyear low in august. The worry is the worlds second largest economy may be slowing, even more than feared. At the same time, the Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates, perhaps as soon as this month. Pelley
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