Breaking News: Dow drops to lowest level since '97

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:22:53 -0600

NEW YORK (AP) - The major stock market indexes have staggered to their
lowest levels since 1997, pulled down by investors' rapidly waning
confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 250 at 7,114. The
Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 26 at 743, while the Nasdaq
composite index is down 53 at the 1,387.