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Dow Drops 750 Points Amid Worries Over U.S.-China Tensions

U.S. stock markets plunged again Thursday after a Chinese technology executive was arrested in Canada, escalating U.S.-China tensions. The Dow's dive followed a fall of 799 points Tuesday.
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, when the Dow Jones industrial average fell 799 points. Stock markets continued to fall on Thursday.

Updated at 11:29 a.m. ET

U.S. stock markets plunged again Thursday after a Chinese technology executive in Canada, escalating U.S.-China tensions. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 750

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