Stocks Rally as Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Story date: 2008-03-18 07:40:26
Added on: 2008-03-18 20:00:31

The deep rate cut was the sixth reduction in as many months, but investors had been betting heavily that the Fed would cut its key rate a full percentage point.


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