About 40 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 16,180.17, down 135.02 points (0.83 percent), paring much heavier opening losses that dragged the blue-chip index below 16,000.
Analysts cited fears about global growth as a primary driver for the sell-off. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany all fell more than two percent .... http://news.yahoo.com