March 3rd CEOcast Weekly Newsletter
Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of worrisome economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexes all declined this week as the Dow Jones industrials lost 115 points, bringing its year to date loss to 7.5%. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 22 points to bring its year to date loss to 9.4% and the Nasdaq composite index declined 32 points, exacerbating its year to date loss to 14.4%. The Russell 2000 also declined with a loss of 9 points, to bring its year…