U.S. stocks were falling early afternoon Friday, with all three major benchmarks in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 266 points, or 0.7%, at 40,399. The S&P 500 fell 16 points, or 0.3%, to around 5,529. The Nasdaq Composite retreated 75 points, or 0.4%, to 17,796.As for we
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