Stock Slide Accelerates, Oil Plunges Below $30 a Barrel

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via IFTTT Energy and financial companies led a broad tumble for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Friday as the slump in the price of oil deepened, pulling crude below $30 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average was down more than 400 points as the market headed for its worst first two weeks of a year ever.