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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.33 points, or less than 0.1%, to 11977.19, a day after the average's triple-digit advance pushed it to within striking distance of 12000.

Dow Pulls Back From 12000 Kristina Peterson 2011

Through Friday they had lost 7.5% on their investment, far outstripping the industrial average's 3.9% decline over the same period.

Buying Shares, Buying Trouble Maxwell Murphy 2011

Holy Name, a mid-sized hospital, average's more than 5,000 interpretations per year (42 languages on a regular basis), and Hirsch credits the interpretations with dramatically cutting the amount of time patients spend in the hospital and reducing the number of patients who need to be readmitted.

Louis Provenzano: Hospitals Must Overcome Language Barriers to Save Lives, Cut Costs Louis Provenzano 2010

Boeing was the average's biggest decliner, down 1.6%.

Debt Fears Press on Europe Stocks; An Italian Lift Toby Anderson 2011

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 405 points, or 3.9%, the average's biggest one-day point and percentage gain since March 23, 2009.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2010

It was the bellwether average's seventh weekly gain in a row, during which it has gained 6%.

Banks Loosen Purse Strings Ruth Simon 2011

Wednesday's daily gain, though modest in historic terms, was the biggest of the average's seven-day run.

Blue Chips Climb 47.69, Best Close Since 2008 Peter A. McKay 2010

U.S. stocks fell, ending the Dow Jones industrial average's longest winning streak in two months, following worse-than-estimated sales at Bank of America, Citigroup and General Electric and consumer confidence that sank to the lowest level in a year.

Dow Jones industrial average's winning streak ends as U.S. stocks sink 2010

Those are two of the average's top three performers for the current quarter, which ends Wednesday.

Tech Jump Leads Stocks Higher Peter A. McKay 2010

The House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets, insurance and government sponsored enterprises holds a hearing on the reasons behind the Dow Jones industrial average's nearly 1,000-point decline last week.

THIS WEEK, May 10-16 2010