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Stocks extend plunge on concerns about Greece

STEPHEN BERNARD

AP Business Writer

NEW YORK – Stocks are plunging as investors give in to fears that Greece’s debt problems will spread and halt the global economic recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 870 points and Treasury prices are soaring. Computer program selling is intensifying the selling.