Dow slides more than 200 points on U.S.-Iran tensions and soft manufacturing data
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U.S. stocks slumped sharply at the open on Friday, retreating from record closes on Thursday, after investors reeled from a one-two punch of escalating tensions in the Middle East and a U.S. manufacturing activity index plumbing its lowest level since June 2009.
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