While you were sleeping: Equities slump

While you were sleeping: Equities slump
By Margreet Dietz Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street fell as concern about the intensifying tension between the West and Russia over Ukraine overshadowed better-than-expected US jobs data and American corporate earnings including from 21st Century Fox. In late afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.38 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.34 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index retreated 0.15 percent. Investors fled into the perceived safety of US Treasuries and gold instead. Declines in...