Thursday, December 11, 2008

Gannett stock plunges 12%; S&P-500 down 3%

Shares closed at $7.59 today, down $1.02, or 11.9%, amid news the company may dramatically scale back its money-losing Detroit operations. Meanwhile, the widely watched S&P-500 index fell 2.9%.

[Image: Google Finance]

3 comments:

  1. And your point is....

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  2. This is great. Lay off thousands of employees to cater to stockholders, and this is how they repay you.

    I had a girlfriend like that once.

    Once.

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  3. it's newsworthy. Big Three auto loan bailout breakout last night won't help the price either.

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