Stocks Fall Sharply on Economic Worries

[Hobbs]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports and high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials lost 315 points.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080229/wall_street.html

[kapil354]

Are companies with higher international sales also getting hurt. I think US companies are having some great international demand - is that helping them a bit? any views?