Blue chips fall on corporate earnings gloom (Reuters)

Traders confer as trading closes on the final day of the year at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 31, 2008. (Ray Stubblebine/Reuters)Reuters - The Dow fell for the fifth straight day on Tuesday as investors fretted over what many expect will be a gloomy earnings season, overshadowing a boost in financials on bets U.S. authorities will take toxic assets off banks’ balance sheets.

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