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this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. a rough day on wall street, with all the major stock averages tumbling 3.5% or more. italy was the big worry today, tom. investors fear that italy's financial crisis is getting worse. >> tom: susie, it is costing the italian government more to borrow money-- up to a new record. the interest rate on italy's 10- year government bonds are now above 7%. that's the level that forced greece and portugal to seek bailouts. u.s. investors sol...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. a rough day on wall street, with all the major stock averages tumbling 3.5% or more. italy was the big worry today, tom. investors fear that italy's financial crisis is getting worse. >> tom: susie, it is costing the italian government more to borrow money-- up to a new record. the interest rate on italy's 10- year government bonds are now above 7%. that's the level that forced greece and portugal to seek bailouts. u.s. investors sol...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. a rough day on wall street, with all the major stock averages tumbling 3.5% or more. italy was the big worry today, tom. investors fear that italy's financial crisis is getting worse. >> tom: susie, it is costing the italian government more to borrow money-- up to a new record. the interest rate on italy's 10- year government bonds are now above 7%. that's the level that forced greece and portugal to seek bailouts. u.s. investors sol...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. a rough day on wall street, with all the major stock averages tumbling 3.5% or more. italy was the big worry today, tom. investors fear that italy's financial crisis is getting worse. >> tom: susie, it is costing the italian government more to borrow money-- up to a new record. the interest rate on italy's 10- year government bonds are now above 7%. that's the level that forced greece and portugal to seek bailouts. u.s. investors sol...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. a bad start to earnings season-- late today, alcoa posted a skimpy profit that was much lower than expected. the aluminum giant is the first dow component to report and, susie, investors are worried that this a is bad omen for upcoming quarterly results. >> susie: tom, investors were disappointed-- alcoa reported right after the closing bell, and the stock fell more than 3.5% following the earnings release. h...