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Canada Goes South
Posted Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 2:18 PM ETS&P 500 Catches Cold, Canadian Firms Catch Pneumonia
The Toronto-based National Post reports that Standard & Poor's decision to drop five Canadian companies from its index has caused major headaches up North: Nortel Networks, one of the five, "will likely see its stock dip below a 16-year low, as 327 million shares that are owned by the 'index community' will be looking for buyers at a time when the Canadian company is finding it tough to lure investors."
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