Wall Street

Specialist Elizabeth Rose looks at a screen at her post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors absorbing a stream of bad economic news wondered how a Barack Obama presidency will help the country weather a possibly severe recession. Volatility returned to the market, with the Dow Jones industrials falling nearly 500 points and all the major indexes tumbling more than 5 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)