US stocks open sharply lower, sending Dow average toward its fourth straight loss By Washington Examiner October 15, 2014 1:34 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint NEW YORK (AP) — US stocks open sharply lower, sending Dow average toward its fourth straight loss. Related Content State Anti-Israel socialist candidates try to ride Mamdani’s wave to political office In Focus DOJ probe into Black Lives Matter finances deepens as group cuts ties with top board member White House Biden slams Trump for ‘taking a wrecking ball’ to democracy: ‘I’m angry’ Finance First round of November Social Security payments goes out in four days Finance December Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 23 days