Market awaits Senate vote on bailout

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The market held its breath Wednesday, awaiting the results of a Senate vote on the federal bank rescue plan which Baltimore experts said could shake up the economy yet again.

The $700 billion bailout bill was slightly different than the version struck down by the House of Representatives on Monday, a vote which sent the Dow Jones industrial average spiraling down by 777 points — its largest one-day drop.

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