News Summary: Stocks fall after 2 bad reports

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TWO BAD REPORTS: Alcoa beat Wall Street earnings estimates but cut its demand expectation for the year, mostly because of a slowdown in China. Chevron said slumping oil prices and production would hurt its earnings.

STOCKS FALL: The Dow Jones industrial average, which includes both companies, fell 128 points. Other major averages still declined, but not as much on a percentage basis.

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