Soon they'd plunge to a point low enough for affluent consumers to buy them.

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After the Dow Jones industrial average's record 777-point plunge last month, wealthy donors didn't have so much wealth.

NPR: Money Woes Muzzle Independent Political Groups

Even with the 7.7-percentage-point plunge, bearish sentiment stayed above its historical average of 30% for the second consecutive week.

FORBES: Investors Bet Stock Prices Will Remain Flat

On Thursday, the Conference Board released its consumer confidence index for December, noting a 6.4 point plunge to 65.1, its lowest level since August.

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Every few weeks I feel the need to warn all that at some point stocks are likely to plunge.

FORBES: Stocks Edging Closer To Financial Cliff

Netgear WGXB102We haven't met many people using powerline networking (anyone out there taken the plunge?), but Netgear just introduced the WGXB102, an 802.11g wireless access point that connects to a home network using the HomePlug powerline networking standard.

ENGADGET: Netgear's 802.11g HomePlug extender

Wall Street shares plunge, with the Dow Jones index slumping 7% or 770 points, a record one-day point fall.

BBC: Timeline: Credit crunch to downturn