US STOCKS-Market drops on earnings misses, housing woes

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 20 - U.S. stocks fell on Friday,
with major indexes sliding 1 percent, after bellwether stocks,
including Caterpillar Inc. and Google Inc ,
posted disappointing earnings.




Worries over the impact of the housing slump and losses
from risky mortgages also weighed on stocks and the dollar
while government bond prices jumped.


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