Swooning the Passel

This is actually quite a nice piece of roccoco writing:

A passel of worries tormented investors, including the dollar, which swooned amid speculation that China will seek to diversify some of its foreign currency stockpiles beyond the greenback. Meanwhile, a record loss from General Motors Corp. owing to an accounting adjustment further dragged on sentiment.

[puts on powdered wig and fires up the harpsichord and candelabra]


http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071107/wall_street.html?.v=39