WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Hubble's Return, Wushu Dustup, and More
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Chicago, Illinois, October 29, 2008--Traders at the Chicago Board of Exchange signal offers in the S&P 500 stock index futures pit following the Federal Reserve's announcement it was lowering its benchmark interest rate by half a point to one percent.

The federal funds rate is now down to the near-record lows reached in 2003 and 2004 following the burst of the Internet bubble. The rate may go lower because "downside risks to growth remain," according to the central bank.
—Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images
 

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