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US stocks drop on global growth worries; Caterpillar slumps

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar plunged 6 percent Thursday after lowering its revenue forecast and announcing a restructuring.

Joy Global, a maker of mining equipment, slipped 1 percent. Falling prices for copper and other basic materials have hurt those companies.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 78 points, or 0.5 percent, to 16,201. It had been down 263 points earlier.