Well, after spending a couple of weeks focusing on automaker-related financial news, it's time again to look the broader market, and what occurred today doesn't make for a pretty sight.  The Dow plunged 289.60 points, or 3.56 percent, putting it under 8000 once more. The rest of the damage (seen in a broad view) is as follows: the Nasdaq went down by 64.86 points, or 3.88 percent of its value, and the S&P 500 lost 37.21 points, or a whopping 4.28 ...