
The stock market lost ground for a third straight day as investors grew
uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest
government debt. A disappointing earnings report from computer
maker Dell Inc. weighed on technology shares Friday and hurt the Nasdaq
composite index. In midafternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell
23.42, or 0.2 percent, to 10,309.02. The Dow fell 105 points, or 1
percent, in the past two days.
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