By KRISTINA PETERSON NEW YORK—U.S. stocks opened the week with a modest drop, weighed by financials as investors struggled with nagging concerns over sovereign debt in Europe and U.S. government proposals to regulate banks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 40, or 0.4%, at 9972, in recent trading. Financials components led the measure's declines, with Bank of America down 2.1% and J.P. Morgan Chase off 1.8%. American Express also lagged, with the credit-card issuer down 1.1%....
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