Tech Stocks Tank on Economic Crisis, S&P Downgrade - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), American International Gr (NYSE:AIG) - Benzinga

I'll bet Facebook and Zynga are glad they haven't gone public yet.

LinkedIn (NYSE:

) is among the many tech companies taking significant losses following today's

unparalleled crisis

. As of this writing, the popular social networking has been hit by an 18% decline. Granted, LinkedIn was downgraded on Friday by both

and

Evercore Partners

. But that didn't stop Bank of America from increasing its price target on the

. J.P Morgan awarded LinkedIn with a

price target increase

of its own. But at a trading price of roughly $76, LinkedIn is unlikely to reach the $108 PT that Bank of America anticipated. Youku.com (NYSE:

), which has been

running into trouble

after its F1 was amended last week, is down 6%. The perpetually imperiled Research in Motion (NASDAQ:

) has been reduced by approximately 6% as well. AOL (NYSE:

), a company with employees that like to

burn a little money

, is faced with a decline of nearly 4%. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:

), which

launched a new service

and

appointed a new COO

last week, is taking a small hit today with more than 7% dropping off its shares. After

beating analyst estimates

last week, you might have thought that Activision (NASDAQ:

) could weather this storm. But that isn't the case, as the company is down roughly 3.4%. THQ (NASDAQ:

), which suffered a

earlier this year, has lost another 7.5%. Investors that took

BMC's recommendation

to hold on to shares of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:

) might be frustrated by the firm's loss of more than 7%. Meanwhile, Sony (NYSE:

), which made the

questionable choice

to delay the PS Vita

, is taking a hit in the neighborhood of 3.7%. Heavy hitters like Google (NASDAQ:

) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:

) are suffering as well, each dropping 3% and 2%, respectively. Cisco (NASDAQ:

) just lost a little over 5%. Apple (NASDAQ:

), the can-do-no-wrong company (well,

), is down nearly 4%. Chances are this decline has nothing to do with Operating Systems Solution, the latest company to

over patent infringement. Even companies that sell technology are taking a hit. Best Buy (NYSE:

), which seems to be in a battle

, is down 4% today. Nearly 8% has been shed from GameStop's (NYSE:

) share price. Amazon (NASDAQ:

), a company that's often viewed as an impervious entity, is down 4%. Of course, tech companies are far from the only ones that are suffering. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:

) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:

) are experiencing declines this afternoon. Citigroup (NYSE:

) is having an especially bad day with a loss of more than 13%. Wells Fargo (NYSE:

) has dropped nearly 6%.

between American International Group (NYSE:

), which is down more than 9%, and Bank of America (NYSE:

), which is down a whopping 18%, is sure to make things worse.

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AIGAmerican International Group Inc

AMZNAmazon.com Inc

BACBank of America Corp

BBYBest Buy Co Inc

CSCOCisco Systems Inc

EAElectronic Arts Inc

GMEGameStop Corp

GOOGAlphabet Inc

GSThe Goldman Sachs Group Inc

JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co

MSFTMicrosoft Corp

TTWOTake-Two Interactive Software Inc

WFCWells Fargo & Co

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