Wall Street has roller coaster ride, Dow Jones slides 142 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks that made significant gains prior to the Federal Reserve's decision to hike interest rates by a half-percentage point on Wednesday reversed course soon after. The Dow Jones which was 275 points ahead prior to the announcement, changed gears and was quickly below more than 300 points, before clawing back some of the deficit.

The U.S. dollar jumped sharply but later retreated to fi