Stocks fall as Treasury backs off on buying toxic debt (Reuters)

Filed Under (Personal Finance) by on 12-11-2008

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 12, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks slid on Wednesday after the United States backed away from using the $700 billion bailout fund to buy troubled mortgage assets, adding to investors' worries about consumer spending.

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