<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081112/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081112/2008_11_12t112904_450x320_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x= 130&y=92&q=85&sig=XK9TUqevuPSqZZexa._Rvw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 12, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)