Stocks Sink as Growth Fears Simmer

Word Count: 900 | Companies Featured in This Article: Bank of America, American International Group, Citigroup, Boeing, Caterpillar, the financial category, basic-materials category, technology, Toll Brothers, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Wal-Mart Stores, J.C. Penney, Kohl's Stocks suffered a steep and broad-based decline Thursday prompted by weak economic data and worsened by continuing concerns about the credit... [read full story]