Stocks hammered by fears of economic slowdown

Fears that the economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points Wednesday, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year. Treasury bond yields fell to their lowest level...

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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