U.S. Stocks Drop, S&P 500 Sinks Most Since 2001 Terror Attacks

(Bloomberg) -U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the steepest drop since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy and declining commodities increased speculation that credit-market losses and the economic slowdown will worsen.

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