Reuters - U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow industrials suffering their biggest one-day drop in three years, as investors bet the Federal Reserve will need to keep raising interest rates to fight inflation.

Reuters - A big jump in energy costs pushed U.S. consumer prices up sharply last month, while rising rents led to a surprisingly steep gain in core prices, according to a government report on Wednesday that spooked financial markets.

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to say on Wednesday that public companies, large and small, must comply with a controversial post-Enron rule meant to bolster corporations' internal financial controls, said a source familiar with the matter.

Reuters - Stronger economic growth overseas is necessary to help unwind global imbalances because the United States cannot do it alone, Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday that its margins have stabilized in recent years at around 40 percent, as the company balances advertising growth against the need to invest to fuel further growth.