A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended today as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety about the government’s November employment report.

A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended today as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety about the government’s November employment report.

Wall Street posted its biggest decline in a month today as the United States and Britain submitted a new UN Security Council resolution authorising war against Iraq.

Disappointing economic and earnings news proof that companies still face challenges in the coming months pulled US stocks lower today.