Stocks slid today after finance ministers from leading industrial nations called for more flexible currency rates, sparking a tumble in the dollar and investor fears of dampened foreign investment.

Wall Street pulled back today as investors cashed in profits from the market’s recent rally while they await second-quarter earnings reports.

Wall Street retreated for a fifth straight day today as investors dumped stocks on worries that disappointing retail sales and United Airlines’ threat of bankruptcy would curtail corporate profits.

Wall Street stalled today as investors took profits from last week’s big rally and considered the possibility that the Federal Reserve might not cut interest rates after all.