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• Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks fall after three sessions of gains
  U.S. stocks in retreat after a three-session run up, with equities taking a break from an advance that has the Standard & Poor?s 500 Index up 8% for the year so far.

  
  

  
  
• Romney urges lower rates in new tax plan
  Mitt Romney releases a plan on Wednesday that will lower rates on taxpayers and cut the corporate rate to 25%, slightly lower than the 28% rate proposed on the same day by the White House.

  
  

  
  
• Dell?s results may be good news for H-P
  The PC maker?s shares fall after its results disappointed Wall Street, but the hard-drive shortage was not as severe as many feared, boding well for H-P.

  
  

  
  
• Movers & Shakers: Wednesday?s biggest gaining & declining stocks
  MarketWatch?s daily rundown of shares making sizeable moves in the U.S. stock market.

  
  

  
  
• Canadian Markets: Toronto stocks follow tech, commodities higher
  Canada?s blue-chip S&P/TSX Composite Index added 33.02 points, or 0.3%, to 12,656.38.

  
  

  
  
• Latin American Markets: Mexican stocks fall after downbeat global data
  Mexican stocks move lower Wednesday, moving in line with losses on Wall Street in part after U.S. monthly housing data comes in below expectations.

  
  

  
  
• Bond Report: Treasurys stay higher after 5-year auction
  Prices for government debt stabilize following recent selling pressures tied to optimism over Greece and the trend in U.S. economic data. A 5-year note auction comes at the highest rate seen since November.

  
  

  
  
• SportsWatch: NBA enjoys post-lockout bounce
  Even before Lin mania, basketball was showing that last fall?s work stoppage hadn?t damped fan interest.

  
  

  
  
• Banking is back in Latin America
  Banking is back in Latin America. While most of the rest of the world is still recovering from the global financial crisis of 2008, Latin American banks have recovered.

  
  

  
  
• Metals Stocks: Gold pares losses as platinum, palladium gain
  Futures edge away from two-week highs as the dollar gains amid fading positive impact from the bailout for Greek and downbeat data from China.