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Empresas y finanzas

Wall Street slides on automakers, bank worries


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slid on Monday as investors booked profits from a recent rally and following the U.S. government's talk of possible bankruptcy at General Motors and Chrysler.

    * Obama administration replaces GM's CEO.

    * Spain, Germany and the U.K. act to bolster banks.

    * KBW bank index slides more than 9 percent.

    * New York crude oil futures tumble 7.5 percent to around $48.50 per barrel.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average lost 328.07 points, or 4.22 percent, to 7,448.11. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 34.92 points, or 4.28 percent, to 781.02. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 56.39 points, or 3.65 percent, to 1,488.81.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by James Dalgleish)