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Stocks slides on bank, Bernanke worries


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell further on Friday, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down 1 percent, as investors fretted about fallout from the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on banks and a delay in confirming Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

    * Financial, technology and materials sectors weighed on the broader market.

    * The Dow Jones industrial average was down 82.30 points, or 0.79 percent, at 10,307.58. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 10.86 points, or 0.97 percent, at 1,105.62. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 26.60 points, or 1.17 percent, at 2,239.10.

    (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)