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Stocks slide on bank worries and retail sales


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell to six-week lows on Wednesday on worries about deeper losses at banks worldwide and as U.S. retail sales data pointed to a deepening recession.

    * Citigroup tumbles more than 23 percent.

    * December U.S. retail sales fall 2.7 percent.

    * Dow falls 248.34 points, or 2.94 percent, to 8,200.22; the S&P 500 slides 29.12 points, or 3.34 percent, to 842.67; the Nasdaq Composite sheds 56.82 points, or 3.67 percent, to 1,489.64.

    (Editing by Leslie Adler)