Wall Street falls on borrowing concerns
Stocks fell on Wednesday as rising yields on U.S. government debt fueled concern about higher borrowing costs for businesses and consumers, which could hurt the economic recovery.
* SanDisk-Samsung agreement cuts Nasdaq losses
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> dropped 173.47 points, or 2.05 percent, to close unofficially at 8,300.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 17.27 points, or 1.90 percent, to 893.06. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 19.35 points, or 1.11 percent, to 1,731.08.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos)
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