Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 stalled near a 10-month-old high after weak data on Europe’s business activity raised concerns about a recession.

AP - STIMULATING DISCUSSION: Minutes of their last meeting showed Bank of England rate-setters were divided about injecting another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the economy. Two members argued for a bigger stimulus.

AP - Greece scrambled Wednesday to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy.

Time.com - After months of delays, arguments and doubts, euro zone finance ministers agreed on a second, $170 billion bailout of beleaguered Greece in the early hours of Tuesday morning

AP - Herman Van Rompuy, who has attempted to guide the European Union through severe financial turmoil, will likely be reappointed president of the European Council at a meeting of the bloc’s leaders next week, an EU official said Wednesday.

AP - French police interrogated former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for a second day Wednesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring in France and Belgium.