*Stocks not swayed by global rate cuts* *NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell in volatile trading on Wednesday as investors feared that coordinated rate cuts by global central banks, including the Federal Reserve, would fail to unfreeze the credit markets and avert a global recession.*
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