. >> susan: we've been speaking to dick bove and alan blunder. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: as we mentioned, stocks tumbled on worries about the fed and european debt. the dow dropped 178 points, the nasdaq lost almost 44. the s-and-p 500 down 19. trading volume picked up, with over a billion shares on the big board, over two billion on the nasdaq. the selling came despite tame prices at the wholesale level. producer prices were up in october on higher oil prices. but take out energy, and prices actually posted their biggest drop in four years-- down 0.6%. g.m. is on deck for the biggest i.p.o. in u.s. history. expected to raise over $22 billion. the automaker will boost the size of its offering by 30%, to 478 million shares. the shares will go for between $32 and $33 each. meanwhile, a car g.m. is pinning comeback hopes on, the chevy volt, today won the coveted "car of the year" crown from motortrend. still ahead, tonight's "word on the street" is "gold." with prices still over $1,300 an ounce, miners may be looking for buyouts. should you? thestreet.com's

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