NATO agreed to send more ships to the seas off Libya and said more planning and a United Nations mandate are needed if they’re to put in place a possible no-fly zone to ground Muammar Qaddafi ’s air force.

Stocks slid, while the dollar and Treasuries rose, as U.S. jobless claims rose, China’s export growth slowed and Spain’s credit rating was cut. Oil and copper fell as commodity indexes sank the most since November.

In an industrial section of Oakland, California, former Morgan Stanley investment banker Derek Peterson hops into a trailer being outfitted with shower drains, lights and humidifiers, all used for growing marijuana.