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Stocks gain on earnings; fake tweet shakes stocks
Companies that do the best when the economy is improving led the market higher Tuesday after several of them reported strong quarterly earnings.
Report: Richest 7% got richer during recovery
The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for the other 93 percent of U.S.
US futures moving higher as corporate profits roll
Stock futures are moving higher on more strong earnings from U.S. corporations, and ahead of new data expected to show that the number of homes being ...
Asia stocks fall after China production slips
Asian stock markets fell Tuesday after China's manufacturing growth slowed in April, adding to worries about the health of the world's second-largest ...
Stocks edge higher as energy stocks rebound
Stocks edged higher on Monday as energy stocks got a lift from recovering oil prices. The energy industry climbed 1 percent, making it the biggest ...
Energy stocks lead a turnaround on Wall Street
Stocks are closing modestly higher on Wall Street, led by energy companies as oil prices rise back following a plunge last week. Investors were ...
Stocks mixed as major companies report earnings
Stocks are opening little changed on Wall Street as investors get ready for earnings news from major U.S. companies. Nearly one-third of the 30 ...
Futures rising as heart of earnings season begins
Futures are rising to start a week in which a third of the Dow Jones Industrial Average reports quarterly earnings. Dow Jones industrial futures are ...
Investors who stood by Boeing reap reward
Investors who stood by Boeing during its 787 crisis have been rewarded. Things looked bad three months ago. Boeing's flagship plane was grounded ...
Stocks recover slightly, ending tough week
Strong earnings from a pair of technology giants helped the stock market recover some of its losses Friday, a positive end to Wall Street's worst week ...
Stock markets edge higher to end turbulent week
Stock markets edged higher Friday, as a mixed set of earnings capped a turbulent week on Wall Street. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13 points ...
Markets steady at end of bad week; yen falls again
Stocks looked to end a bad week on a steady note while the Japanese yen headed toward four-year lows against the dollar Friday as the country found ...
The S&P 500 rises; Dow is down, led by IBM
The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index opened higher early Friday, capping a volatile in stock markets. Stocks of technology companies were the big ...
US futures up, capping a volatile week of trading
U.S. stock futures are sharply higher, extending a volatile week in which major U.S. indexes suffered some of the year's worst losses. Dow Jones ...
Asia stocks up as investors look to G-20 summit
Asian stock markets posted modest gains Friday, ignoring a raft of disappointing U.S. corporate earnings as officials from the world's biggest ...
Stock market slips on weak earnings
Disappointing earnings from a range of companies pushed the stock market lower on Thursday, giving major indexes their third loss this week. The stock ...
Futures move higher on improved earnings
U.S. stock futures rose Thursday as the government released its latest jobs report and U.S. corporations continued to post strong quarterly earnings.
Stocks fall on signs of slowing global economy
Stocks fell sharply Wednesday for the second time this week as investors continued to worry about how much the global economy is slowing.