The stock market is down slightly on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.03%, the Nasdaq down 0.10% and the S&P 500 down 0.21%. Tuesday’s trading volume for the biggest market gainers and losers was generally…
The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq down 0.27% and the S&P 500 down 0.21%. Today’s winners were both getting bought out. One of today’s…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is up Friday, continuing the rally that began yesterday when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced another round of bond purchases. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is…
The stock market is up Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.23%, the Nasdaq up 0.18% and the S&P 500 up 0.16%. Today’s only winner went public Wednesday following a spinoff. Meanwhile, today’s…
According to the in-house lawyers of America’s biggest companies, the court system is making things easier for them. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), a lobbying group that represents the…
Only 96,000 were able to exit poverty between 2010 and 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau, with the percentage of people exiting poverty falling 0.1 percentage points to 15%. Poverty was far…
The stock market is up Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.12%, the Nasdaq up 0.01% and the S&P 500 up 0.10%. Today’s winners include a company whose CEO reassured investors about…
The stock market is up Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.65%, the Nasdaq up 0.32% and the S&P 500 up 0.47%. The biggest winners today include a pharmaceutical company with strong…
ZyngaJeff Karp, the chief marketing and revenue officer of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has resigned from his position, according to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of a severance agreement, the…
These are the new members of 24/7 Wall St.’s “52-week Low Club.” Shares of Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) fell 55.86% to close at $1.28 on trading volume of 19.5 million shares. The company announced it was…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks were mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.05%, the Nasdaq down 0.42% and the S&P 500 down 0.06%. Today’s winner was a company who will have…
The stock market is mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 up 0.22%. Today’s biggest winners both beat earnings expectations, but the ever-popular Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Stocks climbed Thursday after the European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the bank would consider buying government bonds in unlimited quantities to stabilize financial markets. Thursday’s winner beat earnings expectations, while the loser lowered its…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are up Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.26%, the Nasdaq up 0.11% and the S&P 500 up 0.10%. Today’s only winner is a struggling retailer who…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaThe stock market is down Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.60%, the Nasdaq down 0.44% and the S&P 500 down 0.56%. Today’s winners both include mergers, while today’s…
Stocks are up Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.06%, the Nasdaq up 0.74% and the S&P 500 up 0.82%. Friday’s winners include a company beating second-quarter earnings and a biotech firm…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are down Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.73%, the Nasdaq down 0.93% and the S&P 500 down 0.77%. Today’s winners include a buyout and a firm…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are up slightly Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.02%, the Nasdaq up 0.03% and the S&P 500 up 0.07%. Today’s big winner is a retailer who…
Shares of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASADAQ: CZR) fell 6.15% to close at $7.32 on trading volume of 595,000 shares. Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the company’s rating from stable to negative, but reaffirmed its B- credit rating. Before…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are up Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%, the Nasdaq up 0.17% and the S&P 500 up 0.12%. Today’s winners include a company shedding core assets…