Markets
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Wall Street poised for another retreat
Oct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street appeared headed for another tough session Tuesday, as stock futures retreated on comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that housing...
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Stocks head for lower open amid earnings reports
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street tipped toward a slightly lower opening Monday as investors remained skittish about upcoming quarterly earnings reports, and weighed news that maj...
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Retail sales news moves markets upwardOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks on Friday advanced for the first time in three days after retail sales rose more than economists forecast. General Motors Corp., the world's biggest a...
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Retailers report sales sluggish on fall items
Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With disappointing September sales behind them, the nation's retailers are now left with a big mess: piles of cashmere sweaters, coats and other heavy fall i...
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Stocks head to moderately down open after GE meets expectations
Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks headed for a moderately lower open Friday after General Electric Co.'s third-quarter results met Wall Street's expectations and investors awaited econ...
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Funds set targets for retirement payouts
Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors who use target-date funds to put their investments on cruise control until retirement face a common question: How will I manage my money so it hold...
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U.S. stocks head for higher open after Wal-Mart boosts forecast
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed for a higher open today after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised its profit forecast and companies including PepsiCo. released stronger-than-expe...
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Wall Street dips day after rally, profit warnings
Oct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street fell in early trading Wednesday, giving back some of the prior session's advance that came on renewed optimism about lower interest rates. Invest...
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Stock futures point toward lower open following run-up
Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks headed for a lower opening today after putting up big gains last week and as investors readied for quarterly corporate earnings reports. With the...
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Job growth report boosts stocks
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street capped a huge week with a sharp advance Friday after the government's employment report for September and its revision of August's data cooled th...