(NEW YORK)The Nasdaq 100 ended lower Friday, pulled down by losses from Apollo Group Inc. and a jump in oil prices. Apollo, a for-profit education company, declined $2.02, or 4.2 percent, to...READ MORE
Among the sector activity stories for Friday, May 16, from the AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ The chip sector fell Friday, hurt in part by a possible post-earthquake downturn i...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Electronic Arts Inc. led a decline in video game stocks Friday after April's retail sales numbers, though a big jump from a year ago, disappointed investors.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reported a new stake in Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. as of March 31, but no longer owned shares of department store chain Macy's Inc. and railroad op...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)The Nasdaq 100 Index closed higher on Thursday as investors interpreted several reports as showing the U.S. economy may be in better-than-expected shape.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Agilent Technologies Inc. helped lift the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a higher close on Thursday after the scientific equipment maker posted better-than-expected fiscal second-q...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. fell in premarket trading Wednesday after the video-game maker forecast a disappointing fiscal 2009 profit. EA's adjusted fourth-quarter profit and s...READ MORE