U.S. stocks turned lower heading toward the close on Wednesday as a drag from Boeing Co and Wal-Mart Stores Inc offset gains in the natural resources sector and reassuring profits in banking and technology.
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar's weakness lifted shares of natural resources companies, while Morgan Stanley and Yahoo Inc added to optimism about corporate profits.
U.S. economic conditions stabilized or improved modestly in most parts of the country, according to a Federal Reserve report on Wednesday that suggested the economy was slowly clawing out of a recession.
Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed the early delivery of Windows 7 in UK before its official launch on Thursday.
Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or throttle traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.
Morgan Stanley's riskier trading operations have stolen the thunder from its growing brokerage -- at least for now.
Internet telephony company Skype aims to open up its platform to boost access to services by the business sector, Chief Executive Josh Silverman said on Wednesday.
Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.
* First weeks of Madoff's prison life* Drug dealer, child molester, mob boss and spy
Wells Fargo & Co and U.S. Bancorp posted earnings that trounced Wall Street expectations, helped by outsized revenue from underwriting mortgages.
Epic swindler Bernard Madoff shared a prison cell with a 21-year-old drug dealer, and other fellow inmates included a spy and a mob boss when he was sent to prison in July, according to court documents.
Hedge fund firm Galleon Group said it is winding down its funds, less than a week after its founder was arrested and charged with running one of the biggest insider-trading schemes ever involving a hedge fund.
Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier for music fans to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.
U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday as results from banks, including Morgan Stanley, topped expectations, and on increased optimism about the technology sector's profit outlook.
Hedge fund firm Galleon Group said it is winding down its funds, less than a week after its founder was arrested and charged with running one of the biggest insider-trading schemes ever involving a hedge fund.
Morgan Stanley reported better-than expected third-quarter profit on Wednesday with results bolstered by strong fixed income sales and trading revenue and improved investment banking underwriting results.
A management revamp at Nokia following a record loss has given 51-year old chief financial officer Rick Simonson a shot at becoming the first non-Finnish chief executive of the world's largest handset maker.
Verizon Communications Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said on Wednesday the current debate about net neutrality is extremely troubling and risks halting progress in broadband development.
Stocks gained on Wednesday as results from banks including Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo topped expectations, and on increased optimism about the profit outlook for the technology sector.
Yahoo Inc beat Wall Street's profit and sales expectations as spending by advertisers showed signs of life in the third quarter and as months of cost-cutting and restructuring boosted the Internet company's bottom line.
Stocks rose on Wednesday, led by bank shares, after solid quarterly earnings from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.
Oil eased to below $79 a barrel on Wednesday, extending the previous session's decline from a one-year peak after a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. crude oil inventories.
Stock futures pointed to a lower open on Wednesday after Dow component Boeing reported disappointing quarterly results and on increased concern that a market pullback looms.
China on Wednesday voiced confidence that the economy has recovered from the global financial crisis, sending its clearest signal yet that it might gradually unwind its ultra-loose pro-growth policies.
Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Wednesday, ending a string of three straight losing quarters.
Morgan Stanley reported a better than forecast third quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong fixed income sales and trading revenues, ending a string of three straight losing quarters.
Media General Inc (MEG.N) reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday because of a writedown and said revenue fell 18 percent, but the newspaper publisher also said it sees signs that ad spending is improving.
Plains Capital Corp, a Dallas-based bank holding company and mortgage lender, said it expects its initial public offering of 15 million shares to be priced at $14 to $16 a share, in what could be the first IPO by a bank in more than two years.
For two decades, Aron Aronov has transported embroidered garments, oil portraits of rabbis and other examples of traditional Bukharian Jewish culture from his native Uzbekistan to a small museum in New York.
Oil fell to around $78 a barrel on Wednesday, extending the previous session's decline from a one-year peak after a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. crude oil inventories.
