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Top Stories : 2016April29Friday

Walgreens wants to talk weed

Market Snapshot: Stocks struggle for April gains heading into final hour of trading

Friends that change jobs together make more money

Commodities Corner: 4 reasons why silver outshone gold in April rally

Outside the Box: Will the end of IVF twins lead to more fertility benefits?

MarketWatch First Take: Amazon’s best new feature: Profitability

Low expectations are acting as a crutch this earnings season -- but not for tech

Metals Stocks: Gold rallies to 15-month high, up over 4% in April

The Ratings Game: Amazon wows Wall Street analysts; $900-a-share here we come

This company is making an overdose antidote free to every high school

Real-time headlines : 2016April29Friday

WTI oil ends the month with a more than 19% gain

June WTI oil settles at $45.92/bbl on Nymex, down 11 cents, or 0.2%

Silver futures climb roughly 15% for the month

July silver rises 23.1 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $17.819/oz

Gold futures gain 4.4% for the month

June gold settles at $1,290.50/oz, up $24.10, or 1.9%

Wal-Mart's stock on track for biggest one-day drop since Oct. 14

Wal-Mart's stock drops 3.6% to pace Dow decliners

Baker Hughes: U.S. total weekly active drilling-rig count down 11 to 420

June WTI oil down at $45.83/bbl vs. $45.72 before rig data

Market Pulse : 2016April29Friday

Wal-Mart's stock set for biggest drop in over 6 months; key chart support levels give way

Oil futures gain nearly 20% in April

Silver jumps 15% for the month as gold logs highest settlement in over a year

Oil prices pare losses as U.S. oil-rig count falls a sixth week

Paragon Shipping stock rockets 9-fold in two days

PAVmed shares soar in second day of trading

Valeant announces changes to board of directors; exits by Pearson and Schiller

U.S. stocks open lower as weak earnings, data weigh

Monster Beverage shares soar on earnings beat

Chevron's stock falls after results miss expectations

Breaking News: 2016April29Friday

Dow sinks Friday as stocks struggle to hold April gains

Consumer sentiment falls in April as fears grow

U.S. stocks open lower as weak earnings weigh, with Amazon a big exception

Core PCE inflation index advances 0.1% in March, up 1.6% in past 12 months

ExxonMobil shares up 1.1% in premarket as Q1 EPS, revenue beat estimate

Valeant's stock gains 3.2% premarket after long-delayed annual report filed

Rovi to buy TiVo in cash and stock deal worth $1.1 billion

Eurozone inflation disappoints with -0.2% reading, but GDP cheers with 0.6% rise

LinkedIn shares surge nearly 14% after quarterly results

Amazon shares jump 11% after results top estimates

Internet Stories: 2016April29Friday

Market Snapshot: Stocks struggle for April gains heading into final hour of trading

Friends that change jobs together make more money

MarketWatch First Take: Amazon’s best new feature: Profitability

Low expectations are acting as a crutch this earnings season -- but not for tech

The Ratings Game: Amazon wows Wall Street analysts; $900-a-share here we come

Top Ten: Weekly roundup: Apple’s brutal shift | Twitter’s harm to shareholders | Goldman wants your savings account

Deep Dive: Energy stocks rebound, helping the S&P 500 generate a gain in April

Slide Show: 5 of the costliest tweets ever

The Wall Street Journal: Rovi will snatch up TiVo in $1.1 billion deal

MarketWatch First Take: LinkedIn not quite dead yet

Financial Services: 2016April29Friday

Friends that change jobs together make more money

Low expectations are acting as a crutch this earnings season -- but not for tech

Metals Stocks: Gold rallies to 15-month high, up over 4% in April

Top Ten: Weekly roundup: Apple’s brutal shift | Twitter’s harm to shareholders | Goldman wants your savings account

Market Extra: Stock pickers beware, this unwelcome pattern is driving markets again

Europe Markets: European stocks slide as GDP data, earnings stream in

Deep Dive: Energy stocks rebound, helping the S&P 500 generate a gain in April

Market Extra: Forget about weak European bank earnings — Citi says it’s time to dive in

Slide Show: 5 of the costliest tweets ever

Bond Report: Treasury yields rebound after inflation data