Archive -Daily News

Market Watch

Top Stories : 2016July29Friday

Taxpayers revolt against paying hundreds of millions of dollars for sports stadiums

Market Extra: Facebook just passed Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in market value

Deep Dive: How this value investor prices stocks with markets at record levels

The Tell: Here’s the key factor pushing oil prices to $35 a barrel

Homeownership is at an all-time low — and good luck getting a mortgage

Metals Stocks: Gold pops higher after weak U.S. GDP data

Economic Report: Second-quarter GDP rises just 1.2%, well below forecast

Need to Know: These sorry stocks are soaring — and that’s a red flag for this rally

Currencies: Yen jumps after Bank of Japan fails to impress with added stimulus

Market Snapshot: U.S. stock futures edge lower after disappointing GDP data

Real-time headlines : 2016July29Friday

Chicago PMI falls to 55.8 in July

Shares of Stericycle tumble 16% to $88.99 to lead S&P 500 decliners in early trade

Newell Brands shares jump 6.5% to $52.59 to lead S&P 500 gainers in early trade

Shares of Merck rise 0.7% in early trade to $58.87 to lead Dow gainers

Exxon shares clip more than 20 points from Dow industrials

Shares of Exxon Mobil fall 3.6% to $86.97 to lead Dow decliners in early trade

S&P 500 flat at 2,168

Nasdaq Composite rises 0.2%

Dow falls 34 points, or 0.2%, at 18,451

Dow industrials, S&P 500 open lower as Exxon earnings disappoint

Market Pulse : 2016July29Friday

U.S. stocks open mostly lower after weak U.S. GDP

U.S. second quarter GDP increases at sluggish 1.2% annual rate

Chevron swings to loss as it books impairment charges

Seres Therapeutics stock tanks 78% after 'unexpected' negative midstage trial results

Skullcandy decides Mill Road's buyout bid is better than Incipio merger deal

Exxon Mobil shares fall 2.6% premarket after company misses on profit and revenue

AbbVie profit and revenue beat expectations, raises 2016 guidance

UPS reports in-line earnings, reaffirms guidance

NextEra to sell Pennsylvania gas generating assets to Starwood Energy for $760 million

Xerox profit tops estimates, on track with plan to split in two

Breaking News: 2016July29Friday

U.S. stocks extend premarket declines after GDP misses estimates

U.S. employment costs rise

U.S. second-quarter GDP rise is smaller than anticipated

NextEra to buy Energy Future’s Oncor in $18.4 billion deal

AbbVie raises its forecasts as sales and profit top expectations

Exxon shares down in premarket after revenue and earnings miss targets

Bank of Japan approves more stimulus, leaves rate unchanged

Hillary Clinton accepts Democratic nomination for president

Watch live: Katy Perry, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton up next at DNC

Amazon's earnings and revenue beat expectations

Internet Stories: 2016July29Friday

Market Extra: Facebook just passed Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in market value

Deep Dive: How this value investor prices stocks with markets at record levels

The Wall Street Journal: Sony posts surprise profit despite yen pressure

The Wall Street Journal: Apple is failing to bully Hollywood into seeing its future of TV

Marissa Mayer will have earned more than $200 million at Yahoo if she’s pushed out

‘Equity’ stars tout the importance of their female-centric Wall Street movie

MarketWatch First Take: Amazon’s booming profit could pause despite Prime Day

MarketWatch First Take: Alphabet’s Google joins rival Facebook in mobile-ad surge

New stock-price predictor: Amazon reviews

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook says it may owe up to $5 billion in taxes

Financial Services: 2016July29Friday

Market Extra: Facebook just passed Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in market value

Deep Dive: How this value investor prices stocks with markets at record levels

The Tell: Here’s the key factor pushing oil prices to $35 a barrel

Metals Stocks: Gold pops higher after weak U.S. GDP data

Need to Know: These sorry stocks are soaring — and that’s a red flag for this rally

Europe Markets: European stocks advance as banks move higher ahead of stress tests

The Tell: Apple’s historic stock surge could confirm what Buffett already knew

The Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton is demolishing Donald Trump among hedge-fund donors — so far