US stocks eke out gains following solid earnings news
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest batch of corporate results helped nudge the stock market to a slight gain Wednesday, snapping a three-day slump. Another drop in oil prices held indexes back.
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest batch of corporate results helped nudge the stock market to a slight gain Wednesday, snapping a three-day slump. Another drop in oil prices held indexes back.
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest batch of corporate results helped nudge the stock market to a slight gain Wednesday, snapping a three-day slump. Another drop in oil prices held indexes back.
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest batch of corporate results helped nudge the stock market to a slight gain Wednesday, snapping a three-day slump. Another drop in oil prices held indexes back. First Solar soared 17 percent, the biggest gain in the S&P 500, following news that the country's largest solar company turned in results that beat estimates and also raised its outlook for full-year profits. First Solar's stock jumped $7.42 to $51.92. Better corporate earnings have helped support the stock market over the past month. Читать дальше...
20th Century Fox is busy this week letting everyone know that they have other movies coming besides "Fantastic Four," which, indeed, is living up to the bad buzz (read our review). Last night, the studio dropped a couple of trailers for "Deadpool," which features tons of stylized violence. And now comes a new promo for "Hitman: Agent 47," which also features tons of stylized violence. Frankly, the difference in this video game adaptation and the comic book adaptation is that the latter has more quips and hip hop music. Читать дальше...
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A St. Paul man is charged in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at a public housing complex.
SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A judge has ordered a northern Indiana jail to ease conditions for an Indianapolis man awaiting sentencing on charges stemming from a deadly house explosion.
It’s been 16 years since Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam tournament, earning a straight-sets victory over Martina Hingis in the 1999 U.S. Open. The world’s best women’s tennis player is less than two months away from her 34th birthday, but she appears just as dominant as ever as she seeks her 22nd career Grand Slam title at the 2015 U.S. Open.
10 contenders vying for the White House appear on national television
An autopsy concluded that Richard Matt, who was shot to death while on the run from a maximum security prison, was legally drunk at the time.
The former president spent a few hours fulfilling his civic duty and taking photos with a group of surprised potential jurors in Dallas.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government has initiated several measures to deal with the problem of bad debt and more are on the anvil to protect the domestic steel industry, which he identified as the one of the main contributors, along with power and roads.
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - The results of this year's Indiana standardized student tests are being delayed by a month or more as a testing company official said Wednesday it was struggling to complete grading the exams.
A reality check on high-rise bikini bottoms and other urgent swimwear issues.
NASCAR Talk's Nate Ryan also will be on to discuss the latest news and notes in the sport.
Little Mix‘s Jade Thirlwall holds hands with Perrie Edwards while out walking at The Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon (August 4). The girls were joined by their band mates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson and did a little retail therapy after chatting up their new album, Get Weird and upcoming arena tour. PHOTOS: [...]
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
Shares of Fitbit initially rose 5%, but then fell 12% in after-hours trade Wednesday, after the company beat second-quarter sales and profit expectations, but provided a mixed outlook. Fitbit reported GAAP net income of $17.7 million, or 7 cents per share, above $14.8 million, or 7 cents per share, in the year-earlier period. Fitbit reported non-GAAP earnings per share of 21 cents. The FactSet consensus was 9 cents. The company reported sales of $400 million, above the FactSet consensus of $319 million. Читать дальше...
British-born historian Robert Conquest, whose influential works on Soviet history shed light on the terror during the Stalin era, has died. He was 98. Mr. Conquest’s wife, Elizabeth Neece, said he died Monday of pneumonia in Palo Alto. Mr. Conquest was the author of 21 books on Soviet history, politics and international affairs. His “The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purge of the Thirties,” which documented the purges of dictator Josef Stalin in the 1930s, remains one of the most influential studies of Soviet history.
President Barack Obama delivered a blistering defense of his landmark deal to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons threat Wednesday, issuing a stinging rebuttal to critiques by Israeli leaders and Republicans in Congress, and warning bluntly that rejecting the deal would lead to war.
Jon Stewart will sign off from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Aug. 6 after 16 years hosting the program. WSJ senior editor Chris Farley reports on the comedian’s legacy, influence on late-night TV and the show’s impact on how people perceive real news. Photo: AP
Often heralded as the world's greatest free diver, Natalia Molchanova plunged deep into the sea Sunday, as she has done time and time before. However, this time the 53-year-old free diver did not surface. Intense search efforts persisted for two days, and her son Alexey Molchanov said Tuesday afternoon that she was not expected to be found alive.
NEWARK, New Jersey - Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $1.41 billion.