Stocks gained 1 percent on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected data from overseas sparked buying before a keenly awaited speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week.
Stocks rose on Tuesday, but a rally from premarket trading faded for a second consecutive day, a sign the recent bout of selling may not yet be exhausted.
Stock index futures pointed to a rise of more than 1 percent at the open on Tuesday, but investors remained concerned the rally would not be sustained.
Stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday, tracking global equities that gained after gauges of Chinese and euro zone economic activity came in less gloomy than feared.
Stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday, tracking global equities that gained after gauges of Chinese and euro zone economic activity came in less gloomy than feared.
World stocks, the euro and commodity prices advanced on Tuesday after gauges of Chinese and German manufacturing activity were not as weak as some had feared.
Deven Sharma will step down as president of ratings agency Standard & Poor's to work on the company's strategic portfolio review before leaving the company at the end of the year.
The president of Standard & Poor's, Deven Sharma, is stepping down, just a few weeks after the ratings firm issued a controversial downgrade of U.S. government debt, the Financial Times reported.
Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson is famous for saying the stock market predicted nine of the last five recessions.
Recommendations to unload Google Inc stock are extremely rare on Wall Street. But the latest sell rating for the Internet company was so fleeting it existed for just three trading days.
U.S. stocks edged up on Monday after four weeks of losses, but investors were hesitant to take big risks without a catalyst for buying.
Wall Street rose on Monday, but major averages gave up some of their gains as bank stocks came under renewed pressure.
Stocks surged more than 1 percent in early trading on Monday following four weeks of equity losses as stocks rebounded globally.
Stock index futures pointed to a market rise of more than 1 percent at the open on Monday following four weeks of equity losses as stocks rebounded globally, led by defensive shares.
U.S. stock index futures were more than 1 percent higher on Monday following four weeks of equity losses as stocks rebounded globally, led by defensive shares.
Stock index futures were higher on Monday following four weeks of equity losses as stocks rebounded globally, led by defensive shares.
World stocks fell toward a recent 11-month low on Monday while the euro and oil prices slipped as concerns about a global economic downturn prompted investors to sell risky assets.
European stocks extended four weeks of losses on Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.
European stocks looked set to extend four weeks of losses on Monday, tracking jittery Asian shares lower, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.
Jittery Asian stocks surrendered early gains and turned lower on Monday, adding to last week's steep losses, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's festering debt crisis.
Asian stocks turned positive on Monday, recovering a small portion of last week's steep losses, while gold shot to new highs as investors worried about the sluggish U.S. economic outlook and Europe's debt crisis.
The historic swings in the U.S. stock market over the past two weeks have investors struggling to figure out where equities may be headed next. Only one thing seems clear: The volatility is far from over.
Wall Street ended a fourth week of losses on a down note on Friday as most buyers left the market before the weekend on growing fears of another U.S. recession and destabilization in Europe's financial system.
Wall Street ended a fourth week of losses on a down note on Friday as most buyers left the market before the weekend on growing fears of another U.S. recession and destabilization in Europe's financial system.
Stocks fell on Friday as Hewlett-Packard's weaker outlook and corporate shakeup added to the uncertainty for investors.
Shares in European software makers jumped in a falling market on Friday on hopes they were more likely bid targets after Hewlett-Packard's $11.7 billion bid for British enterprise search-software maker Autonomy.
Stocks edged higher in early trading on Friday, with miners rising on higher commodity prices and the S&P 500 index finding technical support.
Stocks were set to extend the previous session's steep losses on Friday as concerns mount the economy may slip back into recession and European banks could be unable to weather a credit storm.
The best thing to be said of the recent stomach-churning turmoil on Wall Street is that it's taking place in August, a time of year when many people are lounging at the beach or camping in the woods and not paying attention to stocks.
The S&P 500 stock index on Friday was likely to extend its 4.5 percent decline of the previous session as concerns mount the U.S. economy may slip back into recession.
