Stocks rallied on Tuesday in a volatile session as investors struggled to decipher the Fed's signals on the economy after a dizzying two-week slide.
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) beat earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday, behind strong numbers in its ESPN and theme park properties.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Bank of America both bounced back from disastrous Mondays to steady gains during Tuesday trading.
All eyes are on Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) ahead of Tuesday's opening bell after the banking giant suffered a 20 percent loss on Monday's trading.
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S), which fell 16 percent Monday, could fall further given its uncertain EBITDA, high debt leverage and lack of free cash flow.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: MetroPCS Communications, Bank of America, NYSE Euronext, AK Steel Holding, Regions Financial, Regions Financial, MEMC Electronic Materials, Halliburton, Duke Energy, Bristol Myers Squibb and Plum Creek Timber.
FBR Capital Markets upgraded its rating on shares of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) to "outperform" from "market perform" while maintaining its price target of $31 as valuation was too attractive to ignore.
Every individual issue in the S&P 500 index dropped in value ? in what might be an unprecedented event.
Amidst the slaughter in equities, Treasuries rallied and gold soared to a new all-time high.
U.S. stocks plummeted for the second straight session, driving the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq down 6 percent on Monday in the first session since Standard & Poor's cut the nation's perfect AAA credit rating.
As the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 500 points on Monday, banking giant Bank of America saw its share price get hammered.
Call it downgradeageddon, the fear sending U.S. markets sharply lower.
Bank of America's stock tumbled Monday, down 16 percent as investors reacted to a lawsuit filed against the bank by AIG.
Some investors, who were already jittery about the European debt crisis, and continued bad news on the US economic front, appear to have thrown in the towel.
About 45,000 employees of Verizon Communications went on strike after contract talks failed.
Only twelve of the companies in the S&P 500 index currently have women chief executives, down from 15 in 2010.
Auriga USA has upgraded the shares of EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC) to 'buy' from 'hold', saying that the company would increase its margins and profits by gaining market share in the storage space.
The 4.78 percent plunge suffered by the S&P 500 index was its worst one-day drop since February 2009 and one of the worst losses (on a percentage basis) of the past 80 years.
Traders appear to be focusing on the European debt crisis, which is reaching emergency levels.
The company?s shares fell by as much as 14 percent in London trading at one point
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: CF Industries Holdings, PG&E, Freeport-McMoRan Copper, Merck & Co, TECO Energy, First Solar, eBay, Nvidia, Halliburton and Regions Financial Corp.
In a world of never-ending battle for preserving intellectual property, technology giants Microsoft and Apple are hitting out at Google.
