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Boeing Co. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. drive Dow to highest point since June 2008.

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) got some bad news and some good news on either side of the U.S.-Canadian border.

Dow hits 12,000 as U.S. stocks post moderate gains in mid-morning trading

Struggling home improvement retailer Lowe's will lay off 1,700 managers in stores around the country, reported the Associated Press.

US stocks are trading mixed in early trade on Wednesday as declines from Boeing weighed on Dow, while investors and markets await the US Federal Reserve’s meeting and interest rate decision.

The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Wednesday are: Boeing, ConocoPhillips, Abbott, General Dynamics, United Technologies, Southern Co., Hess, Xerox, Rockwell Automation and Wellpoint.

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The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Wednesday are: Western Digital, AK Steel Holding, Salesforce.com, United States Steel, Micron Technology, CA, Boeing, Xerox and Yahoo.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to higher opening on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s meeting and new home sales data.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: W.W. Grainger, DeVry, Navios Maritime, Fifth Street Finance and Navistar International. The top after-market NYSE losers on Tuesday are: WMS Industries, Elan Corp, Swift Transportation, Genpact and Ennis.

The companies which are expected to see active trade on Wednesday are: Boeing, Xerox, Starbucks, Symantec, ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories, Allegheny, Automatic Data Processing, Eastman Kodak and General Dynamics.

Disappointing earnings reports from blue chips Johnson and Johnson and 3Com cast a pall on U.S. stocks

Firm's big bet on Citigroup pays off with a $1 billion gain.

U.S. stocks are retreating in mid-day as investors are cautiously awaiting the results of the two-day FOMC meeting, which began today, and the President’s State of the Union Address tonight.

Investor interest in derivatives-based strategies remains cold, as the financial bailout in 2008 and the Dodd-Graham Financial Overhaul Act has kept investors scared.

Billionaire Stanley Ho, the 89-year old godfather of a casino business empire based in Macau in southern China, is battling members of his own family over the control of companies that comprise his immense wealth.

PC maker Hewlett Packard launched a suite of new products and services for businesses and governments under the cloud computing platform.

The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Tuesday are: Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, 3M Co., EMC Corp., Corning, DuPont, Kimberly-Clark, Sherwin-Williams, Harley-Davidson and W.W. Grainger.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: KeyCorp, Baker Hughes, Marathon Oil, Peabody Energy, Travelers Companies, Halliburton, Carnival, Tellabs and Harley-Davidson.

The companies which are expected to see active trade on Tuesday are: DuPont, Verizon, Yahoo, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, W.W. Grainger, EMC and Vmware.

The companies that reported earnings after the markets close on Monday are: Texas Instruments, Amgen, VMware, CSX, American Express, STMicroelectronics, Crane, Sanmina-SCI, Jacobs Engineering, Albemarle...