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U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending record gains into a fifth session, after companies including Electronic Arts Inc. projected earnings that beat estimates.A day after closing above 15,000 for the first time, The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) added 48.92 points to 15,105.12, its second straight record close.Closing with a fifth consecutive record, the S&P 500 index (SPX) gained 6.72 points to 1,632.68.Materials and technology fed sector gains, while utilities led losses among the S&P 500's 10 major industry groups."The baton seems to be getting passed from defensive names like utilities to consumer discretionary, industrial and energy names," noted Dave Gedeon, managing director at Nasdaq OMX Global Indexes.Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for April, which relayed a better-than-expected increase of 165,000 jobs, combined with rising home values, "continue to add to market confidence that economic conditions are improving," Gedeon said.Electronic Arts (EA)rallie...
Whole Foods Market Inc.'s (WFM) fiscal second-quarter profit rose 20% as the supermarket chain reported a jump in sales, while also announcing a two-for-one stock sp...
Whole Foods Market Inc.'s (WFM) fiscal second-quarter profit rose 20% as the supermarket chain reported a jump in sales, while also announcing a two-for-one stock sp...
Whole Foods Market late Tuesday topped Wall Street's quarterly profit view, announced a 2-for-1 stock split, and raised its fiscal 2013 profit forecast. Shares jumpe...
With the U.S. stock market rallying to record highs, investors are starting to buy 2013's more unloved sectors: technology, materials and energy.If this shift sticks...
The three partners that own Edens, a shopping center landlord and developer with $3.5 billion in assets, are negotiating its future as one of them considers exiting,...
With Friday's payrolls report serving as a springboard to lift Wall Street stock indexes to fresh all-time highs, investors are left to contemplate whether the gains...
I don't know about you, but I'm starting to get a little saturated with all the leadership rhetoric pervading the blogosphere and bookstores these days. All the popu...
Want to know why the gap between the haves and the have-nots keeps growing? Because the haves live within their means. They don't waste their hard-earned money on al...
I'll be the first one to admit that I've been a pretty harsh cynic when it comes to IPOs. And if you know me, then you know I almost always avoid them -- and for goo...
With authorities scrambling Friday to find a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings , many Boston-area companies like EMC (NYSE:EMC) and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:...
CEO Yasmin Kaderali runs a business founded by her mother, who was dismayed by a lack of “Gripe Water” in the U.S., after using it to calm fussy babies in Tanzania and Scotland.
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Wednesday to reclaim much of the prior day's advance, with sentiment hit by disappointing company results and an Apple Inc. supplier's te...
U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending record gains into a fifth session, after companies including Electronic Arts Inc. projected earnings that beat...
U.S. stocks inched higher on Wednesday as investors took a break after a string of record-setting gains.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 11 points to 15,0...
In a slow trading session on Wall Street, U.S. stocks recorded moderate gains after opening the day lower. The docket of economic reports is light this week and inve...
U.S. stocks stalled early Wednesday as investors took a break after a string of record-setting gains.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) fell 12 points to 15,044 ...
U.S. stocks drifted lower at the open Wednesday as investors took a break after a string of record-setting gains.The Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJI) fell 31 points...
Whole Foods Market Inc.'s (WFM) fiscal second-quarter profit rose 20% as the supermarket chain reported a jump in sales, while also announcing a two-for-one stock sp...
Whole Foods Market Inc on Tuesday reported higher second-quarter profit and said store sales have accelerated, and its shares rose more than 7 percent after hours.Th...
