Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, created by companies to persuade people to shop online.
Read More at Wikipedia ›As Christmas inches closer, expect trading volume to thin.
New York Stock Exchange composite volume of 3.6 billion shares was 10% below the one-month average and 17% less than the one-year average. Falling technology stocks clipped gains overall Wednesday. The Dow and the S&P 500 edged back to positive territory, but the Nasdaq fell a full percent. Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) shares slumped 11% after reporting a rare earnings miss, which weighed on the five technology stocks in the Dow.: IBM (NYSE:IBM), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Cisco (NASDAQ:CSWCO), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). Together, they shaved 54 points off the blue chip average. That means, the Dow would have been higher by 58 points if it weren’t for tech.Thursday morning, futures are indicating a higher open for stocks. Asian markets closed lower Thursday, and many European markets are trading in positive territory.Micron Technology (NYSE:MU) shares may be a big drag, as the semiconductor company reported a...Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) is offering a software upgrade for the Nook Color e-reader that gives consumers access to Netflix (NFLX) and other applications, capabiliti...
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