The route was certainly circuitous but stocks ultimately staged a modest rebound from Friday’s ugly action. Ford’s (F) $997 million profit hoard, a three year high in manufacturing,

If Mattel (MAT) is an indicator, the kids don’t come first in a recession.The toymaker’s third-quarter profit dipped 3.5% as consumers cut back. Mattel’s net income fell to $229.8 m

The Road Runner cartoons made the Acme Corporation a household name. The word became synonymous with outlandish products with equally outlandish failure rates -- products that failed in the most outl

Shares of financial services companies have rebounded fast and furiously since the market bottomed in early March. The sector is expected to be the best performer in the third quarter, with earnings

Exactly twelve months after its first close below 10,000 in almost four years, changed days indeed for the Dow. Amid seventieth birthday celebrations for The Wizard of Oz equities were all emerald ci

Money never sleeps, they say, but it certainly slumbers. Hit with a loss of energy, stocks slipped a second successive session as sellers reclined in a La-Z-Boy (LZB) (-14.26%) before jumping into Be

Ever notice that when you really need a computer to move fast, it’s slow as the day is long? Sometimes I think Ballmer and the folks at Mister Softee really do have it in for me.The Hang Seng g

On the day Springsteen turned 60 maybe the market was bound, and Born, to Run out of gas. Stocks, up immediately after the Fed’s interest rate announcement, abruptly turned tail to slip for the

Although the economic recovery is likely to take time, investors appear rather confident that Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) is a good bet. After all, the stock has bounced back very sharply from its l

On an anniversary of dropping dominoes, Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) popped up almost 10 percent and even Facebook is making money; how times change. Markets made fresh highs for the year twelve m