US stocks go higher on earnings

US stocks go higher on earnings

US stocks shook off weak housing sales data and jumped Tuesday on the strength of some buoyant earnings reports.
US stocks end mostly flat after Fed cliff warning

US stocks end mostly flat after Fed cliff warning

US stocks closed mostly flat Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned politicians to reach a deal to avoid sending economy over the fiscal cliff.
US stocks dip on fiscal cliff worries

US stocks dip on fiscal cliff worries

US stocks closed slightly lower Tuesday as Washington continued to wrangle over a budget plan that would avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff."
US stocks sink on sour IMF growth outlook

US stocks sink on sour IMF growth outlook

US stocks skidded Tuesday after the IMF cut its global economic growth forecasts and investors braced for the start of a poor third-quarter earnings season.
Stimulus hopes drive Dow above 13,000

Stimulus hopes drive Dow above 13,000

US stocks surged higher for a second straight day Friday, pushing the Dow above 13,000 for the first time since May, on hopes for US and European stimulus to jump-start frail economies.