Reuters – Stocks extended gains on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq rising 3 percent as investors latched onto signs of easing stress in Europe’s bond markets as well as positive economic data at home and abroad.
Reuters – Stocks surged 3 percent in a broad rally on Thursday as a long-awaited agreement by European leaders to boost the region’s bailout fund promised to remove a major headwind for the market.
AP – Most Americans say politics makes them angry. But that doesn’t mean there is wide support for the Wall Street protests against the nation’s power brokers.
Reuters – The technology-heavy Nasdaq lead U.S. stocks lower on Thursday as early gains in equity markets eroded and investors fretted over weakness in the global economy and Europe’s debt crisis.
Reuters – Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday after France and Germany urged Greece to implement austerity reforms to ease the euro zone debt crisis.
Reuters – Stocks rallied on Wednesday, reversing three days of losses on optimism the European debt crisis might ease after Germany’s top court smoothed the way for Berlin’s participation in bailout packages.
Reuters – Wall Street stocks dropped more than 2 percent on Friday as Labor Department data showed jobs growth flatlined in August, intensifying worries the economy is staggering.
Reuters – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose more than 4 percent in afternoon trading on Thursday while the Dow added to gains, with energy and financial services companies among the strongest sectors.