FSLR down $14

FSLR 175.56 -14.08 -7.42%
AAPL 124.86 -4.59 -3.55%

ISRG 296.68 -5.14 -1.70%

RTP 428.18 +16.18 +3.93

February 12, 2008 12:49 PM ET


Warren Buffett to the rescue?

Stocks rise after the Oracle of Omaha says that his Berkshire Hathaway has offered help to troubled bond insurers


2/12/2008 11:08 AM


Market up on Buffett's bond insurer plan

12, 2008 3:33 PM ET

December job openings and hires slower than 2006

Buffett's rally pushes Dow up 133

FSLR up $16

BIDU 246.71 +12.80 +5.47%
(BIDU will be reporting earnings this week)

Microsoft calls Yahoo rejection "unfortunate"


FSLR 189.64 +16.45 +9.50% After Hours: 190.79 +1.15 / +0.61%
(FFSLR to Announce 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results Feb 13)

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CME Up $41

Data suggest economy stagnating

The housing market has still not reached bottom, the number of workers drawing jobless benefits has hit a 2-1/4-year high and consumers are tightening their purse strings, reports on Thursday showed, suggesting the economy may have screeched to a hal

CME 528.01 +42.76 +8.81%
ISRG 298.65 +4.87 +1.66
FSLR 165.60 -6.11 -3.56%

CME down $103

CME 485.25 -103.55 -17.59%
ISRG 293.78 -14.10 -4.58
BIDU 230.00 -23.49 -9.27%
AAPL 122.00 -7.36 -5.69% After Hours: 118.33 -3.67 / -3.01%
GOOG 501.71 -5.09 -1.00% After Hours: 495.67 -6.04 / -1.20%
RTP 409.37 -12.13 -2.88

Rio Tinto rejects BHP Billiton's bid

BHP Billiton bids for Rio Tinto


Market Dispatches, 4:40 PM ET

Stocks fall back despite Disney's gain

The Dow falls 65 points as traders fret that the Federal Reserve won't cut rates between now and March!

BIDU down $18.79

New report stirs recession fears

The Institute for Supply Management's nonmanufacturing index fell to a reading of 41.9
in January -- a huge drop from the 54.4 reading in December.
The reading was the lowest since October 2001; economists were expecting
a reading of 53. Readings below 50 indicate contraction in the industry.
The service sector makes up about 90% of the U.S. economy.

Wall St plunges on services sector woe

Market Dispatches, 1:15 PM ET

Dow 12,331.79 -303.37

Stocks tumble on recession signs

February 05, 2008 2:45 PM ET

Stocks plunge on recession worries

2/5/2008 9:45 AM

Services index plummets, points to recession

Market Dispatches, 4:15 PM ET

Economic fear batters stocks

Stocks suffered their biggest drop in nearly a year on Tuesday after data showed the worst monthly contraction in the services sector since the last U.S. recession and Standard & Poor's warned it could cut bank credit ratings.

Wall Street skids about 3 percent on recession sign

GOOG 506.80 +11.37 +2.29%
FSLR 178.00 -14.90 -7.72%
BIDU 253.49 -18.79 -6.90%
SPWR 66.64 -9.36 -12.32%
SKF 105.39 +8.34 +8.59%

GOOG down $20

Financials, techs lead sell-off

Google is down more than 28% so far this year
and down 33% from their all-time high in November!

Goldman Sachs removed Google from its "conviction buy list" this morning.

Microsoft buy Yahoo !

Market Dispatches, 2:00 PM ET

Microsoft pounces on Yahoo

Microsoft bids $44.6 billion to buy Yahoo


BIDU 269.59 -10.36 -3.70% After Hours: 270.00 +0.41 / +0.15%
GOOG 515.90 -48.40 -8.58% After Hours: 517.59 +1.69 / +0.33%
ISRG 305.61 +51.61 +20.32% After Hours: 306.94 +1.33 / +0.44%
MA 215.42 +8.42 +4.07% After Hours: 213.71 -1.71 / -0.79%