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U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, marking the third consecutive week of gains. Investors cheered May's job report which showed a slow and steady improvement in the labor market. Continuing the trend set in recent trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index...

U.S. stocks rose as investors found that the positives in the U.S. services sector outweighed concerns over an escalating conflict in Ukraine. The Institute for Supply Management said that its service-sector index rose to 55.2. Any reading above 50.0 indicates an expansion. Also, the index...

Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...

U.S. stocks rose on Friday as investors were able to overlook some disappointing economic data as a result of cold weather. Major indices showed signs of strength today as the Nasdaq continues to inch towards historical all time highs of 5,135.52 recorded on March 10,2000. Today, the index hit...

U.S. stocks finished the day almost unchanged as investors and traders were presented with a mixed bag of data today. A better than expected report on the service sector negated another report that showed that companies added fewer employees to their payrolls than anticipated in January. The...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...

Testifying before Congress in 2011, Rex Tillerson, the Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), the biggest oil company in the world, said that based on demand, a barrel of crude should be going for around $60-70. It was around $90-100 at that time. Speculators were driving up the...

The analysts at UBS have added Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) to their Dividend Rulers list. Two consumer goods companies already on the UBS list are Clorox (NYSE: CLX) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). UBS selects stocks for its Dividend Ruler list based...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

This weekend in Barron's online: fund managers who are earning their keep, and the prospects for Icahn Enterprises, United Technologies and Occidental Petroleum and others. Cover Story "Earning Their Keep" by Sarah Max. These days, it is more difficult than ever to run a truly actively...

The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...