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Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares fell more than 5 percent Thursday after a major ratings agency tagged its debt at junk status. Twitter traded recently at $40.32, down 5.2 percent. Standard & Poor's said its rating indicates "major ongoing uncertainties" regarding potentially...

The strong open last Friday quickly faded to redness, with the Nasdaq holding strongest. Though a disappointment for the bulls, Friday capped a week that should comfort them -- traders peeked at a whoosh down and survived. This Week's Outlook The bulls hit the sell button as headlines of...

U.S. stocks were little changed despite an ADP jobs report showing better-than-expected numbers. The ADP report comes ahead of the non-farm payrolls due on Thursday. Analysts are expecting the payrolls to confirm 212,000 jobs were added in June. The markets will close at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday...

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...

Activist investor Carl Icahn in a CNBC interview last week said that in some ways he would be better off if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chose not to take his advice and increase its stock buyback. "As far as I'm concerned,” Icahn said, “I'm actually better off with them doing...

According to Barron’s, it’s “good-bye” time, not “buy” time for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). It did not help that holiday sales fell almost a full percent compared to the two percent gain analysts expected. In addition, the company expects to report a decline in Q4 operating profit on February 27....

Stocks pushed higher Tuesday in a rally that sent the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to new highs. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished at a 13-year high. The rally was built on expectations the Federal Reserve will leave its current bond-buying program in place...

Rating analyst and managing director for S&P's sovereign-ratings group Marie Cavanaugh appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning where she talked about the chances of downgrading the United States' debt.  "We changed the outlook to stable earlier this year for, because of the improvement in...

S&P cut the debt ratings of three of Europe's largest banks late Tuesday as new rules and "uncertain market conditions" threaten business across the continent. Barclays (NYSE: BCS), Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS), and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) all had their credit ratings cut one notch. Downgrades...

Thomas Lee, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, spoke on CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday morning, where he discussed where investors should put their money to work and why, as well as the place of the Fed in today's and tomorrow's market. "I think investors who have't put money...

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