AFP - European stock markets pulled lower Thursday as investors set aside news that Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse returned to profit in the first quarter of 2009.
AFP - US stocks held in a narrow range Thursday after a strong profit report from iPod maker Apple helped ease Wall Street fears about the economy and other corporate sectors.
Reuters - Shares of Apple Inc's climbed about 3 percent on Thursday, fueled by solid quarterly results and optimism about the maker of iPhones and Mac computers despite the weak economy.
Reuters - Stocks were little changed on Thursday as disappointing economic data and outlooks from bellwethers like UPS were offset by a rise in regional banks.
Reuters - Japan's Canon Inc (7751.T) is expected to report an operating profit for the January-March quarter on brisk sales of single-lens reflex cameras and a weak yen, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources. -- read full article
AP - Nagging worries about banks upended a stock rally Wednesday after Morgan Stanley and credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. posted lackluster quarterly reports. Investors have been worried about rising levels of souring debt on bank balance sheets. A late-session drop in bank stocks left Wall Street's major benchmarks mixed. -- read full article
Reuters - The Dow and S&P fell on Wednesday after Morgan Stanley revived concerns about the banking sector and the wider economy after it posted its second straight quarterly loss and slashed its dividend.
AP - How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman's fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility that subsided during December but that has returned in 2009. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow: -- read full article
Investor's Business Daily - It's not easy to navigate a business along a steady course when your customers have been rocked by severe turbulence. -- read full article
AP - Asian stock markets advanced Thursday, but trade was cautious amid gnawing worries about banks after Morgan Stanley reported worse-than-expected results.
