| Education stocks rise on comments from Dept of Education (at Reuters) Shares of most for-profit education companies rose on Tuesday, after the U.S. Department of Education told CNBC it would look into Strayer Education Inc s loan repayment data after the company questioned its validity. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Tech stocks jump following latest H-P deal [at MarketWatch] - Technology stocks jumped Monday morning following the opening bell after Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed a deal to buy security software maker ArcSight for $1.5 billion. The deal offered ArcSight shareholders a premium of 24% over the stock s most recent closing price. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Airline stocks climb; UAL jumps 5% [at MarketWatch] - Airline stocks climbed for a sixth-straight trading session on Friday, lifting the sector benchmark to a three-year high. The NYSE Arca Airline Index added nearly 1% to 43.71 points, after reaching a three-year high earlier at 43.85. us.rd.yahoo.com |
23 Years Later: How Markets Bounced Back from Crash of '87 It's been 23 years since the infamous stock market crash of October 19, 1987, which became known as "Black Monday." What began in Hong Kong, and spread to other parts of the world, including the United States, caused the Dow to drop 508 points, or nearly 23 percent. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Energy stocks rise, nearly wiping out week's loss Energy stocks rose Friday to nearly wipe out their losses for the week. The NYSE Arca Oil Index jumped 0.6% to 1,085, close to its week-ago finish of 1,088. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index rose 0.2% to 547, not far from its ending point of 550 one week ago. us.rd.yahoo.com |