NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks moved lower Monday as investors step back from last week's large advance and get ready for the third quarter's corporate reports, with Dow component Alcoa Inc. unofficially launching earnings season on Tuesday.
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Drug and biotechnology benchmarks moved lower in midday trading on Monday, as shares of Noven Pharmaceuticals plunged after the company reported a late-stage clinical trial showed psychiatric drug candidate Lithium QD was largely ineffective.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Vonage Holding Corp. stock soared as much as 80% in Monday trades after the Internet-phone company settled a patent dispute with Sprint Nextel Corp., but most stocks moved lower.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Ryder Systems Inc. fell Monday, touching a full-year low as the truck leasing company warned that soft demand for its commercial rentals, lower used-vehicle prices and higher costs would yield lower third-quarter earnings than earlier forecast.
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Northern Rock's shares vaulted higher Monday, gaining in the wake of a weekend newspaper report that the mortgage lender may be thrown a financing lifeline by Citigroup.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- You don't have to quaff French wine in your dining room or go skiing in the Austrian Alps. At home or abroad, all Americans are feeling the same breeze from the dollar's recent sharp drop -- and some might even catch a chill from it.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks moved lower Monday as investors step back from last week's large advance and get ready for the third quarter's corporate reports, with Dow component Alcoa Inc. unofficially launching earnings season on Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Airline shares extended last week's gains in morning trading, as the sector broke stride with the broader market thanks to a drop in oil prices.
