*Amazon weighs on S&P after results; Chevron helps Dow. Amazon.com Inc tumbled after results, pressuring both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, though gains at Hewlett-Packard Co and Chevron Corp kept the Dow in modestly positive territory.
*Amazon drags S&P, Nasdaq after results. "What we are going to do is just average the fourth quarter and the first quarter and take a look and see the economy is growing way underneath its potential growth rate which keeps the Fed in play to do more quantitative easing," said John Canally, investment strategist and economist for LPL Financial in Boston.
*Starbucks slips in premarket after results. "What we are going to do is just average the fourth quarter and the first quarter and take a look and see the economy is growing way underneath its potential growth rate which keeps the Fed in play to do more quantitative easing," said John Canally, investment strategist and economist for LPL Financial in Boston.
*Starbucks slips in premarket after results. NEW YORK, April 26- U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a five-day winning streak ahead of data on the pace of economic growth and consumer sentiment.
*Starbucks slips in premarket after results. *Starbucks Corp slipped 3 percent to $58.70 in light premarket trading after the world's biggest coffee chain posted a quarterly profit that matched Wall Street estimates but posted revenue that was slightly below expectations.
NEW YORK, April 15- Once named Canada's "Stockpicker of the Decade" by fund tracker Morningstar, Francis Chou now runs the top-performing bond fund in the United States.
Jan 29- International Paper Co posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as strong sales of corrugated boxes offset weakness in the consumer packaging unit.
Jan 25- Weyerhaeuser Co, a century-old producer of forest products, reported its highest revenue in more than four years, adding heft to recent government data showing that a recovery in the U.S. housing market has taken hold.
No reason has been given yet for the departure of founder and executive chairman George Zimmer, reports CNBC's Courtney Reagan. Zimmer has long been the face of the company.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 10:52 AM ETCNBC's Rick Santelli, explains why he hears 'crickets" when he asks questions about Fed Chairman Bernanke's policies. "Enough is enough," he rants.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 11:36 AM ETAre reporters lobbing "softball" questions at the Fed chairman? CNBC's Rick Santelli and the Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath, debate whether the economy continues to need quantitative easing. I'm trying to inform the public about what the Fed is up to, says Hilsenrath.