NEW YORK-- A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.:. Cooper Tire& Rubber Co. rose 40.5 percent to $34.51. Health Management Associates Inc. rose 9.3 percent to $15.23.
NEW YORK-- Boston Beer's stock was hopping Wednesday, after a Goldman Sachs analyst boosted the brewer's rating and price target, thanks in part to the success of its Angry Orchard cider. THE SPARK: Goldman's Judy Hong lifted Boston Beer Co. to "Neutral" from "Sell" and increased its price target to $162 from $141.
Investors welcomed news that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, sending the Dow above 14,000 for the first time since 2007.
Stocks fell, as a batch of disappointing corporate earnings and a rise in first time jobless claims eventually overtook investors' impulse to buy.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says web traffic on his search engine, billed as an alternative to Google that doesn't store your private information, surged 33 percent after the NSA news broke. Weinberg discusses the model of his search engine, and how the company makes money.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 6:31 AM ETJohn Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, and Barbara Marcin, Gabelli Dividend Income Fund, discuss whether investors should reconsider allocating their portfolios as the Fed wraps up its two-day policy meeting.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 8:53 AM ETKen Langone, Invemed Associates chairman and president, called Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "lame duck."