Shares of Palm Inc. rose ahead of regular trading Tuesday after Kaufman Bros. said worries about competition for the company's "smart" phones are overdone.

Sprint Nextel Corp. shares rose ahead of regular trading Monday after Credit Suisse upgraded the wireless carrier, predicting the company will stop losing net subscribers in the last few months of the year.

NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Palm Inc <PALM.O> rose 8 percent on Friday fueled by rumors that bigger rival phone maker Nokia <NOK1V.HE> may be eyeing the maker of the Pre and Pixi smartphones.

With Google's free navigation on the Motorola Droid, available Friday, cell phones are expanding at the expense of navigation devices such as Garmin and TomTom.

Motorola forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, when it will start selling two new Google Android phones in hopes of regaining ground lost to iPhone.

Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone — the Droid — for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smartphones that go far beyond making calls.

A private measure of the manufacturing sector grew for a second straight month in September, but at a slower pace than in August, another sign pointing to a bumpy recovery.

Stocks ended lower Wednesday as the rally after the Federal Reserve's statement faded and investors began to worry that the central bank is inching closer to withdrawing stimulus measures that have propped up the economy. The Dow had briefly popped above 9,900.

Stocks resumed their ascent Friday, after snapping the week's winning streak on Thursday, as investors braced for a volatile day due to quadruple witching.

Stocks resumed their ascent Friday, after snapping the week's winning streak on Thursday, as investors braced for a volatile day due to quadruple witching.

Stocks resumed their ascent Friday, after snapping the week's winning streak on Thursday, as investors braced for a volatile day due to quadruple witching.

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for Wall Street, with no significant economic news but quadruple-witching on the table.

Stocks snapped their winning streak Thursday after soaring this week to new highs for the year.

Google might power the world’s most popular search engine, but its clout goes only so far. When it comes to getting one of its applications onto the iPhone, it seems Google has to wait in line for Apple’s approval like everyone else — and face the risk of rejection.

Verizon, the nation's largest wireless carrier, said Monday its second-quarter profit fell 21 percent as cost-cutting in its wireline business failed to keep pace with falling revenues.