Strong sales of disinfecting products spurred by swine flu fears helped Clorox post a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit. Who else might benefit? Read More
Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of SanDisk and the Brazil ETF popped while Northern Trust and Altria dropped. Read More
We're growing, but not as much as you wanted. Hewlett Packard down 1 percent pre-open as CEO Mark Hurd said the magic words: "We expect the IT industry to return to growth in 2010 and believe that HP will outpace the market," but their guidance was not as strong as expected. Read More
Craig Hodges, co-portfolio manager at The Hodges Fund & Hodges Small Cap Fund said he is optimistic on small cap companies and sees the next five years as “outstanding investment time.” He shared his insights on where investors should put their money. Read More
The Dow Jones Transportation Average strongly outperformed the other major indices on Friday, rising 4 percent on broad strength from truckers YRC Worldwide (YRCW) and Ryder (R), railroads CSX (CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NSC), and airlines AMR (AMR) and Continental Airlines (CAL). Read More
Futures popped 8 points as the nonfarm payroll report, with a loss of 247,000 jobs, was better than even the consensus of a loss of 275,000. It was the best monthly number since August 2008. Read More