Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, May 6, from AP Financial News:

Joy Global Inc., which makes surface mining equipment, Tuesday lowered its full-year 2008 earnings estimate on charges for an acquisition and terminating a maintenance and repair contract.

In sectors of the industrial economy, especially those directly affected by growing global demand, orders cannot be processed fast enough, hiring is rampant, products and services are being cranked out in record amounts and stocks are responding.

What's on Matthew Kaufler's menu?  Ketchup, cheese and coal.  He's made those unusual investment recommendations before, and he hasn't changed them. Here's how to play the stocks.

Downgrades in the financial sector dragged stocks lower today, causing a three-digit drop in the Dow.  To help investors protect their portfolios, CNBC enlisted the help of market experts.

Falling shares are likely to keep sliding in the near-term, cautions David Sowerby -- so hold off on bottom-fishing for stocks. Instead, the chief market analyst and portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles names stocks that will continue to benefit from capital spending.