Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is rebounding from the credit crisis and market downturn earlier this year with a strong capital base and improving businesses, an analyst wrote in a research note Wednesday.

Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Nov. 3, from AP Financial News:

The Hartford Financial Services Group on Tuesday posted a much narrower loss for the third quarter, as its investment losses shrank as financial markets improved.

Stocks snapped a three-day losing streak Monday as investors cheered a wave of merger-and-acquisition activity.

Hartford Financial Services said it lost $15 million in the second quarter, weighed down by losses on investments and a decline in premiums.

The federal government has agreed to extend billions in bailout funds to six major life insurers, helping them shore up their capital positions after major investment losses.

Stocks flopped Friday, capping a dismal week, as bank stocks pulled back after recent gains.

Stocks opened flat Friday as investors were encouraged by a pair of better-than-expected manufacturing readings but dismal economic data out of Europe and weak U.S. retail reports capped gains.

Futures pared losses Friday after a pair of better-than-expected manufacturing readings.