Lumber and wood products producer Weyerhaeuser Co. on Tuesday launched a cash tender offer to repurchase $500 million of notes due 2010.

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. climbed Wednesday after an analyst upgraded his rating based on the company's progress in meeting financial challenges and the stock's recent price decline.

Stocks tumbled Friday, giving back all of the gains from the prior session, as worries about the recovery escalated after a pair of reports on the consumer and as the dollar rallied. The Dow shed 250 points, or 2.5 percent, but finished flat for the month.

Stocks tumbled Friday, giving back all of the gains from the prior session, as worries about the recovery escalated after a pair of reports on the consumer.

Stocks opened lower Friday after reports showed consumer sentiment and spending have declined.

Futures indicated a lower open for Wall Street on Friday, the last trading day of October, after the Dow experienced its best day in 3 months Thursday after GDP data showed the world's biggest economy exited recession in the third quarter.

What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Friday, Oct. 30.

With demand for gasoline, and the ethanol that goes into it, expected to rise, oil companies are trying to benefit.