Monday, August 22, 2016 U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as investors looked ahead to a key speech from the top Federal Reserve official and digested falling oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average opened about 70 points lower, with Goldman Sachs and Chevron contributing the most losses. The S&P 500 began Monday trading about…

By Jessica Menton @JessicaMenton on September 30 2014 8:49 AM EBay Inc. unveiled plans on Tuesday to separate the e-commerce giant and PayPal into independent publicly traded companies in 2015, a move activist investor Carl Icahn demanded earlier this year. The move pleased Wall Street; shares in eBay jumped 7 percent  to $56.35 in morning trading on the NASDAQ….

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 08: Traders wait on a nearly empty trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after trading was halted due to a “technical glitch” on July 8, 2015 in New York City. Trading was to resume in the afternoon. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) July 8, 2015 5:48 PM…

Friday, December 30, 2016 Wall Street was flat after the open on the last trading day of 2016 due to losses across most sectors, but was still on track to record hefty gains for the year. The S&P is on track to rise nearly 10 percent this year, the Nasdaq 8.3 percent and the Dow…

Wednesday, September 07, 2016  U.S. stocks traded near the flatline Wednesday afternoon, with consumer staples lagging, as investors digested the release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 15 points, with Home Depot contributing the most losses. “It does feel like a calm before a storm as we head…