Stocks Fall on Oil Prices, Profit Outlook
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NEW YORK - Higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and the New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday, although many investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key meeting of the Federal Reserve...
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NEW YORK - Disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley and oil prices topping $48 per barrel sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday as investors moved to protect their recent gains. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 115 points...
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Stocks fell on Monday, pressured by a sell-off in energy shares after oil prices dropped and as investors were cautious before comments later this week from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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Stocks declined on Monday, as record  crude oil prices triggered fresh worry that energy costs will  erode corporate profits and consumer demand.
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday as oil  prices hit a record high, spurring worries that energy costs  will eat into corporate profits.
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Oil fell to $90 a barrel on Monday, as weaker global stock markets spurred profit taking, although expectations that OPEC will resist pressure to raise output this week limited deeper losses.
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U.S. stocks inched lower on Friday but  fresh economic data drove the dollar and bonds higher, while  profit-taking pushed oil prices down after OPEC'S widely  expected decision to curb production.
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NEW YORK - A slowdown in economic growth and oil prices hovering around $48 per barrel renewed fears of disappointing third-quarter earnings Thursday and kept stocks mixed.    In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.53, or 0.4 percent, to 10,069.65, one day after the index lost more than 135 points...
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Stocks declined on Monday as oil  prices spiked higher and companies like consumer goods giant  Colgate-Palmolive warned on earnings, stirring investor worry  about corporate profits.
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Oil dropped more than a dollar towards $89 a barrel on Monday as falling global stock markets spurred profit taking.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Friday on signs   the economy may be slowing more sharply than previously   thought, threatening corporate profits, including those of   large industrial companies.
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Stocks fell on Monday after  disappointing U.S. employment data and a slowdown in  construction spending sparked worry about economic growth,  while a drop in crude oil prices hit energy shares.
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Stocks declined on Monday after  reports of disappointing U.S. employment and construction data  sparked worry about economic growth, and a drop in crude oil  prices weighed on energy shares.
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Stocks slipped on Monday as a pullback in crude oil prices weighed on energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp , and as caution before housing data tempered optimism from the latest takeover activity.
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Stocks declined on Monday, pressured by a sell-off in energy shares after oil prices dropped and worries that further evidence of weakness in the housing market could hurt consumer spending.
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Stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow  dipping briefly below 10,000, as oil prices climbed,  threatening to shrink corporate profits, and a brokerage  downgrade hurt semiconductor shares.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as shares of  major oil companies tumbled after the price of crude fell more  than a $1 a barrel to a 3-month low.