Stocks Hit 2005 Lows on EBay, Qualcomm
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Stocks slid on Thursday, setting lows  for 2005, after disappointing reports from eBay Inc. EBAY.O  and Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O added to worries about earnings  growth, while a survey showed factories in the Mid-Atlantic  region expanded at a slower pace than expected.
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Shares in Sony Corp. (6758.T) fell to a 2  month low on Monday after Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) and Fujitsu  Ltd. (6702.T) joined the list of PC makers recalling Sony-made  batteries, boosting the potential blow to its earnings.
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Investors took advantage of low prices today to buy cheaper stocks, including some big corporate names.
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U.S. stocks tumbled to fresh 2005 lows  on Thursday as oil prices climbed, stoking concerns of higher  energy costs squeezing corporate profits, while General Motors  Corp. GM.N provided a weaker profit outlook.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday after news of the sharpest rise in producer prices in 32 years and disappointing financial results from tech bellwether Oracle and Circuit City, a leading electronics retailer.
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U.S. tech shares fell on Monday, led by a drop in Apple Computer Inc.  after a brokerage downgrade and as investors bet chip maker Qualcomm Inc.  would lose in legal disputes to rival Broadcom Corp. .
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Investors sold stocks slightly lower Monday in very light trading as Wall Street wrestled with respectable but uninspiring holiday sales reports and waited to see the extent of the damage due to the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia.
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U.S. stock futures fell throughout the morning  on Thursday, pointing to a lower market open, as disappointing earnings from eBay Inc.  and a lower-than-expected profit forecast from Qualcomm Inc.  weighed on Wall Street.
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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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US stocks were lower at midmorning on Tuesday, as investors sought to consolidate  recent gains after several benchmarks opened the week with record closes.
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U.S. technology stocks were knocked  lower on Tuesday after brokerages downgraded Internet retailer  Amazon.com Inc. AMZN.O and computer maker Dell Inc. DELL.O.
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Sony Corp. 6758.T shares fell to a   2-1/2-month low on Monday after Toshiba Corp. 6502.T and   Fujitsu Ltd. 6702.T joined the list of PC makers recalling   Sony-made batteries, increasing potential damage to its   earnings.
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US stocks dropped as comments from technology companies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Intel failed to revive a rally that stalled after the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500-stock index set a three-year high last week.
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Amazon.com, eBay and other retailers fell in U.S. trading as cash-strapped consumers limited their Internet holiday purchases while waiting for better bargains.
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Stocks declined on Monday, hit by profit-taking in large technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. , in the last trading session of the year.
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Shares of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  fell 5.2 percent on Tuesday to their lowest levels in over a month after the London Stock Exchange  urged shareholders to reject a 2.7 billion pound ($5.27 billion) hostile bid from the largest U.S. electronic stock market.
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U.S. blue chips were lower on Tuesday,  as a drop in phone company Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  overshadowed a brokerage upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N  and a three-session drop in oil prices.