Amazon.com, the world’s largest internet retailer, beat analysts’ first-quarter revenue estimates, led by demand for Kindle devices and a jump in sales for outside vendors through its website.

CITIGROUP fourth-quarter profit fell 11% and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets, hurting trading revenue and discouraging clients from doing deals.

Wall Street stocks ended lower today on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out.

US stocks extended their rally into a third week today as investors sent bank stocks higher following new global regulatory requirements and China’s economy continued its robust growth.

Government regulators from the US and Europe laid out their financial reform plans today before a sceptical banking industry, asking financiers for input but adamant that change was coming with or without their support.

Wall Street got the news it wanted on the US economy's biggest problems - banks and housing - and responded with a rally that hurtled the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 500 points.

Wall Street's growing angst about company earnings gave stocks a mixed finish today, with the Dow Jones industrials suffering their fifth straight loss.

Wall Street spent another session buffeted by volatility today, closing mixed after investors wrestled with their fears about the economy but also looked for bargains after two days of selling.

Chinese shares soared early today after the government cut a tax on stock transactions in a move widely seen as a signal of support for the markets.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is offering bonuses to the top brokers at ailing bank Bear Stearns to get them to stay with the company after it is acquired.

Wall Street closed mixed today, recuperating from a sharp plunge as investors snapped up bargain stocks on rumours that a bond insurer rescue plan is progressing and upbeat comments from Cisco Systems and Amazon.

Ford Motor Co. is still evaluating bids from three suitors for its Jaguar and Land Rover units, and a sale is not likely until early in 2008, according to sources briefed on the negotiations.

Wall Street wilted today as investors awaiting next week’s Federal Reserve meeting remained uneasy that fallout from the slumping housing market could bring more bank losses and pull the economy into recession.

The chairman of India’s Tata Group has confirmed his company’s interest in acquiring the Jaguar and Land Rover units of Ford.

US stocks retreated but managed a partial late-day recovery today as investors reacted uneasily to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the economy and news that two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds were essentially worthless.

Wall Street advanced today ahead of the July 4 holiday as investors drew confidence from a smaller-than-expected dip in factory orders and new merger-and-acquisition activity.

WHAT’S going on?

US stocks made a modest advance today as strong earnings from Yahoo Inc. and United Technologies Corp helped investors briefly set aside worries over inflation and rising oil prices.

Broad-based gains in employment sent stocks higher today, with the Dow Jones industrials gaining more than 104 points as investors regained some confidence in the economy. However, interest rate concerns remain, and the markets finished mixed for the week.

Disappointing tech sector earnings set off a second day of selling on Wall Street today, though the markets showed strength in the face of a major selloff in Japan.

The Dow Jones industrial average today closed above 11,000 for the first time since before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, lifted by a five-day rally that has sent stocks soaring so far in 2006.

Wall Street scratched out its third minuscule gain in a row today as investors worried about rising oil prices and disappointing inventory data from the Energy Department.

Wall Street gave up a substantial early gain and staggered to a mixed finish today after a Federal Reserve official warned that interest rates might continue to climb.