MarketWatch - 8:27 PM ETThe Internal Revenue Service unit under fire for its reviews of conservative organizations has a long history of targeting groups with extra scrutiny, including foreclosure-assistance charities, credit-counseling services and New York Jewish charities, interviews with current and former employees show.
MarketWatch - 8:06 PM ETAs stock prices pause in their nearly two-month push to higher records this week, bearish strategists are passing on the temptation to raise S&P 500 targets, citing a lack of support from fundamentals.
MarketWatch - 7:21 PM ETMarketWatch's top 10 stories of the pre–Memorial Day week, from Tim Cook and Jamie Dimon to Xbox and mozzarella Caprese.
MarketWatch - 6:29 PM ETTiffany & Co. and United Natural Foods will be among the stocks to watch Tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend.
MarketWatch - 5:00 PM ETMore studies question the health benefits of endurance running for exercisers over 40.
MarketWatch - 4:57 PM ETWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on Friday announced that the government is allocating $1 million in federal emergency funds to Washington State to help repair the Interstate 5 bridge. A section of the four-lane interstate bridge, located 60 miles north of Seattle, collapsed into the water Thursday, disrupting travel in both directions. "We are doing everything possible to restore mobility as quickly as possible and expedite repairs," said LaHood.
MarketWatch - 4:47 PM ETU.S. stocks fell for the first week in five as the prospects that the Federal Reserve could start reducing its bond-buying stimulus rattled a market trading at historic highs.
MarketWatch - 4:41 PM ETEnergy stocks fall Friday, though gains earlier in the week cushion the weekly impact of heavy losses in recent trading sessions.
Briefing.com - 4:34 PM ETSector Performance (% change of the day): Consumer Staples (+0.96%), Financials (+0.13%), Tech (-0.08%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.19%), Health Care (-0.22%), Industrials (-0.25%), Materials (-0.28%), Telecom (-0.31%), Energy (-0.35%), Utilities (-1.02%).
Dow +0.1%,
S&P 500 -0.1%,
Nasdaq 0.0%,
Nasdaq 100 +0.0%,
S&P 400 -0.4%,
Russell 2000 +0.0%
Stocks entered the weekend on a mix...
Briefing.com - 4:34 PM ETDow +8.60 at 15303.1, Nasdaq -0.27 at 3459.14, S&P -0.91 at 1649.6Stocks entered the weekend on a mixed note as the S&P 500 shed 0.1% while the Dow ended with a gain of 0.1%.
The major averages began the day on a lower note as nine of ten sectors saw losses of more than 0.5%.
The consumer staples sector was the lone exception as the group spent the entire day in positive territory than...
