...What looked like a promising day on Wall Street turned sour late in the session when skittish investors caused a technology rally to stall. Stocks closed mixed Friday, with the Nasdaq composite index up 47.36 at 2,645.29. The Nasdaq closed...

...Election Day. But after four straight weeks of gains from better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and a technology rally on Monday, many investors believe that the bear market is nearly over and that now is a good time to buy stocks...

...bookkeeping practices and earnings. Friday's selling accelerated by late afternoon, derailing what had been a solid technology rally earlier in the day on a positive forecast from Dell Computer. Investors were shaken by a drop in a measure of consumer...

...Nasdaq misses out on another record NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq stock market missed out on another record Tuesday as the technology rally faltered, while financial stocks led the broader market lower amid nagging worries about the global economy. The...