The financial sector lead U.S. stocks higher early Wednesday as the market recovered some of the previous session's losses.

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

Retail stocks rise, with gainers including Staples Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp., after both stocks were upgraded to buy by Goldman Sachs.

Treasury prices decline before the government sells $21 billion in 10-year notes, the second major auction of the week.

AAPL +/- Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs said he prefers holding on to the co.’s cash hoard for potential acquisitions and “bold” investments, rather than paying dividends or buying back stock. “We know if we need to acquire something -- a piece of t...

WMT + Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, announced on Thurs. that it would cut some 20M metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by the end of 2015, the equivalent of removing more than 3.8M cars from the road for a ...

HNZ +/- The food maker H. J. Heinz Company said rising sales in Asia’s emerging markets helped its Q3 revenue rise 13%. But the cost of selling frozen-food businesses in the U.S. and Britain cut into its profit, which fell 6%. HNZ benefited as c...

GS - Goldman Sachs' role in masking Greece's real debt burden is to be investigated by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the SEC. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the central bank, confirmed that Goldman Sachs and a number of other unnamed banks are the ...

LYV +/- Live Nation Entertainment Inc. said it expects profits to be flat in 2010, disappointing some analysts who expected the co. formed by the merger of TicketMaster TKTM and LYV to ride a rebound in the global concert and music business. Ana...