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May 23, 2012 7:50 PM EDT

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Latin American Markets: Brazil stocks fall as Greece fears accelerate

Brazilian stocks fall on heightened fears that an exit from the euro zone by Greece will result in costly damage for the key export region.



Market Extra: Facebook order canceled? Not so fast

A young retail investor relates how his brokerage tells him a Facebook order he cancelled amid the IPO debut’s trading problems on Friday may get filled, at the reduced value. Such anecdotes risk killing already shaky retail interest in stocks.



MarketWatch First Take: H-P’s Whitman takes charge with big cuts

Hewlett-Packard will see its biggest number of job cuts ever, but if Whitman & Co succeed they could remake the computer giant in the same manner that former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner did with his revival plan.



After Hours: H-P climbs, NetApp tumbles in after-hours trade

Tech-sector heavyweight releases better-than-expected quarterly results and a plan to cut thousands of jobs, while a weak forecast from the storage-technology firm sinks its shares.



Lawrence G. McMillan: Stocks are severely oversold

Massive oversold conditions indicate that this short-term rally should be able to carry further.



Pandora cuts loss; revenue beats targets

Online radio company also raises revenue forecast for fiscal year



Dell shares dive, analyst points to ‘Apple effect’

The PC maker’s stock takes a drubbing after it highlighted the effect of macroeconomic worries and the impact of tablets and smartphones on consumer PCs. One analyst called the latter the “Apple effect.”



Stocks to Watch: Stocks to Watch Thursday: NetApp, H-P

NetApp Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Pandora Media Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp. and H.J. Heinz are among the stocks that could see active trading on Thursday.



Movers & Shakers: Wednesday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks

MarketWatch’s daily rundown of stocks making sizable moves in the U.S. market.



NetApp hammered as outlook falls short

Data-storage company’s shares fall more than 20% in after-hours as forecast fails to meet analysts’ expectations.