Shares of some top consumer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Clorox fell $.20 or .2 percent, to $87.37. Colgate-Palmolive Co. fell $.34 or .5 percent, to $62.04. Kimberly-Clark Corp. rose ... More »Final Glance: Consumer companies
Shares of some top drug benefits companies were up at the close of trading: CVSCaremark rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $59.44. Express Scripts Holding Co. rose $1.17 or 1.9 percent, to $61.87. More »Final Glance: Drug Benefits companies
Shares of some top airlines companies were mixed at the close of trading: Delta Air fell $.10 or .5 percent, to $18.54. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell $.08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.44. Southwest Airlines Co. ... More »Final Glance: Airlines companies
Shares of some top drugstore companies were up at the close of trading: CVSCaremark rose $.07 or .1 percent, to $59.44. Rite Aid rose $.19 or 7.3 percent, to $2.79. Walgreen rose $.78 or 1.6 percent, to ... More »Final Glance: Drugstore companies
Shares of some top tools and appliances companies were up at the close of trading: General Electric Co. rose $.19 or .8 percent, to $23.46. Snap-On rose $.83 or .9 percent, to $91.67. Stanley Works rose ... More »Final Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading: Dow Chemical Co. rose $.72 or 2.1 percent, to $35.82. DuPont Co. rose $.40 or .7 percent, to $55.89. More »Final Glance: Chemicals companies
Shares of some top coal companies were up at the close of trading: Arch Coal rose $.05 or 1.0 percent, to $5.01. Consol Energy Inc. rose $.33 or 1.0 percent, to $33.97. Peabody Energy rose $.07 or .3 percent, ... More »Final Glance: Coal companies
Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $2.57 or 4.1 percent, to $64.57. Foster Wheeler rose $.11 or .5 percent, to $21.60. Quanta Services Inc. rose $.46 ... More »Final Glance: Construction companies
Shares of some top department store retail companies were mixed at the close of trading: Kohl's Corp. fell $.45 or .9 percent, to $51.58. Macy's Inc. rose $.79 or 1.6 percent, to $48.67. Nordstrom fell ... More »Final Glance: Department Store Retail companies
Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc. fell $1.32 or .3 percent, to $433.26. Dell Inc. fell $.03 or .2 percent, to $13.40. Hewlett Packard Co. fell $.09 or ... More »Final Glance: Computer companies
Shares of some top aerospace companies were up at the close of trading: Boeing rose $2.34 or 2.4 percent, to $98.92. Lockheed Martin Corp. rose $2.41 or 2.3 percent, to $106.41. Northrop Grumman Corp. ... More »Final Glance: Aerospace companies
Shares of some top autos companies were up at the close of trading: Ford Motor Co. rose $.44 or 3.0 percent, to $15.08. General Motors Co. rose $1.03 or 3.2 percent, to $33.42. Honda Motor Co. rose $.74 ... More »Final Glance: Autos companies
Shares of some top beverages companies were mixed at the close of trading: Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR fell $.35 or .4 percent, to $96.37. Coca-Cola Co. fell $.12 or .3 percent, to $42.97. Dr Pepper Snapple ... More »Final Glance: Beverages companies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police chief already charged with demanding money or property in exchange for dropping criminal charges against people has been indicted on nine new federal counts. More »Ex-Mississippi police chief faces new indictment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors. More »Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas. More »Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan
Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering. The Federal Reserve announced an agreement Friday ... More »Bank of Montreal ordered to fix oversight lapses
WACO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors plan to retry a Central Texas man whose 25-year-old conviction for setting a fire that killed his two young stepsons was set aside due to issues raised later with the science used to find him guilty. More »DA to retry Central Texas man in deadly '86 fire
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch holds a 3-0 advantage over Kasey Kahne this season and understands Kahne may be planning some retaliation. More »Busch will understand if Kahne retaliates soon
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. More »Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday. More »CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. More »Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention
CANNES, France (AP) — A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover. More »Brief panic as blanks fired during Cannes TV show
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said. More »Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry says the tornado-wrought devastation in a North Texas neighborhood is almost incomprehensible. More »Perry tours neighborhood hit by deadly tornado
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