Bill Barnhart

$2.92 13.3% Molex Inc. stock climbed to $24.92. A day after the Lisle-based maker of fiber-optic components said it expects revenue of as much as $860 million in the third...

Stocks advanced for the second day in a row Thursday, reflecting upbeat earnings reports by Qualcomm and Xerox and a better-than-expected report on first-time claims for unemployment compensation. After the...

Criticizing the economic stimulus package announced Thursday by President Bush and congressional leaders doesn't require much effort. E-mail baskets of journalists and political pundits swelled with reactions, almost all unfavorable....

Despite gains by technology darlings Intel and International Business Machines, tech stocks continued to erode Wednesday. The closely watched Nasdaq 100 index, home to many of the big-name tech stocks,...

-$2.31 18.7% Motorola Inc. stock tumbled to $10.01. The shares fell the most since October 2002 after the Schaumburg-based company forecast an unexpected loss and said profit fell 84 percent...

You can take it to the bank. Wednesday's rally on Wall Street, by far the biggest of the new year, was led by gains in the shares of banks and...

As Congress and the White House talk about quick ways to stimulate a sluggish election-year economy, the Federal Reserve remains the agency that can most readily put its money where...

Stocks closed mostly higher Wednesday in a seesaw day of trading. Volume was heavy, ahead of Friday's expiration of stock options contracts. In an unusual finish to the session, the...

Here's a human-bites-dog story: The U.S. stock market was a rock of stability and beacon of hope Wednesday, compared with international markets. On Wednesday the Standard & Poor's 500 index...

$1.67 17.9% FTD Group Inc. stock surged to $11. The Downers Grove-based company, which offers flower delivery through a network of florists, gained the most since its February 2005 IPO...