Why WaMu Got Walloped

In addition to the deteriorating housing market, the lender was hit by news of an investigation by the New York AG. S&P rates the shares sell

Stocks on the Expensive Side

Standard & Poor's latest list uses price and valuation filters to uncover 15 names that may be too rich for investors' blood

Captain Bernanke's Blimp

To understand why the Fed chairman spends so much time worrying about inflation, not housing or the stock market, imagine taking a certain ride with him

Finance's Troubles Infect Tech

As Wall Street's giants take massive writedowns, fears are growing about the impact on technology budgets

Vital Signs: Economists See Anemic Growth

On tap: October retail sales and industrial production and inflation figures, November regional factory activity reports

Will Wall Street Weakness Whack Sotheby's?

The auction house could be in for some rough times if wealthy art buyers fret about the market fallout from the credit crunch

Analyst Actions: Cisco Systems, Foster Wheeler, Bankrate

Opinions from Wall Street analysts on Thursday

S&P Picks and Pans: Cisco, Ford, McDonald's, WaMu, Morgan Stanley

Analyst opinions on stocks making headlines Thursday

Movers: Cisco Systems, AIG, Morgan Stanley, Target

Thursday's stocks in the news

Stocks Try to Recover from Sell-off

After Wednesday's market stumble, investors were dealing with more write-offs, this time from Morgan Stanley and AIG. Earnings from Ford impressed