With a sleek design and an even sleeker advertising campaign, Motorola is banking on its new Razr2 cell phone to pump up anemic sales and provide a rosier future after a yearlong slump punctuated by back-to-back losses. ...more

October 25, 2007

Bank of America's third-quarter earnings dropped 32 percent, badly hurt by a spike in consumer credit costs and the poor performance of an investment banking unit that has clamored for respect on Wall Street. ...more

October 19, 2007

Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the country and owner of USA Today, said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings fell 10.5 percent, the result, in part, of slumping real estate ads and a tough comparison to year-ago results boosted by heavy political advertising. ...more

October 18, 2007

Wells Fargo & Co.'s profit grew at its slowest pace in more than six years during the third quarter, dragged down by deteriorating home loans likely to cause more trouble in the months ahead. ...more

October 17, 2007

When a series of killer hurricanes walloped the Gulf Coast in 2005, costing Allstate Corp. a record quarterly loss of $1.55 billion, the company tried to make sure its bottom line would never be hit so hard again. ...more

October 16, 2007

Several of the nation's largest retailers cut their earnings forecasts Thursday after lingering summer weather and an uncertain economy kept consumers from shopping last month and left the big merchants with disappointing sales. ...more

October 12, 2007

Google Inc.'s stock price sailed past $600 for the first time Monday, extending a monthlong rally propelled by the lofty expectations surrounding the Internet search leader's upcoming third-quarter earnings report. ...more

October 9, 2007

even if we don't get a recession. Investors are anxiously awaiting third-quarter earnings, worried that a slowing economy may have damaged company profits. But even if the economy keeps humming along, things could get rough for stock-market investors. ...more

October 7, 2007