It was a flat close for the markets with the Dow easing a point to 10,465 as the nation's economy expanded at a slower than expected pace during the second quarter.

BioScrip Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS) reported lower second quarter earnings of 6 cents per share compared with 11 cents per share last year that fell short of estimates and warned of weak full year revenue. The stock price plunged $2.01 to close...

Trident Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID) reported a narrower than expected loss for the second quarter of 28 cents per share compared with a loss of 32 cents per share in the year ago period lifting the stock price 31 cents to...

Sierra Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: SWIR) reported a narrower than expected loss of 28 cents per share for the second quarter due to record revenue. The stock price climbed $1.64 to close at $9.22....

Sluggish expansion of the nation's gross domestic product weighed down the markets during the midday with the Dow dropping 47 points to 10,420.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's personal finances recovered in 2009, disclosure forms released by the central bank on Friday showed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jesup & Lamont Inc, a 133-year-old brokerage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday in Manhattan, a month after it was shut down by regulators for failing to have enough capital.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion is not known for its dramatic flair. Like the BlackBerry itself, with its renowned email security, the Canadian smartphone maker seems to put function before form.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northwest Airlines, now a part of Delta Air Lines, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix the prices of air cargo, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.

DETROIT/CALGARY (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc's chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be able to restart the Michigan pipeline that ruptured earlier this week, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new, virulent and drug-resistant strain of E. coli bacteria is infecting people in the United States and posing a significant public health threat, doctors reported on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon was sued on Friday over alleged losses suffered by retirement plan participants at his firm Sterling Equities.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Pushing an austerity agenda, two right-leaning Dutch parties agreed Friday to have talks to form a minority government with support from an anti-Islam party five months after the last government collapsed.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Lebanon's rival leaders on Friday to stave off a crisis over a tribunal that may indict Hezbollah members in the killing of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, local witnesses said.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The leader of Colombia's largest guerrilla movement has called on President-elect Juan Manuel Santos to hold talks with the leftist rebels and look for a political solution to the four-decade-old conflict.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Gay couples rushed to tie the knot in Argentina on Friday, two weeks after the country became the first in Latin America to grant them the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples.