Stocks posted narrow gains today, with the Dow Jones Industrials outpacing the broader S&P 500 because of solid advances for a handful of higher priced component companies, including a 2% rise for IBM and a 1.3% jump for United
Top Tech Stocks MSFT +1.27% AAPL 5.62% IBM +2.01% CSCO +0.68% GOOG +0.63% Steep declines for Apple ( AAPL ) are dragging the combined value of technology stocks in the S&P 500 around 0.5% lower today. In company news,
Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) has fallen out of favor with the analysts after missing the earnings estimate last quarter, announcing that longtime CEO Steve Ballmer was retiring, and then entering into a $7.2 billion deal with Nokia. The