The S&P 500 gained 1.8% last week, its second consecutive winning week and narrowing its year to date decline to around 5.1%. Reports that Russia and the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries were discussing possible production limits reversed another
Earnings took center stage last week, since most technology bellwethers like Apple AAPL , Facebook FB , Amazon AMZN and Microsoft MSFT announced other results. The rest of this roundup covers tidbits like Facebook’s new ride sharing technology, its