Berkshire Hathaway says 3Q profit triples to $3.2B (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:31:46 GMT FILE - In this May 2, 2009 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett speaks to a reporter prior to the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett's company said Friday Nov. 6, 2009 that its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)

Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:07 GMT Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)

A New Uptrend Could Help Fix Flaws In Chart (Investor's Business Daily) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:56 GMT Investor's Business Daily - For the past five sessions, gold-mining stocks have enjoyed a rush.

Berkshire Hathaway's net income triples (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:41 GMT Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

SEC inquiry could lead to Fla. oversight changes (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:02 GMT AP - Two top Florida Democrats want changes to the makeup of the board that oversees Florida's $130 billion investment portfolio now under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

STR Holdings shares rise in IPO debut (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:17:22 GMT AP - STR Holdings Inc. shares jumped Friday after the solar products company launched its initial public offering, but shares priced below expectations on the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:08 GMT FILE - In the Nov, 6, 2008 file photo, people look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Stocks rose early Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

Gold miners pull TSX out of jobs-linked funk (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:24 GMT Reuters - Toronto's main stock index ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday as gold miners rallied around record high bullion prices, offsetting the index's fall at the outset on weak jobs data that fueled worry about economic recovery.

AIG, Magna, Activision Blizzard are big movers (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:33 GMT AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange:

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:44 GMT AP - Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report.