Many have been worried about the oil well services industry's future results with the now evident slow down in natural gas drilling in the US.

I like having ownership of the US shale development. Over the next several years, as the global economy moves through the end of the recent economic malaise, demand for natural resources will likely accelerate on a global basis as commodities like oil, ...

By Derek Hoffman Broadcom Corp.(NASDAQ:BRCM): Cowen said they would be buyers of Broadcom at these levels following its better than expected Q4 results.

As markets continued the stressed pattern energy sector reduced 0.11% Tuesday in addition to the reduction in broad equities market.

US stocks closed mixed Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 21 points to 12633, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 0.6 points to 1312, and the Nasdaq Composite index gained 1.9 points to 2814.

All three major indexes opened higher this morning, but the strength didn't last as the Chicago PMI number failed to meet expectations and came in lower even than last month's reading.

11:35 AM New York - Danaher fourth quarter net increased to $571 million. Eli Lilly fourth quarter net slumped 27% to $858 million and Pfizer fourth quarter net declined 50% to $1.44 billion.

US stocks traded higher Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently climbed 1.8 points to 12656, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 0.9 point to 1314, and the Nasdaq Composite index added 2.5 points to 2815.

(RTTNews.com) - Contract driller of oil and gas wells Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) reported Tuesday a profit for the first quarter that increased from last year, reflecting revenue growth amid higher rig utilization across operating segments.

(RTTNews) - Online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN: News ) is slated to report fourth-quarter results. It is expected that the company will earn $0.19 per share compared to $0.91 per share last year, on revenues of $18.21 billion.