Matthew Hoffman

Apple Gains After Analysts Renew Optimism: San Francisco Mover

Apple Inc. shares climbed 5.1 percent, snapping a five-day decline, amid fresh optimism that the iPhone and iPad will top sales projections when the company delivers quarterly results next week.

Canada Stocks Fall a Sixth Day on U.S. Jobless Claims, European Disunity

Canadian stocks fell for a sixth day after the U.S. reported more initial jobless claims than most economists forecast and European governments failed to form a united front to contain the continent’s sovereign debt crisis.

U.S. Stocks Rise as Economic Optimism Overshadows Increase in Oil Prices

U.S. stocks rose this week, with a rebound in the final hour of trading yesterday preserving the advance, after improvements in employment and service industries overshadowed concern that oil’s surge will slow economic growth.

BioSante, CVR Energy, H&E, Sigma Designs: U.S. Equity Movers

Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 4 p.m. in New York.

"That number may well be 4 million to 6 million light of the actual iPhones sold during the quarter."

- Matthew Hoffman on Apr 17, 2012

New York

North Korea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles as South Watches

Republicans Unsatisfied by IRS Answers Press for More

Commuter Train Wreck Injures Dozens, Halts Amtrak Service

Chiesi Swaps Cell for Halfway House After Insider Scandal

Tesla’s Musk Channels Iacocca With Early U.S. Repayment