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Wachovia has apparently rejected a deal made just four days ago to sell its banking business to Citigroup, in favor of being acquired for stock valued at $15.1 billion.

Microsoft's stock managed to go up by 6.72 percent today, which undid a great deal of damage and put the company ahead of its opening price from Friday.  Just the same, Steve Ballmer has taken the unusual step of warning onlookers that the economic problems are likely to affect everyone.

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msn reports that everyone who owns a shred of stock all did this in unison today.../facepalm.

Trading in shares of Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the nation's largest chicken producer, was halted late Wednesday after the stock fell 38 percent and saw volume at more than six times its normal level.

Software giant Microsoft Corp. said Monday its board approved a plan to buy back up to another $40 billion of its shares.

Google's stock first hit $430 per share in December of 2005.  It moved upward past the number in October 2006 and March of this year, as well.  Now the stock's right around $430 again, and although the situation's sure to frustrate investors, Google's leaders believe their company is in good shape.

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New public company set to launch Thursday simplifies equity structure.

In scenes eerily familiar of the final days of Bear Stearns, employees at Lehman Brothers are watching the value of their stock evaporate and their job prospects dim.

In Thursday’s update on its third-quarter performance, Washington Mutual said that expected charge-off rates would climb in the quarter — albeit at a slower pace than in prior periods.

Lehman’s stock plunged as much as 45 percent on a report that talks with the Korea Development Bank ended without a deal for a capital injection.