Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys GM stock, sells shares in Intel - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys GM stock, sells shares in Intel

Indications: U.S. stock futures point to wobbly start - U.S. stock futures erase bulk of gains after the euro turns lower.

Indications: Stock futures gyrate as European woes weigh - Economic data, Facebook buzz and Wal-Mart earnings are in the spotlight as U.S. markets look to buck recent weakness even as Greece worries mount.

Foreign investors drive Japan stock losses: report - LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's blue-chip benchmark Nikkei Stock Average ended Tuesday down about 12% from its recent high on March 19, with foreign investors driving much of the selling, according to Nikkei news report Wednesday. Investors outside Japan accounted for almost 70% of the trading value in the index's shares, and have been net sellers for three straight weeks, the report said ...

Indications: U.S. stock futures rise on factory, housing data - U.S. stock-index futures rise Wednesday, with the S&P 500 on track for gains after a three days of losses, with data casting a better-than-anticipated light on industrial output and the housing industry.

Market Snapshot: U.S. stock indexes knocked for fifth day - U.S. stocks on Thursday slid, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 off for a fifth day, as a disappointing gauge of manufacturing in the Philadelphia region added to worries about Europe

Hong Kong stock gain modestly after China easing - LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks started the week higher, as Chinese monetary easing over the weekend helped banking and property shares put on weight, sending the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.2% to 19,994.54, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gaining 0.3%. The move to cut China's bank-reserve requirements also helped bourses on the mainland, with the Shanghai Composite ...

Movers & Shakers: Thursday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks - MarketWatch’s daily rundown of major movers in the U.S. stock market.

Movers & Shakers: Wednesday’s biggest gaining and declining stocks - MarketWatch’s daily rundown of shares making sizable moves in the U.S. stock market.

Japan stocks lower in choppy trade; exporters weak - LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks moved in and out of positive territory in early Thursday trading, with exporters mostly lower but real-estate plays helping support the market. The Nikkei Stock Average slipped 0.3% to 8,778.24, and the broader Topix traded down 0.2%, with the indexes failing to get much of a boost from above-forecast first-quarter gross domesitc product data ...