NewsWatch: Apple earnings soar on strong iPhone sales

Apple Inc reports a strong surge in second-fiscal quarter earnings, thanks to strong sales of iPhones and Mac computers.

NewsWatch: U.S. stocks face new week with fresh humility

The U.S. stock market will begin the week with a new, and humbled, perspective — thanks to the volcanic eruption that hit Wall Street in the form of Securities and Exchange Commission charges against Goldman Sachs.

NewsWatch: Disney pulls ABC stations from Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corp. customers lost access to ABC television stations early on Sunday as the cable operator and ABC parent Walt Disney Co. couldn’t come to terms on an agreement about monthly subscription fees, the Wall Street Journal reported.

NewsWatch: U.S. stock futures lower on Japan, China fears

U.S. stock futures were mostly weaker on Tuesday on worries over the fiscal health of the world’s second-largest economy, Japan, and moves to limit the growth in the world’s third largest, China, as a slate of earnings rolled in.

NewsWatch: U.S. stocks next week: Citi, Google and healthcare

After a rocky start to the earnings reporting season rattled U.S stocks, results from big banks, Google, Inc. and bellwethers such as General Electric will help determine if markets in the week ahead find a smoother path