Stocks in a slideU.S. markets lower at open as earnings reports don't impress investors.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks took it on the chin at Tuesday's open as earnings reports were a disappointment to many investors. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped one-half percent. The Nasdaq composite index was 0.6 percent lower. The Standard & Poor's 500 was off by 0.4 percent. Among stocks in the news Tuesday: AT&T (Charts, Fortune 500), UPS (Charts, Fortune 500), McDonald's (Charts, Fortune 500), Texas Instruments (Charts, Fortune 500), DuPont (Charts, Fortune 500) and Eli Lilly (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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