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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading just south of breakeven this morning, as speculators await a highly anticipated central-bank statement.

U.S. stocks are slightly lower this afternoon, as Wall Street takes a breather ahead of the Fed policy statement .

The latest deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc is just more evidence that Netflix, Inc. , and not cable television, is "the future of entertainment," opines this MarketWatch column .

After two solid gains in a row, the major market indexes are taking a breather this morning.

Analysts are weighing in today on tech giant International Business Machines Corp. , grocery store chain The Kroger Co.

U.S. stocks are in the green this afternoon, as Wall Street anxiously awaits tomorrow's report from the Federal Open Market Committee .

The Dow Jones Industrial Average enjoyed its sixth straight triple-digit move, adding more than 100 points for the second session in a row.

The recent preponderance of triple-digit moves in the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gotten some well-deserved publicity.

Put and call volume accelerated on Adobe Systems Incorporated on Monday, as traders placed last minute bets ahead of tonight's quarterly announcement.

Automated trading has always been the preserve of the Wall Street elite. Banks and hedge funds used supercomputers armed with powerful algorithms programmed by PhD brainiacs to trade hundreds of stocks and currencies, making boatloads of money in a matter of seconds.

Option volume on Google Inc was a little higher than usual on Friday, after the stock received some bullish analyst attention that morning.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is poised to jump more than 100 points right out of the gate, as investors look to this week's meeting of the Federal Reserve.

The shares of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. are up 4.8% at $23.91 , after earlier tagging a two-year high of $24.75.

Of the 20 equities seeing the heaviest options volume in recent sessions, three names of notable interest this afternoon are Sprint Nextel Corporation , American International Group Inc , and The Procter & Gamble Company .

Bulls have been in hot pursuit of Herbalife Ltd. in recent months, according to data pulled from the International Securities Exchange , Chicago Board Options Exchange , and NASDAQ OMX PHLX .

It feels like about 99 problems are facing the markets now, but The Fed Tightening Someday sure seems like No.

Social networking stock LinkedIn Corp is blazing a path higher today, up 3.6% at $178.31 .

Investors are catching their breath this morning, with futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average modestly higher after a week of strong price moves.

DeVoe will leave the New York-based media company after 20 years. John Nallen, Devoe's deputy, will assume the role of CFO at 21st Century Fox, the company that will retain News Corp.'s legacy newspaper assets including the Wall Street Journal following the company's split, also due to occur later this month.

TiVo Inc. has enjoyed a high dose of bullish attention from options traders today.