{"id":809,"date":"2010-09-28T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/markets-recover-in-mid-day-trading\/740\/"},"modified":"2010-09-28T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T14:58:00","slug":"markets-recover-in-mid-day-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/markets-recover-in-mid-day-trading\/809\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets Recover in Mid-Day Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"

After stumbling in early trading, the U.S. equity market has recovered, with all three major indexes in green in mid-day trading. The Dow Jones<\/a> is currently up 0.23% to 10,837.25, the S&P 500<\/a> is currently up 0.08% to 1,143. 07 and the Nasdaq is currently up 0.08% to 2,371.75.<\/p>\n

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Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS<\/a>), the New York City-based bookseller, is looking to focus on e-commerce as the trend in the market has changed from paper books to digital The company\u2019s CEO today said that he expects 31% of the company\u2019s revenue to come from e-commerce by 2014. Barnes & Noble stock is currently down 0.73% to $16.33.<\/p>\n

Shares of Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP<\/a>) are rallying after the company announced this morning that it will acquire Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, which is currently owned by Apax Partners, for $1.2 billion. The Endo Pharmaceuticals stock is currently up 8.35% to $33.17.<\/p>\n

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL<\/a>) today said that it will acquire Techcrunch Inc., a technology blog. The company has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal. Shares of AOL Inc. are currently up 2.55% to $24.12.<\/p>\n

Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL<\/a>) feel sharply in early trading today, amid rumors that Tim Cook, the company\u2019s COO, may take over the vacant CEO position at Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ<\/a>). Hewlett-Packard is looking for a new CEO after Mark Hurd left the company last month. Shares of Apple Inc. fell as much as 5%, before cutting back some of the losses. The Apple Inc. stock is currently down 1.29% to $287.42, while the Hewlett-Packard stock is currently up 0.61%.<\/p>\n

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