Yahoo Inc. shares moved higher Wednesday but ultimately lost ground, a day after the company reported a drop in earnings and missed Wall Street’s forecasts.

Yahoo Inc. shares moved higher Wednesday even after the company reported a drop in earnings and missed Wall Street’s forecasts.

Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 8 percent in early trading Friday after the Internet search leader’s second-quarter earnings missed analysts’ expectations.

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell at the market open Friday, a day after the chip maker reported the departure of Chief Executive Hector Ruiz and reported a wider second-quarter loss than analysts expected.

A criminal probe of Apple Inc.’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs over stock options tampering is now over, but the potential legal shadow over him and the company isn’t going away just yet.

Stock futures remain higher following a government report that new filings for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week.

Shares of Motorola Inc. tumbled to a five-year low Thursday on the latest pessimistic outlook for the cell-phone manufacturer.

Fifth Third Bancorp shares plummeted 27 percent Wednesday after the regional bank, facing rising loan losses, said it will slash dividends and try to raise $2 billion with a stock offering and sale of noncore businesses.

In an effort to shore up its capital base, regional bank Fifth Third Bancorp said Wednesday it will slash its dividend, raise $1 billion through a preferred stock offering and generate another $1 billion through the sale of noncore businesses.