1 of 5. People wait on a street in front of an Apple store as they await sales of the new iPad in the Apple store in Munich in this March 16, 2012 file photo.

The boards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) are preparing to introduce a compensation plan for brokerages that faced losses during the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) botched IPO.

European financial woes returned to disturb the stock markets and overshadowed strong financial reports to end the benchmarks' three-day gaining string.

At last check, the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) was down -0.75% to 2943.36, floating in a range of 2939.73 - 2957.02.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite down 1 percent after a Spanish region asked Madrid for financial aid, rekindling fears about Europe's economic crisis and prompting traders to cash in recent gains.

Wall Street erases gains on Bernanke comments. Published: Tuesday, 17 Jul 2012 | 10:22 AM ET. Text Size. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks turned negative on Tuesday as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank stands ready to offer additional ...

Stock futures signal weaker Wall Street open. Published: Monday, 16 Jul 2012 | 4:30 AM ET. Text Size. LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks surged on Friday, lifted by economic figures that eased concerns about growth in China and earnings at JPMorgan that eased fears about the impact of failed trades that cost the bank billions.

Dow and Nasdaq end lower after Fed minutes. Published: Wednesday, 11 Jul 2012 | 4:05 PM ET. Text Size. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and Nasdaq slipped on Wednesday as minutes from the Federal Reserve's June meeting showed policymakers are ...

NEW YORK | Fri Jul 6, 2012 4:42pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell about 1 percent on Friday as another month of tepid jobs growth underlined fears the economy was stalling, though not to the point where more economic stimulus from the Federal ...