big blue also promised 10% growth in 2012. elsewhere in late trade, tech titans intel and microsoft both delivered decent reports. they say stocks are both higher. a 12% rise in profit in american express helped it surpass earnings estimates. overseas, swedish retailer ikea reported a healthy jump in profit and revenue. earlier in the day, stocks were steady thanks in part to the biggest drop in weekly unemployment claims since 2008. inle investors also rows morgue an stanley shares. southwest airlines also topped estimates despite higher fuel costs. general motors is once again the top selling automaker overtaking toyota by selling nine million vehicles last year. rupert murdoch s media empire will pay a million dollars in
earnings from tech titans intel, yahoo! and united technologies drove stocks higher. meanwhile, standard & poor s newly negative outlook on u.s. debt continued to wapg down the dollar. gold hit another all-time high as investors made safe bets. food prices shot up after a sharp drop in inventories. wynn resorts made more money, pushing revenue up 39%. at&t shares slipped in response to news that it signed up fewer subscribers after losing the exclusive contract for the iphone. wells fargo ended lower after reporting a sharp drop in new mortgages. shares of tivo scored 30% after a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that dish network infringed on the dvr patent in 2006. finally, we all have job stress, right? but according to a new survey, commercial airline pilots have the most stressful job.