U.S. Stocks Retreat as Investors Watch Europe Debt-Aid Talks
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U.S. stocks retreated, extending a two-week slump for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as Greece sought additional bailout funds and a report showed that manufacturing growth in the New York region cooled.
Lowe’s Cos., the second-largest U.S. home improvement retailer, dropped 3.6 percent after cutting its full-year earnings forecast. NYSE Euronext tumbled 13 percent as Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and IntercontinentalExchange Inc. pulled their takeover bid. AMR Corp. and JetBlue Airways Corp. added at least