AMD shares fell Tuesday after Microsoft said the chipmaker's fixes were causing some PCs to freeze. The computer maker halted rolling out the patches, which were a response to the Meltdown attack disclosed last week.
And Target raises its forecast for holiday quarter sales, sending shares to 52-week highs. The discount retailer said results for its full fiscal year would be better than originally expected.
But the holidays weren't happy for everyone. Urban Outfitters saw its shares plunge after forecasting a weaker than expected fourth quarter. And Under Armour got a downgrade from a top analyst, sending the stock down about 5 percent.
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday, accusing the soda-and-snack food giant of polluting the environment and endangering public health after its single-use plastics were found along the Buffalo River.
Voting on a tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union that ended a six-week strike against the company appears too close to call after the latest tallies at several GM factories were announced Wednesday.
