Stocks slide on company earnings, overseas trouble


January 31, 2014 at 11:21a.m.

Stocks slide on company earnings, overseas trouble

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply in early trading today, as investors fretted over disappointing earnings from companies like Amazon.com and more trouble in overseas markets. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 220 points, or 1.4 percent, to 15,632 in the first 15 minutes of trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 20 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,774 and the Nasdaq composite dropped 42 points, or 1 percent, to 4,080.