JULY 16, 2010, 10:06 A.M. ET
US Stocks Tumble As Sentiment, Earnings Disappoint; DJIA Off 151
By Jonathan Cheng and Donna Kardos Yesalavich
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. stocks fell broadly Friday as investors registered their disappointment with a gloomy consumer sentiment report, and as a
round of earnings reports showed revenues falling below expectations.
Data on consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan came in
well below expectations with a reading of 66.5, down from a prior reading of 76.0. Economists had been expecting 75.0.
So far this week,
most bellwether companies had been reporting strong earnings 
that indicated the U.S. corporate sector was still faring well despite an apparent slowdown in ...