Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Turn Back, Take Two Rallies on Earnings

Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.09 percent to 13,966.18 while the NASDAQ fell 0.22 percent to 3,164.18. The S&P also fell, decreasing 0.09 percent to 1,509.25. Top Headline Making headlines Wednesday morning was the US Postal Service's decision to discontinue its Saturday service in August of this