US stocks start higher as Yahoo earnings fuel tech-sector gains By: CNBC.com News April 16, 2014 at 09:30 AM EDT US stocks rose Wednesday after better-than-expected earnings from Yahoo bolstered gains in the technology sector. Read More >> Related Stocks: AutoNation Baker Hughes Inc Bank of America BlackRock Coca-Cola Company Cypress Semiconductor DuPont USA General Electric Goldman Sachs Group Google, Inc. International Business Machines Johnson & Johnson Mattel Morgan Stanley PepsiCo Rockwell Collins Sentinelone Inc Cl A Sherwin-Williams Sonoco Products Company Union Pacific Yahoo