Record-breaking earnings from Apple weren't enough to stem a tide of red ink this morning, as fallout from the State of the Union address as well as anxiety about the Federal Reserve's interest rate forecasts cast a shadow on the broader stock market. At around 10:15 a.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrials
Defense stocks took a hard hit despite posting earnings that beat estimates. Boeing
Bucking the downtrend was American Express
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