Mid-Afternoon Market Update: BlackBerry Releases Awful Guidance, Proves Bears Right

Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.77 percent to 15,516.25 while the NASDAQ declined 0.22 percent to 3,781.93. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.57 percent to 1,712.23. Top Headline Right at the 3 o'clock hour, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY ) shares were halted pending news. The release was preliminary