MarketWatch's top stories, July 12-16

It could’ve shaped up to be a good week. After all, the Senate pushed through a vote on bank reform, bellwether earnings weren’t all that bad, BP finally seems to have halted the spewing oil in the Gulf, the Northeast got a small reprieve from the heat wave -- and last but not least -- Apple announced plans to rectify “Antennagate." Somehow, though, that's not what happened. And here's why.