Financials rise on rosy earnings outlooks

Among the laggards, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!brk.b/quotes/nls/brk.b (BRK.B 79.82, +0.35, +0.44%) and Aon Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!aon/quotes/nls/aon (AON 35.97, +0.35, +0.98%) were up about 0.4%, as Aon gave back some of its returns...