U.S. Stocks Retreat as Gap���s Earnings Forecast Misses Estimates

analysts��� estimates. Barnes & Noble Inc. soared 30 percent as the bookstore chain received a takeover offer from John Malone���s Liberty Media Corp. The S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent to 1,340.48 at 9:32 a.m. in New York. The benchmark gauge for American...