While you were sleeping: Apple slides on outlook

While you were sleeping: Apple slides on outlook
Margreet Dietz
By Margreet Dietz Oct. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Equities slid amid a disappointing outlook from Apple, while energy stocks fell with the price of oil. In 2.14pm trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.03 percent advance. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.7 percent. In 2pm trading, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.3 percent.  In the Dow gains in shares of Boeing and those of Nike, recently trading 4.2 percent and 1.9 percent higher respectively, offset slides in shares of Apple and those of Merck, down 3 p...