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AP - IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.
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IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds
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posted by on Oct 9
AP - Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There’s just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.
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Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms
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The Motley Fool - Back when houses were making money hand over fist and everyone looked like a stock market genius, who had time to read all the fine print on that other stuff — you know, like cell-phone contracts and car lease clauses?
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Save Money by Dumping Dud Deals
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posted by on Oct 9
AP - Stocks mostly declined Thursday, though with far less severity than in recent sessions, as weakness in the financial, energy and health care sectors overshadowed gains by technology issues.
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Stocks mostly lower as GM declines; Techs rise
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AP - Wall Street headed for a strong open Thursday after IBM Corp. reaffirmed its profit outlook and investors hoped the government might take ownership stakes in banks to help stabilize the financial industry.
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Wall Street appears headed for higher open
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posted by on Oct 3
PC Magazine - We decided to compare notes and round up all the important info on the new Nintendo DSi handheld game console so far.
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Nintendo’s DSi: Everything You Need To Know
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posted by on Sep 22
Reuters - Computer security company McAfee Inc
plans to buy Secure Computing Corp for $465
million, adding specialized equipment that keeps hackers from
breaking into computer networks.
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McAfee to pay $465 million for Secure Computing
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posted by on Sep 18
Reuters - Oracle Corp , the world’s No.3
software maker, posted stronger-than-expected profit growth as
its operating margins hit their highest level ever for the
August quarter, and its shares rose 2 percent.
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Oracle profit beats expectations as margins rise
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posted by on Sep 18
CNET - If you are long in individual stocks these days, you are likely part of a large and miserable fraternity.
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posted by on Sep 17
Reuters - Design software maker Adobe
Systems Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly
results on Tuesday and raised its outlook on strong demand for
its products, sending shares up nearly 5 percent.
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Adobe tops Wall St hopes on design tool demand
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Investor’s Business Daily - Investors punished tech stocks Thursday after networking-gear maker Ciena gave a disappointing outlook, just the latest recent report fueling fears of a broadening slump.
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Economic Fears Spark Broad Sell-Off Of Tech Stocks
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posted by on Sep 4
Reuters - Video game publisher Take Two
Interactive Software made a higher-than-expected
quarterly profit on strong “Grand Theft Auto 4″ sales, but cut
its current-quarter outlook due to the delayed release of a new
game.
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Take Two profits strong on “Grand Theft Auto” lift
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posted by on Sep 3
AP - The chief executive of NebuAd Inc., whose Web tracking technology raised a privacy backlash, has left the company to be chief financial officer at Verifone Holdings Inc., a maker of payment processing equipment.
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CEO of embattled Web-tracking firm NebuAd leaves
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posted by on Sep 2
Reuters - Stocks fell on Tuesday, as a steep
decline in the price of oil and other commodities hammered
energy and materials companies while tech shares fell amid
jitters a global economic slowdown would crimp technology
spending.
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Commodity and tech shares lead market lower
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Reuters - Stocks extended losses on Tuesday,
with the Nasdaq down more than 1 percent, as a steep decline in
the price of oil weighed on commodity-related companies and as
tech shares fell on jitters a global economic slowdown would
crimp technology spending.
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Market slides, led by energy, tech companies
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posted by on Aug 26
AP - Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.
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Broadcom co-founder apologizes after plea deal
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Investor’s Business Daily - Tech services firm Ciber passed $1 billion in annual revenue last year, but it still faces the unenviable task of having to compete directly against much larger rivals, including IBM, Accenture, Deloitte and Capgemini.
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Ciber Offers Alternative To Big Boys
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posted by on Aug 18
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc will drop
its hostile $2 billion bid for rival video game publisher
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc on Monday and
instead pursue private talks with the company.
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EA drops hostile Take-Two bid and enters talks
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CNET - After months of exchanging barbs with investor activist Carl Icahn, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has told employees he’s looking forward to the “fresh perspective” Icahn will bring as a board member.
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Yang note welcomes Icahn’s ‘fresh perspective’
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Reuters - Rambler Media, the British-registered
owner of Russia’s Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it
has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google Inc
for $140 million.
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Russia’s Rambler sells ad unit to Google
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