What to watch for as earnings news rolls in
With fourth-quarter earnings seasons hitting its stride, investors are returning to the familiar comfort of cold, hard numbers — the press releases, ...

Intel 4Q profit down, beats Street
Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, on Thursday said its fourth-quarter net income fell 27 percent from the previous year, as PC sales ...
Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely
Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early. After 13 straight years in the spotlight, ...
Sprint raises offer, to buy Clearwire for $2.2B
Sprint, the country's third-largest cellphone company, said Monday that it will buy out the portion of wireless network operator Clearwire that it ...
Sprint offers $2.1B for the rest of Clearwire
Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the ...

Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in surprise move
Intel CEO Paul Otellini dropped a bombshell on the company's board of directors last week, telling them in private that he plans to retire from the ...

Asia stocks up after successful Greek bond auction
Asian stock markets edged higher Wednesday as the threat of an imminent meltdown in debt-swamped Greece receded. Greece held a sale of short-term ...

Buying guide: How to get, or avoid, Windows 8
On Friday, Microsoft Corp. released a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to bring the desktop and laptop experience to tablet ...

Early look at Windows 8 baffles consumers
The release of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a ...

Dow down 205 as weak earnings drag market lower
Poor corporate earnings reports pounded the stock market Friday in a sour end to an otherwise strong week of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Google, Samsung to sell Chrome laptop for $249
Google is dangling a low-priced laptop computer in front of consumers as rivals Microsoft and Apple prepare to release their latest gadgets.

Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8
While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical ...

Stock market edges up on stronger housing report
A surprisingly strong housing report helped push the stock market mostly higher Wednesday, while weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on ...
Stocks end mostly higher after housing starts jump
A surprisingly strong housing report helped push stocks modestly higher, even as weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on the Dow Jones ...
Dutch firm ASML looks to buy US light beam maker
ASML Holding NV, the biggest supplier of equipment to semiconductor manufacturers, has offered to buy Cymer Inc. of the U.S. for around $2.55 billion ...

Intel sees weak 4Q, little Windows 8 bounce
Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, expects cold winds to blow this fall, as consumers shift their spending toward tablets and a weak global ...

David Blaine wraps up high-voltage stunt in NYC
Daredevil David Blaine has finished what could be called his most electrifying stunt. The magician emerged shortly before 9 p.m. Monday after spending ...

Intel previews tablets powered by its new chip
Intel previewed a wave of tablet computers powered by a microprocessor that the company redesigned to make a bigger dent in the rapidly growing mobile ...

Dow average dumps Kraft Foods for UnitedHealth
The Dow Jones industrial average is dumping Cool Whip for copays. The Dow, perhaps the most widely known barometer of the U.S. stock market, announced ...
Intel warns 3Q revenue will drop on PC weakness
Intel's sales are falling at a rate that blindsided the chip-maker's management, amplifying Wall Street's worries about the slumping personal computer ...

NYTimes leads group defense in mobile patent suit
The New York Times Co. is girding for a legal battle that many larger organizations have avoided. The Times is leading the defense of a diverse group ...
Samsung takes wraps off of Windows 8 desktop PCs
Samsung will offer three different choices to people interested in buying a desktop computer equipped with a redesigned version of Windows going on ...
Top donors, lobbyists to schmooze with RNC guests
Away from the televised political speeches and Mitt Romney's nomination at the Republican National Convention, energy, technology, transportation ...