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Article | 5/10/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech shares waver as financial results paint mixed picture

Even though an upbeat U.S. government jobs report caused shares of some companies to jump Friday, tech vendor stocks faltered on the back of mixed qua...

Article | 28/09/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech shares up for Q3, but face uncertainty

Shares of technology companies finished up for the third quarter Friday, but face economic uncertainty for the rest of the year.

Article | 21/09/2012 Wall Street Beat: As earnings season begins, tech looks stable

With companies including Oracle, Tibco and Adobe issuing quarterly financial statements this week, earnings season is under way and despite mixed repo...

Article | 14/09/2012 Wall Street Beat: US Fed efforts, iPhone excitement fuel tech stock rally

Tech stocks rallied Friday as markets rode a wave of euphoria over the U.S. Federal Reserve's commitment to buy bonds to boost the economy and as exci...

Article | 7/09/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks hit multiyear highs, though some retreat

The tech-heavy Nasdaq retreated a bit Friday after a rally Thursday in which the exchange touched its highest point since 2000, after the dot-com bubb...

Article | 24/08/2012 Wall Street Beat: PC makers face rough end of year

While Apple started out the week claiming a stock market record, the news was much bleaker for other manufacturers, like Dell and Hewlett-Packard, whi...

Article | 18/08/2012 U.S. judge rejects settlement in Facebook Sponsored Stories case

A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a proposed settlement in a lawsuit that alleges Facebook violated users' rights by using their names and reco...

Article | 18/08/2012 Motorola Mobility files new patent claim against Apple with U.S. ITC

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has filed yet another claim against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission, this time asserting that device...

Article | 17/08/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings help continue rally in IT shares

Tech stocks have been climbing recently as key vendors such as Cisco and Lenovo report positive quarterly earnings and the U.S. economy offers glimpse...

Article | 27/07/2012 Wall Street Beat: ERP, mobile devices shine in mixed earnings

While earnings from marquee-name tech companies such as Apple and Facebook disappointed this week, sales of mobile devices and enterprise software sho...

Article | 22/07/2012 US ITC affirms ruling against Kodak in patent case with RIM, Apple

The U.S. International Trade Commission has affirmed a prior ruling that an Eastman Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In...

Article | 21/07/2012 Apple, Motorola appeal dismissal of patent infringement case

Apple and Motorola Mobility, now a subsidiary of Google, have separately appealed the June decision of a U.S. federal judge to throw out their patent ...

Article | 20/07/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech results mixed, but show areas of strength

Quarterly earnings from some of the biggest tech companies in the world this week were decidedly mixed, but showed some signs of strength, particularl...

Article | 13/07/2012 Wall Street Beat: Hardware hits headwinds, software picture clears up

While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major ven...

Article | 13/07/2012 Wall Street Beat: Hardware hits headwinds, software picture clears up

While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major ven...