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Oil Prices Near Record Highs Again

Oil prices flirted with record high levels again today as a fresh round of sabotage attacks in Iraq revived fears that supplies to the U.S. could be impacted. ...

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Microsoft and Lindows Settle Trademark Case for $20 Million

Lindows.com and Microsoft today announced that the two companies have reached a worldwide settlement in the trademark-infringement cases between the two companies ...

Stocks Close Down, Ending Bleak Week for Techs

Despite strong earnings from a number of blue-chip technology companies, the Nasdaq tumbled to a two-month low Friday as the markets closed out a week marked by persistent questions about the economic recovery. ...

Stocks Sag as Earnings Watchers Await Big Blue

Oil worries eased slightly Thursday, but uneven corporate earnings and outlooks that have yet to impress weighed on stocks as the market awaited news from another tech heavyweight. ...

AMD Meets Expectations After Rattled Markets

Terrorism fears rattled some markets around the world today as word that terrorists were reportedly eyeing the energy infrastructure of the U.S. drove oil prices back toward record levels again and helped drive stocks lower on the session. ...

IBM Buys Alphablox for Position in Business Intelligence

IBM has signed an agreement to acquire Alphablox Corporation, a privately held company based in Mountain View, California. The acquisition is expected to close later this month, but financial details were not disclosed ...

Intel Reports $1.8 Billion Profit After Quiet Market

Stock remained stuck in neutral most of Tuesday as investors were awaiting an earnings report from Intel that many thought could help determine the relative health of the technology sector ...

Ballmer Pledges Support for Innovation, Security

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the third and final day of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2004 -- the company's main event for business partners -- with a message of increased company investments to fuel innovation in the industry. ...

Stocks End Mixed, Google Chooses Nasdaq

Stocks ended Monday mixed, with the Dow posting meager gains ...

Earnings Bright Spots Move Markets Up

Stocks closed out the week with a mild rebound as some high profile earnings reports had better-than-expected news. ...

Cisco Buys Parc Technologies for $9 Million

Cisco Systems today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Parc Technologies of London, United Kingdom. Parc develops traffic-engineering technologies and software for routing optimization. ...

Stocks End Skid as Techs Rebound

Stocks narrowly managed to halt a three-day Wall Street losing streak that began before the long weekend, as a modest rebound in technology shares helped buoy markets Wednesday ...

Markets Roiled by Questions About Oil Prices, Growth

The Nasdaq dropped more than 2 percent Tuesday and the Dow fell to its lowest levels in a month as warnings from technology companies combined with spiking oil prices to lead stocks lower ...

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Microsoft To Meet with EU Appeals Judge on July 27

Bo Vesterdorf, the judge presiding over Microsoft's appeal of the European Union's antitrust decision, has scheduled a meeting for July 27th. ...

Markets Slump on Jobs Data, Warnings

Stocks limped to the end of the week on Friday, closing down for a three-day weekend with moderate losses across the board after a weaker-than-expected jobs report and warnings from some bellwether tech companies. ...

Oil Prices Spike, Stocks Plummet

Investor worry that the oil supply to the United States could be disrupted heading into the long holiday weekend reverberated on Wall Street Thursday, when stocks went sharply lower. ...

Markets Respond Well to Fed Rate Hike

Stock markets reacted favorably after the Federal Open Market Committee boosted interest rates by a quarter point and issued a statement that seemed to indicate gradual future increases were in the offing ...

Wall Street Calm Ahead of Rate Decision

A surge in consumer confidence helped pushed stocks higher Tuesday as investors were in a buying mood despite tomorrow's looming decision from the Federal Reserve on interest rates. ...

Rate Decision, Company News Weighs on Stocks

A looming decision on interest rates and earnings warnings from some key U.S. companies weighed on stock markets Monday, drowning out early-day optimism over news that the transfer of power to a sovereign Iraqi government had happened two days ahead of schedule. ...

Oil Prices Fall, Markets End Week Mixed

Oil prices marked their largest one-week price drop in three months after a work stoppage at key Norwegian oil fields was resolved on Friday. ...

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