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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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MARKETS

 Stocks Fight Back; Dow Up 553 

Index off more than 300 early on ugly jobs news

Nov 13, 08 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks rallied late today, overcoming the report of a big jump in weekly jobless claims that pushed the Dow briefly below 8,000 earlier in the session, MarketWatch reports. Amid mixed earnings reports and generally downbeat forecasts, the Dow gained 552.59 to close at 8,835.25. The Nasdaq... More »

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Intel • Dow Jones • trade deficit • Nasdaq • trade gap • Siemens • S&P 500 • financial crisis

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 Soaring Jobless Claims 
 Leave Stocks Flat 

Jobless claims reach 7-year high

Nov 13, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Jobless claims rose to a 7-year high last week, but that didn’t appear to move the needle for stocks, which barely budged at today's open. The Dow crept up 66 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq rose 0.9% and 0.4% respectively. A staggering 32,000 filed... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • Intel • Dow Jones • recession • unemployment • jobless claims • S&P 500 • Wal-Mart • financial crisis

MARKETS

 Rally Fizzles to Mild Losses 

Traders worry non-financial stocks may still feel recession's bite

Oct 14, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks closed lower today after an earlier rally died down as worries about consumer-discretionary and tech stocks overcame investors’ faith in global actions to quell the credit crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow, up nearly 400 early, ended off 76.62, to 9,310.99. The Nasdaq, especially... More »

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Microsoft • Citigroup • Bank of America • Intel • Dow Jones • Pepsi • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • bailout • financial crisis • Coca-Cola Co

 Firms Gamble Pensions
 to Fund Exec Perks

Rank-and-file benefits may be at risk as companies use tax loophole

Aug 4, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Companies from CenturyTel to Intel are funneling pension benefits to retired executives at the expense of workers, using a practice that potentially violates tax rules and puts pension plans at risk, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term benefits pegged for executives are draining plans... More »

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IRS • executive compensation • pensions • Intel • Internal Revenue Service • retirement benefits

Tech Firms Buoyed
by Demand Abroad

International demand keeps tech afloat even as economy sinks

Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as... More »

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technology • Google • stock market • Microsoft • NASDAQ • Intel • IBM • Nokia • emerging markets • AMD

 10 Computers That
 Changed Everything 

Before the iMac, there were mega machines

Jul 16, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience is a given when it comes to today's PCs, but the machine you're reading this on has come a long way. Major transformations date as far back as the early 19th century. Live Science gives the back-story on 10 revolutionary computers.
  1. The Difference Engine, 1822: Designed by Charles
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technology • Intel • IBM • computer chip • desktop computers • computer • personal computers • Xerox PARC

DreamWorks Jilts AMD
for Intel

Major coup in battle between rival chipmakers

Jul 8, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an important win over its sometimes-struggling rival, Intel has wooed away AMD client DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks will replace its current servers and computer workstations, which use AMD chips, with new Intel-powered ones. The studio said the change will make its computing faster and help it start producing 3-D animation,... More »

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Intel • DreamWorks • computer chip • AMD

Intel Snubs Microsoft,
Won't Adopt Vista in Offices

The thirty pieces of silver are on their way

Jun 26, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Intel has decided not to upgrade the 80,000 or so computers its employees use to Windows Vista, seemingly betraying its longtime bosom buddy Microsoft, the New York Times reports. The latest Windows iteration has drawn jeers for being bloated and buggy. “This isn’t a matter of dissing... More »

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Microsoft • Intel • Microsoft Vista • corporate sales • information technology

ANALYSIS

Intel Suit Exposes
'Squishy' Antitrust Laws

Predatory behavior or competition?

Jun 21, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington's probe into Intel exposed just how "squishy" antitrust issues can be, Joe Nocera writes in the New York Times. What rival chipmaker AMD has called "predatory behavior" can also be seen as "good old-fashioned competition. What makes antitrust so maddening is that the answer depends as... More »

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Intel • antitrust • FTC • Advanced Micro Devices

Intel Moves into Clean Tech With Solar Cell Spinoff

SpectraWatt joins IBM, HP entries, part of a larger trend in IT industry

Jun 17, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel made a move into clean technology yesterday, creating a spinoff that will manufacture solar cells and pumping $50 million into it. SpectraWatt’s focus will be on improving solar-cell efficiency and cutting costs per watt, its CEO told CNet. IT companies are increasingly getting into the solar industry. Both... More »

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Intel • IBM • solar energy • manufacturer • solar cells • clean technology • SpectraWatt • Hewlett-Packard

Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

Email, IMs keep employees available and distracted

Jun 14, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM are partnering are on a new initiative to help workers distracted by emails and instant messages improve their productivity, the New York Times reports. The Information Overload Research Group, a nonprofit launching next month, will devise cultural and technological solutions to reduce the digital... More »

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Google • Microsoft • work • email • Intel • IBM • office • instant messaging • productivity

MARKETS

 Dow Plummets Almost 400 

Weekly loss of 3.5% off jobs, crude

Jun 6, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The markets took huge losses today, battered by $139 oil and the worst unemployment report in 4 years, MarketWatch reports. The Dow fell 394.64 to close at 12,209.81, and down 3.5% for the week. The Nasdaq fell 75.38 to 2,474.56, a 1.9%... More »

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Intel • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • AIG • oil price • S&P 500

 FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation of Intel

Smaller rival AMD has long accused it of unfair practices

Jun 6, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FTC has opened a formal investigation of Intel over allegations of monopolistic business practices, the Wall Street Journal reports. The world's biggest semiconductor company, which denies any wrongdoing, received a subpoena this week. Intel also learned that it faces a $25.4 million antitrust fine from South Korea, even... More »

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South Korea • Intel • antitrust • competition • FTC • monopoly • Advanced Micro Devices • microprocessors • monopolistic practices

Piles of Evidence Delay
Intel Antitrust Trial

AMD has accused Intel of banned business moves

Jun 6, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - With countless documents and hundreds of witnesses to sort through, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices’ antitrust lawsuit against Intel won’t begin until 2010 at the earliest, the Wall Street Journal reports. AMD has long accused Intel of corrupt business practices; the delay comes after a Korean court ruled that... More »

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Intel • lawsuit • computer chip • Advanced Micro Devices • antitrust suit

Chip Makers Tussle for Gadget Niche

Intel, competitors stake out mobile internet device market

Jun 2, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following the lead of Intel, builders of high-tech microchips are shifting their focus to portable gadgets dubbed MIDs—mobile internet devices that are bigger than cell phones but smaller than computers. industry leaders like Samsung and Nvidia are dashing to release the more powerful chips that boost battery life and... More »

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Intel • electronics • Apple • Samsung • microchips • cell phone chips • gadget • chips

In Cheap-Chip Market, It's
Intel vs. Via

Small Taiwanese company is new competitor for PC giant

Jun 2, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Intel dives into the growing low-cost laptop chip market, it’s battling a new competitor: Taiwan’s Via Technologies, a far smaller company than Intel. Via’s low-power C7 chip had enjoyed its own niche in the market, but that’s changing as Intel rolls out the Atom chip,... More »

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Intel • Taiwan • laptop • computer chip • low-cost PCs

Chipmakers Get Graphic in 'Battle Royal' for Future

Intel, Nvidia and AMD jockey over advanced imagery for PCs

May 27, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three Silicon Valley companies are jockeying to plot the future course for chips that create the most realistic computer graphics, the Wall Street Journal reports. "All of them agree that graphics are the field where the battle is going to be fought," one analyst says of Intel, Nvidia... More »

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Intel • Nvidia • computer graphics • computer chip • AMD

MARKETS

 Stocks Rally; Dow Up Almost 200 

Fed's latest actions draw late but rave reviews

May 1, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks rallied today on strong performances by several big tech firms, MarketWatch reports. Investors also poured money into financials in anticipation of the dollar boost the Fed will cause by holding interest rates steady after yesterday’s cut. The Dow climbed 189.87 to at 13,010.00, the Nasdaq... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Exxon • Federal Reserve • Intel • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • Symantec • S&P 500 • interest rate cut

 Apple Snaps Up Chip Design Company

iPhones and iPods could get efficient next-generation chips

Apr 24, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has acquired a designer of sophisticated, low-power computer chips, Forbes reports. Analysts say the move will likely lead to a new kind of chip powering future iPhones and iPods, as well as new Apple designs, helping the company differentiate itself from competition scrambling to keep up. The news comes... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Intel • Apple • iPod • computer chip • PA Semi

Mash Up the Internet:
Tool Makes Web Editable

Intel releases beta of free browser extension

Apr 22, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to chart real estate listings on a Google map? A free browser extension from Intel can do that and more. Intel Mash Maker, released in beta today, lets users edit Web pages and combine information from different sites using widgets. Users can copy existing widgets from an Intel gallery,... More »

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Internet • Intel • web browser • widget • browser extension • Intel Mash Maker

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