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Archives, General news, Finance

Wall Street Stampede Tramples Tech

Apple, Cisco, and Dell reel as Dow falls 500 points after Lehman collapse and AIG struggles.
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Archives, General news, Finance

Wall St. Tremors Shake Tech

Apple, Cisco, Dell, Yahoo tumble more than 2% in early trading, but rebound a bit amid jitters after Lehman collapse.
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General news, Finance

TechSpin: Wall Street in Crisis

Lehman files Chapter 11,Merrill Lynch bought by Bank of America, AIG scrambles for cash, tech stocks drop as U.S. government takes a hands-off pose.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet, Finance

Analyst: 3G, Lower-End iPhones Coming

Mac maker is preparing to ramp up production of 3G and lower-end versions of its popular iPhone, according to an Apple analyst. Apple shares jump 2 percent.
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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Deal Faces Poison Pill, Regulatory Hurdles

Analyst notes European Union, Yahoo anti-takeover defense could thwart acquisition.
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Computers, Internet

iContact Rings Up $5.35M

Co-founded by 18- and 21-year-old, company grabs blue chip clients

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Cleantech

BofA Spends $20B to Go Green

Cleantech industry says Bank of America’s move is a big step into the mainstream.
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Finance

Cheap Trades Threaten Brokerages

Startups, brick-and-mortar banks poised to dish out some pain with super-low commissions.
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Computers, General news

CSC Considers Sale

Tech services giant hires Goldman Sachs to explore possible sale, as it cuts 5,000 jobs.
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Biosciences

Nuance Buys Dictaphone

Speech technology developer buys medical dictation provider for $357 million to build its presence in medical transcription.
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Computers, Security, Finance

Banks Press for Data Safety

Financial institutions want computer service providers to do more in guarding against security breaches.
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Media

GTA Maker Sued, Again

Los Angeles sues video game maker Take-Two, ending a bad week for the maker of Grand Theft Auto.
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Biosciences

Guidant Picks Boston for $27B

Heart device maker terminates agreement with Johnson & Johnson after the deadline expires for raised bid.
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Biosciences

Guidant Awaits J&J Sweet Talk

Johnson & Johnson expected to up its offer for Guidant after cutting it two months ago.
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Biosciences

BSX Formalizes Guidant Bid

Boston Scientific submits definitive $25-billion offer and will sell some units to Abbott as it competes with J&J.
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Finance

BofA Closes MBNA Deal

Completion of $34.2-billion acquisition makes Bank of America the No. 1 credit card issuer.
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Computers

Halo Buys InfoNow for $7.2M

Holding company buys sales-tracking software developer to expand portfolio of enterprise software companies.
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Biosciences

Amgen Buys Abgenix for $2.2B

Biotech companies to pursue opportunity of $2-billion-per-year cancer drug.
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Computers, Finance

E-paper Closer to Reality

Plastic Logic gets $24 million to commercialize e-paper.
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Computers, Security

VeriSign Buys iDefense

Infrastructure provider VeriSign extends its reach into the security market with a $40-million acquisition.
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