Tech Daily: Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo gains lead tech sector rise

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:00:24 -0500
Tech Stocks: Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo gains lead tech sector rise

Most technology stocks finish with gains as upbeat earnings from
Hewlett-Packard Co. and a chief executive change at Yahoo Inc.
highlight trading.
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Yahoo shares jump as Yang steps down from CEO spot
11/18/2008 5:06 PM ET
Shares of Yahoo jump on the news that co-founder Jerry Yang will step
down as chief executive once the struggling Web portal finds a
replacement.

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Strong results, outlook send H-P shares up 14.5%
11/18/2008 4:27 PM ET

Shares climb 14.5% after the world's largest computer maker says its
preliminary quarterly earnings would come in ahead of Wall Street's
expectations due to its international customer base and broad lineup
of technology products.

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Mark Cuban counters SEC charges on his Web site
11/18/2008 4:16 PM ET

The Internet entrepreneur and investor publicly counters
insider-trading charges leveled against him by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, refuting the allegation that he sold stock based
on information he'd previously agreed to treat as confidential.

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Yahoo seeks a clean break and a new CEO
11/18/2008 4:09 PM ET

Yahoo is coming out from the Jerry Yang era with a share price unseen
since the aftermath of the bursting of the Internet bubble, and with
rival Google in firmer command of the market for online search.

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Telecom Stocks: Qualcomm declines; Alcatel-Lucent up
11/18/2008 2:12 PM ET

Qualcomm Inc. and Qwest Communications International
Inc. topped the list of decliners as most telecommunications retreated
in Tuesday trading. Alcatel-Lucent was one of the few advancers.

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ON, Microchip drop joint bid for Atmel
11/18/2008 10:52 AM ET

ON Semiconductor Corp. withdraws from its joint offer with Microchip
Technology to buy rival Atmel Corp., citing deterioration in the
semiconductor market as well as the ongoing global financial turmoil.