Monday, December 22, 2008

Tech: Technology sector sinks as Palm jumps on new investment

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:00:19 -0500
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Tech Stocks: Technology sector sinks as Palm jumps on new investment
4:21 PM ET
Technology stocks sink even as Palm shares jump on news that the
handset maker will get an additional $100 million in private-equity
investment.

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Palm shares rally on new private-equity investment
12/22/2008 4:18 PM ET
Shares of Palm get a shot in the arm as the company secures additional
capital investment from a private-equity firm.

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Retail Stocks: Snowy week blankets fresh gloom on retailers
12/22/2008 3:41 PM ET
Retail shares head lower to kick off a holiday-shortened week as
investors react negatively to wintry weather and snowstorms that
promise to deliver additional lumps of coal for retailers and their
already-dismal holiday outlook.

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Telecom Stocks: Verizon, AT&T up; Sprint, Motorola fall
12/22/2008 11:28 AM ET
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Most phone stocks rose Monday while shares
of telecommunications equipment makers declined to kick off the
Christmas trading week.

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Free-shipping deals fail to lure more last-minute online shoppers
12/22/2008 10:58 AM ET
Last-minute deals for free shipping before the holidays were
apparently not enough to light a fire under online shoppers last week.

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Infineon shares soar after Qimonda gets 325M-euro bailout
12/22/2008 5:43 AM ET
Shares of Infineon Technologies AG, Europe's second-largest maker of
semiconductors, rise as much as 21% on Monday after spun-off offspring
Qimonda receives a 325 million-euro ($456 million) loan.

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Warner Music videos drop from YouTube in contract dispute
12/21/2008 11:15 AM ET
Certain Warner Music Group videos are being pulled from the
video-sharing site YouTube as contract negotiations between the two
sides have reached an impasse.

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Software maintenance firms see opportunity in downturn
12/20/2008 11:01 AM ET
If the small guys have it right, this could be a chance to steal the
titans' lunch.

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