HP Boosts 3Par Offer to $33 a Share; Dell Walks AwayThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:58AMHewlett-Packard offered to buy 3Par for about $2.3 billion, ending an 18-day battle with Dell Inc. for the maker of storage systems
HP beats Dell in battle for 3Par - SummaryThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:57AMSan Francisco - After a bidding war, Hewlett-Packard has beaten Dell in the battle for electronic storage company 3Par. In a statement Thursday Dell said it would not counter HP's improved offer of 33 dollars a share for the high-end storage company.
S&P, Nasdaq rise on bullish dataThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:47AMThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained on Thursday, building on their best day in eight weeks in the previous session as data showed an improvement in pending home sales and a drop in initial jobless claims.
S&P, Nasdaq rise on bullish dataThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:47AMBy Ryan Vlastelica
Stocks on the move: Nordstrom, 3Par, Burger KingThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:46AMBy Elizabeth StantonBloomberg NewsShares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading.Retailers were active after reporting August same-store sales results.
US STOCKS-S&P, Nasdaq rise on bullish data, Dow flatThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:22AM* Pending home sales unexpectedly rise, jobless claims dip * Retail index rises after Aug same-store sales data * HP wins 3PAR bidding war, Burger King agrees to be bought * Dow 0.1 pct, S&P up 0.5 pct, Nasdaq up 0.6 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news see [STXNEWS/US ] (Updates to midday, changes byline)
One year in: My most useful iPhone appsThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:10AMThe iPhone is all about the applications, but there are so many it can be hard to find the right ones. Here are my picks for (mostly) serious use.
Stocks wallow after a big rallyThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:06AMStocks drifted between modest gains and losses Thursday, as investors took a step back from a major rally in the previous session and digested mixed economic reports.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor wins HP Innovation AwardWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:39AM( Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ) he universe around us can be expressed as numbers, and those numbers in pattern paint a picture: a network of friends from the vastness of the Internet; travel patterns among residents of cold climates; or a common factor among victims of a disease. Now, the deluge of digital-age data makes possible more complex patterns and a more complete picture -- the ...