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AMD and Intel avoid long costly trial MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 15 hours 15 minutes ago
This case already, according to Barclays Capital analyst Tim Luke, could have been "one of the largest civil litigation trials in terms of scale and number of depositions and documents in U.S. legal history with over 200 million pages of document exchanges, 2200 hours of deposition and over 10,000 pages of expert reports."

Taiwan faces tough choices in Chinese trade - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 2 hours 57 minutes ago
As the island grapples with the global financial downturn, a new administration under President Ma Ying-jeou is pursuing unprecedented economic cooperation with its arch-rival, mainland China, a move necessary for Taiwan's future but also placing its current de-facto independence in jeopardy.

Taiwan-China deals to boost banks, petrochemicals - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 2 hours 57 minutes ago
Benefits to Taiwan's financial sector are expected to begin with the first of the two agreements, a memorandum of understanding that will allow, among other things, Taiwan banks to set up branches in mainland China for the first time in 60 years.

End of an era for networking pioneer 3Com Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
Many layoffs and losses later, in 2003 the company moves from its roots in Santa Clara, Calif., to Marlborough, Mass. An effort led by Bain Capital, with a stake by Chinese networking leader Huawei, to take 3Com private fails. But 3Com gradually becomes profitable again, a shadow of its former self, focusing on selling networking equipment to large companies in China and to small and medium-sized businesses.

FDIC votes for $45 bln in prepaid fees: reports - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted to require banks to prepay about $45 billion in fees to replenish its insurance fund, according to media reports Thursday. During the year, 120 banks have failed, reportedly costing the FDIC fund about $28 billion.

Financial stocks slip; insurers move broadly lower - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
Insurers led the drop, with the seven biggest decliners in the S&P financial sector all from that industry.

Obama to host jobs, economy forum in December - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
Obama said the meeting would include chief executives of corporations, labor leaders, economists and others, "to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again."

AMD and Intel settle legal disputes - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 19 hours 40 minutes ago
Oil falls ahead of EIA petroleum data

Crude remains lower after EIA data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 17 hours 55 minutes ago
Crude remains lower after EIA data

Intel sees corporate spending wave on horizon - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 16 hours 22 minutes ago
And the Intel CEO knows this firsthand: He said the tech giant itself is getting ready to get a brand new fleet of PCs for its own employees.

U.S. stock futures pare losses after jobs data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 20 hours 12 minutes ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures eased back on mild losses after data had fewer than expected Americans applying for weekly jobless benefits. "The trend continues a moderation in the pace of firings with the level of hiring being more uncertain," said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist, Miller Tabak. Down about 30 points earlier on, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lately off 15 points at 10,244.00. S&P 500 futures slid 2.1 points to 2,094.20, while Nasdaq 100 f...

Treasury sells $16 bln in 30-year bonds at 4.469% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 15 hours 47 minutes ago
Despite AMD truce, Intel may still face scrutiny

Retail stocks forecast holiday shopping miracle David Callaway - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 2 hours 57 minutes ago
And at least according to retail stocks, the holiday shopping season could be in for one itself.

Wal-Mart profit tops view; outlook may fall short - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 21 hours 14 minutes ago
Analysts, on average, estimated profit of 81 cents a share on sales of $99.2 billion, according to FactSet. The company had forecast profit of 78 cents to 82 cents a share.