The market was all set to throw itself a big pity party, and along comes IBM to ruin it all. But it's too soon to say Big Blue's sunny report will be enough to breathe life back into tech stocks.
Jon Fortt - Jan 14, 2008 11:08 AM ET
By Michael V. Copeland
If you want a hint at where innovation in the gadget world is headed, talk to the chip guys. These nuggets of insanely complex silicon that companies like Intel, AMD (AMD), Atheros, Broadcom and Marvell (MRVL) are creating today will end up in the phones, laptops, televisions and mobile video/music/Internet devices of tomorrow.
We all know that Intel is dead-set on making WiMax -- wireless access measured in MORE
Todd Woody - Jan 14, 2008 2:00 AM ET
The Macworld Conference & Expo, Silicon Valley's largest technology trade show, opens Monday. But the moment everyone is waiting for comes Tuesday morning, when Steve Jobs makes his annual keynote address at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
Jobs has set a high bar for himself. At Macworld 2006, he introduced the first Intel (INTC)-based Macs -- sparking a burst of sales that nearly doubled Apple's (AAPL) market share from roughly MORE
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| Company | Price | Change | % Change |
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| Bank of America Corp... | 7.16 | -0.13 | -1.85% |
| General Electric Co | 19.12 | 0.72 | 3.91% |
| JPMorgan Chase and C... | 35.82 | -0.41 | -1.15% |
| Microsoft Corp | 29.92 | -0.29 | -0.94% |
| Micron Technology In... | 6.24 | 0.22 | 3.65% |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dow | 12,617.77 | -14.23 | -0.11% |
| Nasdaq | 2,875.82 | -17.94 | -0.62% |
| S&P 500 | 1,326.99 | -3.67 | -0.28% |
| Treasuries | 1.76 | -0.01 | -0.68% |