Earnings alert: STMicro sees market recovery
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Plus: Amazon margins a concern...AT&T profit rises...Samsung SDI swings to loss...Outstanding earnings for Apple.
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Plus: Sony profit up, forecast cautious...Matsushita profit up 22 percent...Amazon's profit up, margins squeezed...SAP cautious on 2008.
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Most U.S. companies have reported earnings and the flow of economic data slows next week, so investors will look to U.S. trade figures and earnings from leading technology stocks Dell and Cisco for fuel to sustain the market's 2-week-old rally.
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Amid uncertainty about the greater economy, technology companies are looking good to investors.Â Strong earnings from Red Hat this weekÂ and Oracle last week, continued excitement over mergers and acquisitions, and solid forecasts for global component sales have been pushing shares of tech vendors up.
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European stocks touched two-month highs on Monday as tech shares rallied after STMicroelectronics   stuck to its full year forecast while government bond yields firmed on continued speculation about interest rate increases.
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Plus: Nokia earnings soar, market share solid...Qualcomm results show strong demand...eBay warns of weaker 2008 results...Motorola profit shrinks, phone forecast dims.
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Stocks rebounded from early losses yesterday, closing higher as National Semiconductor Corp.&#39;s better-than-expected earnings soothed investors&#39; concerns over higher unemployment.
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Yesterday's release by Dell Computer of very preliminary earnings numbers for its previous fiscal quarter may give investors at least a handful of data to help them understand the turmoil from which it may be recovering...if it is recovering. The company doesn't appear to be hemorrhaging, and there seems to be at least some good news. But it's hard not to keep seeing question marks and unresolved issues.
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Intel'sÂ deal with STMicroelectronics to create a new semiconductor company was a hit this week with IT investors, who continue to reward bold merger and acquisition moves in hard-fought tech markets like chips and Internet services. Rumors of aÂ Salesforce.com hook up with GoogleÂ andÂ Yahoo's continuing search for Web 2.0 companiesÂ also are stoking investor interest.
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Lukewarm third-quarter earnings reports to date imply that corporate America has some thorny problems. For the stock market to get back on track, this week's releases will have to offer Wall Street some more upbeat news.
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Most U.S. companies have reported earnings and the flow of economic data slows this week, so investors will look to U.S. trade figures and earnings from leading technology stocks Dell and Cisco for fuel to sustain the market's 2-week-old rally.
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European shares opened steady on Tuesday  after the main U.S. fourth quarter earnings season got off to a  lackluster start overnight and chipmaker STMicroelectronics  fell after warning on margins.
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Plus: SCO to cap legal costs...Novell sees weakness in IT spending...Salesforce reports rise in profit...Nortel to lay off 3,500.
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Plus: eBay warns of weaker 2008 results...Motorola profit shrinks, phone forecast dims...Apple posts good Q1, despite slow iPod sales...Microsoft expected to post healthy profits.
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Plus: AT&T earnings up on wireless growth...Nokia earnings soar, market share solid...Qualcomm results show strong demand...eBay warns of weaker 2008 results...Motorola profit shrinks, phone forecast dims.
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Plus: IBM net income inches higher, despite legal bill...Nokia sees lower profit but strong sales...Adobe strong despite drop.
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Investors got a good scare, but they're coming back to recoup their losses. Plus: Blockbuster CEO wants his bonus.... Semiconductor sales are up.