Starbucks: Trouble in Latte Land

The company responsible for the ubiquity of coffee shops finds itself struggling with flagging growth, increased competition, and a declining stock price

Capitalizing on Change

Western health care companies hope to profit from reform in Asian countries

Analyst Actions: Autodesk, The9 Limited, Chordiant Software

Opinions from analysts around Wall Street on Friday

Trading Shakeup in Europe

Banks should benefit from these new rules because the cost of trading stocks will fall. But exchanges will see more competition and price pressures

The Consumer Crunch

Recession or not, American families will be forced to tighten their belts

Movers: Starbucks, Fannie Mae, FedEx, Kohl's

Friday's stocks in the news

S&P Picks and Pans: Cisco, AT&T, FedEx, AmeriTrade, Garmin

Analyst opinions on stocks making headlines Friday

OpenWorld: Hyperion remains core to Oracle's BI roadmap

A nervous post-acquisition customer base heard good news this week at Oracle OpenWorld. Users of business intelligence and enterprise performance management products from Hyperion Solutions, which Oracle bought in February, were assured that development and support would continue.

Vendors Display 50 Handsets for China's 3G Network

Samsung and LG showed off over 50 mobile phones being readied for the launch of China's 3G network, an important step in ensuring a smooth launch of mobile services next year.

Baidu Readies Google Defense in China Mobile Arena

Baidu.com is working with some of China's leading telephone network operators to ready new mobile search applications for the launch of 3G services in China.

Latest update fixes most iMac screen freezes

An update issued by Apple Inc. appears to have solved most of the screen freezing problems iMac users have been reporting, according to messages posted on support forums.

Reports: Amazon to announce an e-book reader Monday

The reader, called the Kindle is equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that allows users to buy and download electronic books from a newly created Amazon e-book store, according to the report.

Google and Sun may butt heads over Android

Google could find itself crossing swords with Sun because it developed its own Java virtual machine for Android instead of using Java Micro Edition, experts say.

Microsoft delays 2008 WinHEC event by six months

The 2008 version of Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference will be held in the fall instead of the spring -- a change that the vendor attributed to "industry feedback."

Brookstone to launch 3-D online store

Brookstone is set to launch a 3-D virtual store that the retailer says will have the same look and feel as its physical stores.

Amateur cryptographer beats Colossus system in code-cracking challenge

A reconstructed Colossus vacuum-tube system was no match for homegrown PC software in cracking enciphered test messages similar to the ones the British broke during World War II.

Baidu Readies Google Defense in China Mobile Arena

Baidu.com is working with some of China's leading telephone network operators to ready new mobile search applications for the launch of 3G services in China.

Vendors Display 50 Handsets for China's 3G Network

Samsung and LG showed off over 50 mobile phones being readied for the launch of China's 3G network, an important step in ensuring a smooth launch of mobile services next year.

Stocks Fall On Economic Worries

Weaker industrial production data and profit warnings from retailers and FedEx boosted the market's pessimism about U.S. growth prospects

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