IPOs: Back from the Dead?

Investors fled from such deals earlier this year, but Visa's successful debut has set the stage for a suddenly busy IPO market

The Slump: It's a Guy Thing

Men, concentrated in the weakest sectors, are losing jobs in this downturn, while women make gains

Chip Equipment: Hitting Bottom?

After a year of suffering, and a sharp decline, makers of semiconductor equipment are gearing up for a new spending cycle in 2009

Analyst Actions: Sprint Nextel, ON Semiconductor, Vasco Data

Sprint, Clearwire Join for WiMax Venture

A new venture between Sprint and Clearwire means much faster mobile broadband will come to market this year in some areas, and price competition among mobile operators will heat up.

Platypus Genome Decoded

The curious discovery of the duck-billed, egg-laying, otter-footed, beaver-tailed, venomous platypus in Australia in 1798 convinced British scientists that it must be a hoax. Sketches of its appearance were thought to be impossible.But new research proves that the oddness of the platypus' looks isn't just skin-deep. Platypus DNA is an equally cobbled-together array of avian, reptilian and mammalian lineages that may hold clues for human disease prevention.Mark Batzer and Andrew ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111521&govDel=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item.

S&P Picks and Pans: Sprint Nextel, Disney, DirecTV, Synchronoss

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Wednesday

Sprint, Clearwire Join for WiMax Venture

A new venture between Sprint and Clearwire means much faster mobile broadband will come to market this year in some areas, and price competition among mobile operators will heat up.

Is U.S. Innovation Headed Offshore?

Apparently not, even though more research and development is joining manufacturing in the shift toward low-cost nations

Movers: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Disney, Cisco Systems, ON Semiconductor

Wednesday's stocks in the news

Image Gallery: 4 online databases let you structure and share your data

If you want to create a solid relational database that includes the ability to easily share and collaborate, you might want to try one of these four Web-based database services.

Stocks Set to Open Lower

Investors weighed earnings reports from Disney and Cisco, some negative news on Boeing, and a warning on inflation from a Fed official

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