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Analysts are cautious about AT&T's third quarter earnings, slated for Wednesday

AT&T, Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel are expected to show a drop in wireless profit margins when they report...

HLTH also said the sale of another unit, Porex, was delayed as a potential buyer had difficulty arranging financing.

Two privately held companies, Networks In Motion and TeleNav, are poised to capitalize on the growing market for cell phone-based navigation...

Server vendor staggers from a one-two punch: poor performance and a tanking market.

Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang will have a lot of explaining to do when the company he founded reports earnings after the closing bell Tuesday. Yahoo will announce its long-expected plans for major layoffs, but Wall Street investors say cutting costs is hardly enough to fix Yahoo's mountain of problems.

Priceline.com gave hope to a listless stock market late Monday with much higher than expected quarterly earnings.

The 2008 presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of two major-party candidates who are interested in technology-related issues. While the U.S. economy and the war in Iraq have dominated the debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama, they have also hit on such IT hot buttons as telecommunications and tech jobs.

Research in Motion takes aim at Apple and Google with plans for a service that allows mobile phone users to download games and other software.