Compal Electronics, the world's second biggest contract laptop maker, expects fourth-quarter personal computer shipments to climb more than previously expected, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday, pushing its shares up 2 percent in early trade.

Hewlett-Packard said a strong performance in China and improved profit margins in its services business helped drive quarterly earnings 14 percent higher.

Adobe Systems, the top maker of design software, said that it has cut 680 jobs as it moves to slash expenses.

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The computer maker suffered a 25 percent fall in quarterly revenue, as uncertainty over its delayed sale to Oracle Corp hurt its business.

Tech heavyweights Cisco Systems and EMC dampened speculation the two companies would merge as they announced Tuesday a broad partnership to develop data center technology, taking on rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

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Cisco Systems is winning new deals and benefiting from a broad economic recovery, a William Blair analyst said Wednesday as he upgraded the company's stock.

While overall stock valuations aren’t much more attractive than bonds, some areas like technology are appealing, Rob Morgan, president of Dearden, Maguire, Weaver and Barrett, said on CNBC Tuesday.

CNN is coming out with an iPhone application Tuesday that has a feature few other news apps have tried: a price tag.

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Uncertainty about Sun Microsystems' future appears to have contributed to serious erosion in the company's market share for computer servers in the latest quarter, according to new data being released Wednesday.

The back-to-school shopping season has begun and although spending is expected to decrease in most categories, industry analysts anticipate seeing growth in PCs and consumer electronics.

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