Talk about a busy couple of days for HP: yesterday, news begins trickling out that a $13 billion deal between HP and Electronic Data Systems. Shares are halted, speculation begins, a statement from HP confirms the talks, the deal is announced this morning, investors wonder whether IBM will face competition in its bread-and-butter business, and oh yeah, HP also pre-releases earnings.    Read More

The Dow faded under the weight of crude oil which surged past $125 per barrel Friday. What's the "Word on the Street?"   Read More

The relentless upward march of oil prices dominated the business headlines through the week, but there were other developments to inspire the traders, analysts, and fund managers who offered their suggestions to investors on CNBC.   Read More

A funny thing has been happening to Google lately. Have you noticed? It's going up! And I'm not talking about the one-day pop it got from those surprisingly good earnings. I'm talking about the day to day creep-up, the steady momentum. The parallels to Apple are pretty striking.   Read More

An agreement struck Wednesday could mean WiMax technology reaches 140 million people by 2010. How can you make ultra-fast money in the new ultra-fast wireless world?   Read More

As the stock rallies ahead of Thursday’s annual meeting, could it be that Google is actually the big winner in the MicroHoo debacle?    Read More

Dollar finally rallying today after a couple of down days. Metal commodities lower, but energy commodities flat. Modest pop in futures as first quarter productivity rose a better than expected 2.2% vs expectations of 1.5%.    Read More

He was too bearish on the stock. Here's how to avoid his mistakes.   Read More

Yahoo! shares went tumbling after Microsoft withdrew it's takeover offer. The terminated negotiations eliminate the risk for now of a stronger online advertising competitor to Google...   Read More

Barely two hours into trading and Yahoo shares were on the decline in a big way, off about $4.50 a share, or almost 20 percent; while Microsoft shares are on the increase. Both stocks are well off their lows and highs of the morning, however, as investors try to figure out what they'll both do next. If anything. They will do something. But what?   Read More