Company: Citrix Systems Inc

Given tech’s market leadership this year and the emerging comparisons to the crisis of several years ago, we rounded up the 10 best performance tech ETFs over the past three years.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a third day on Thursday after upbeat housing data and stronger-than-expected results from companies, including Citrix Systems Inc <CTXS.O>, overshadowed some high-profile earnings misses.

A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on Nasdaq at the close of trading:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a third day on Thursday after upbeat housing data and stronger-than-expected results from companies, including Citrix Systems Inc <CTXS.O>, overshadowed some high-profile earnings misses.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a third day on Thursday after upbeat housing data and stronger-than-expected results from companies, including Citrix Systems Inc <CTXS.O>, overshadowed some high-profile earnings misses.

Shares of Citrix Systems Inc. climbed on Thursday as the software maker's first-quarter results beat Wall Street's estimates and it increased its fiscal 2012 guidance.

Ten companies have stopped advertising on Limbaugh's program on Clear Channel's Radio Network, after the radio host insulted Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke. 

Throughout the financial crisis, large debt loads weighed on company balance sheets and had serious implications for the firms that let their borrowing get out of control. Other companies, however, have a history of operating with low debt levels, and many choose to issue no debt at all. Instead of debt, these companies hold cash and liquid investments in order to make acquisitions and fund other investments.

The saying goes, “The customer is always right,” and at the Consumer Electronic Show that proves true in more ways than one. Businesses are adopting consumer gadgets, and they may get more from their employees.