Intuit Inc. is expected to offer solid guidance for 2009 when it reports if fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday after the closing bell. The company has forecast a fourth-quarter loss of 18 to 20 cents per share, or an adjusted loss of 7 to 9 cents per share, excluding restructuring charges.

Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, Aug. 20, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as analysts reiterated favorable ratings following a solid quarter boosted by strong laptop sales and a robust international presence.

Shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as analysts reiterated favorable ratings following a solid quarter boosted by strong laptop sales and a robust international presence.

Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc. on Wednesday said it has bought software maker InStranet Inc. for $31.5 million. The deal adds 350,000 global call center agents to the Salesforce.com team, and will "help catapult our growth in the customer service and support space," said Marc Benioff, c...

Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be possible--if it were cheaper.

VeriFone Holdings Inc. on Tuesday appointed Clinton Knowles as its interim chief financial officer while the maker of payment processing equipment tries to recover from an accounting debacle that has battered its stock.

VeriFone Holdings Inc.'s shares soared more than 35 percent late Tuesday after the maker of payment processing equipment provided a rosy outlook and cleaned up an accounting mess that had cast a pall over the company.

Shares of China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. sank to an all-time low Tuesday after the cell phone design company warned of lower sales from a weakening economy, and said it will cut nearly half of its work force.

Shares of some top internet companies were down at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.35 or 1.5 percent, to $22.57.

Shares of some top computers companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $1.86 or 1.1 percent, to $173.53.

One of Yahoo Inc.'s new board members, Frank J. Biondi Jr., has stepped down from the board of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Bank of New York Mellon said in a regulatory filing on Monday that Biondi, the former chief executive of Viacom Inc., resigned last Thursday as a director at the bank "citing ...

CACI International Inc., which provides information technology to the U.S. military, said Tuesday it received an Army contract worth an estimated $26 million.

Poll workers will not be allowed to take voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election because the practice known as "sleepovers" is an unacceptable security risk, the state elections chief said Tuesday.

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. slipped nearly 4 percent Tuesday, reflecting concerns that its much larger rival Intel Corp. is poised to grab an even bigger piece of the computer chip market with a new product design.

Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at noon: Akamai Technologies fell $.49 or 2.1 percent, to $22.43.

Shares of some top computers companies are mixed at noon: Apple Inc rose $.53 or .3 percent, to $175.92.

The Associated Press has settled a copyright lawsuit against a company that aggregates and redistributes news online. The AP had accused Moreover Technologies Inc. and its parent company, VeriSign Inc., of improperly using copyright-protected headlines, stories and photos. The terms of the settlemen...

Louis Gerstner will retire next month as chairman of the Carlyle Group after more than five years in that role, the private equity firm said Tuesday. Gerstner, a former chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp., will retire as of Sept. 30. No successor has been named.

Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.28 or 1.2 percent, to $22.64.