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Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) will sell its consumer Linksys line, which makes home WiFi routers, to private Belkin International, a competitor.

Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK), the one-time king of the smartphone market, has finally returned to profit, the company reported.

From Barclays to Goldman Sachs, check out our slideshow to see what the biggest players on Wall Street had to say about Apple’s disappointing Q1 2013 earnings report.

Microsoft Corp. reported second quarter results that beat estimates by a penny but still fell from a year earlier due to the slump in PCs.

Shares of Apple fell as much as 12.4% in Thursday trading, erasing more than $50 billion in its market value.

IKEA deeply offended many LGBTQ activists and groups with a video ad that portrayed a transgender shopper in a bad light.

Amazon.com Inc. said it has acquired Polish voice-recognition specialist Ivona Software to improve its Kindle Fire tablets.

THQ has officially been dissolved, with most of its studios and assets to be sold off to other video game and media companies.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported second-quarter earnings that beat estimates due to solid demand for new products including iPhone 5.

Why would Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) invest in a buyout of Dell (NASDAQ:DELL)? Better return plus customer support.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) will phase out units that assemble the motherboards for PCs for some customers to focus more on mobile.

Revenue from Google's core Internet trade outpaced analysts' expectations during the 2012 fourth quarter, and ad rates fell less than in previous periods.

A new report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech claims that Windows Phones outsold BlackBerry units across Europe during the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas in 2012.

A late shipment of Windows 8, the decline in global PC sales and ho-hum demand for its Surface tablets is expected to weigh on results.

Former Microsoft VP Joachim Kempin says CEO Steve Ballmer protects his CEO seat by intentionally ousting any rising managers with potential to unseat him.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), the No. 2 carrier, as expected, reported that its fourth-quarter loss doubled due to charges for Superstorm Sandy.

Atari U.S. has filed for bankruptcy protection in the hopes that it will be able to regain financial independence from its struggling European parent company, the company said in a statement Monday.

A key test for “Big Data”? Opera Solutions’ new fraud detection system for health insurance exchanges established under Obamacare.

The decision to take Dell Inc. private will ultimately be made by one person: Michael S. Dell. Does he want to be a financial engineer?

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported a dismal quarter but it has strengths to regain ground quickly based on in-house skills.

Google is branching out from its home base in Mountain View, Calif., to start building a new HQ across the pond.

Investment by U.S. venture capitalists fell 10 percent overall last year to only $26.5 billion, the worst performance in three years.

Microsoft Security Essentials, the world's most popular security suite, failed to win AV-Test certification - for the 2nd straight year.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) reported fourth-quarter net income dipped 27 percent -- the worst report in the past four years.

SurveyMonkey, the online consumer experience company run by David Goldberg, spouse of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg, has raised $800 million.

Silver Lake Partners, likely buyer of Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), has some deeply experienced tech executives. Here are some.

Should Dell go private? Here's a checklist for the CEO, who may not want to cede control of the company he's nurtured for 29 years.

After a mediocre year for PCs in 2012, prospects for 2013 are only slightly better, said influential market forecaster IDC.

Silver Lake Partners and four major banls are in “an advanced stage” to finance a $19 billion leveraged buyout of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Reuters reported.