The video-game industry has been living on a prayer all year, but Activision (ATVI) managed to squeak past expectations with a solid third-quarter earnings report. Fourth-quarter earnings guidance wa

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Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

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As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti