A $622 million infusion helps cash-poor AMD, but it may need to sell more stock to pay bills.

  Google is preparing a bid to buy wireless spectrum at a January FCC auction. The bid could run $4.6 billion or higher.

  Amazon plans to unveil an electronic-book reader next week, a device the Web retailer hopes will stimulate sales of digital books.

  The Nasdaq gained 0.4% for the week, as H-P and Cisco lifted tech stocks Friday. Garmin shares surged after pulling out of the bidding war for Tele Atlas.

  NBC plans to air a show early next year called "Quarterlife," which got its start on the Internet. The move, announced amid the writers' strike, boosts the Web's standing as a creative medium.

  Videogame sales jumped 39% in October boosted by the release of Guitar Hero 3, but sales of Microsoft's Halo 3 slowed considerably following its initial week.

  The House approved a bill that does not grant legal immunity to telephone companies for cooperating with the White House's domestic wiretapping program.

  A federal judge allowed a shareholder suit over stock-options backdating to continue against Monster founder Andrew McKelvey.

  BEA said its net rose 59% on an 11% rise in revenue. The software maker also announced a restatement of past earnings.