Cablevision's largest institutional shareholder, ClearBridge, plans to vote against the Dolan family's $10.6 billion privatization plan.

  Intel reported a 43% jump in profit, helped by solid demand for laptops, while its chips made gains against rival AMD's.

  Yahoo's net declined 4.6%, but revenue rose 12% as the company benefited from improvements to its search-advertising system.

  IBM's earnings rose 6.3% as growth in the services business overcame declines in hardware. Revenue increased 6.6%.

  ASML reported a 2.3% drop in quarterly net profit, hurt by lower machine sales and higher costs, but showed that machine orders picked up again during the quarter.

  Microsoft laid out new software and a strategy that could shake up the already tumultuous telecommunications-equipment business.

  A partnership between News Corp.'s MySpace and eBay's Skype will put Internet calls into MySpace's instant-messaging feature to gain more users and broaden the distribution of their two services.

  Apple is reducing the price of all songs on its iTunes Store without anti-copying software to 99 cents, bringing its prices on such tracks closer to those offered by rivals in online music.

  Ericsson sharply lowered its profit forecast, blaming a shortfall in sales of high-margin products. Shares plunged 24%. (Conference call transcript)

  AT&T said it will reduce early-termination fees for wireless customers who cancel plans early and allow them to change contracts without restrictions.

  ValueClick shares tumbled Tuesday after the online-ad firm lowered its outlook, while Amazon and Overstock fell on an analyst's downgrade. The Nasdaq continued to lose ground.

  LG Electronics' net soared, driven by handset sales and its LG.Philips venture, but the firm forecast slower growth.

  Asustek launched a low-cost notebook computer, saying it expects to ship between three million and five million units by the end of 2008.

  Facebook's agreement to adopt new procedures to protect children comes as the government and social-networking sites scramble to police the Web.