AMD sold an 8.1% stake to the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, raising more than $600 million for the struggling chip maker.

  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.

  Garmin shares surged Friday after the GPS maker pulled out of a bidding war for Tele Atlas. Shares of H-P and Cisco moved higher, leading the Nasdaq upward.

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

  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.

  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.

  Niche software companies are finding an opening helping mobile-phone customers help themselves.