AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge — stiffer personal-computer competition — that threatens to slow its steady growth.

Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and STMicroelectronics have agreed to join their wireless chip and software businesses to create a joint venture that will supply four of the world's top five cell phone makers.

AP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.