Atmel's losses widen; shares climb on better sales
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Atmel Corp.'s loss widened in the fourth quarter as the chip designer wrote down the value of its business, but its sales rose and investors pushed up its stock price after hours Monday....
Hartford Financial's 4Q profit beats estimates
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Insurer Hartford Financial Services Group said Monday it was profitable in the fourth quarter as its life and property-casualty businesses both improved....
HHS secretary asks insurer to justify rate hike
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers....
Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark - and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year....
Ex-Intel executive pleads guilty in NYC to fraud
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former Intel executive pleaded guilty Monday to charges he fed confidential information about the computer-chip maker to wealthy hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his old friend and central figure in a massive insider trading case....