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Dell shares opened sharply lower on Wednesday after the PC maker posting disappointing financial results. Sales are soft, margins are contracting, and the outlook is uninspiring.

It's hard to complain too much about how Japan "stole" the high-tech electronics business from the U.S. More accurately, they took a low-margin business off our hands. And you know what we should be saying to that? Good riddance!

Japanese shares are enduring a tsunami of their own as investors pull money out of a market that is becoming more and more unstable by the day. The Nikkei 225 Index plunged 10.6%. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index slid 2.9% and in China the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.4%.

It's tablets, tablets everywhere at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ends Sunday. Manufacturers such as Motorola Mobility, Toshiba and Dell have taken to hot pursuit of Apple, which sold more than 13 million iPads last year.

Toshiba Satellite laptops are being recalled after more than 100 reports of overheating -- a problem cause users to get burned, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said. The CPSC said Toshiba received 129 complaints about the computers overheating and deforming the...

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Wednesday (last updated at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time): Stocks Dive On Drop In Home Sales: Weak housing numbers sent stocks tumbling Tuesday in New York, after a report by the National Association of Realtors showed...

Toshiba plans to introduce a 3D TV that doesn't require viewers to wear funky 3D glasses. The new product, part of Toshiba's effort to gain a competitive edge in the rapidly emerging marketplace for 3D TVs, seeks to make 3D TV easier to use. But glasses-free 3D won't come on the cheap.

On Monday, the Microsoft CEO offered a sneak peek at new tablets based on Windows 7 during the software giant's Worldwide Partner Conference. He says computer makers will have a plethora of models available by year-end.

Toshiba has unveiled its dual touch-screen Libretto W100, a funky hybrid of a mini-notebook and an e-reader, adding to the growing list of e-book readers and tablet computers that hope to topple the Kindle and the iPad.

It's official: Fujitsu (FJTSY) and Toshiba (TOSBF) are merging their cell-phone operations. The companies announced the tie-up early Thursday after reports of negotiations last week. Fujitsu will take a majority stake in the joint venture, which will officially launch in October. The merger will...