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Technology bellwether Intel blew past Wall Street's projections Tuesday, reporting the best quarter in its 42-year history and giving investors a cause for optimism heading into the third quarter. Shares soared in after-hours trading.

Investors are looking for a strong showing from the bellwether chipmaker, which would offer further evidence that U.S. companies -- and tech firms in particular -- are continuing to emerge from the recession. Analysts expect Intel to come through.

Second-quarter earnings reports start coming in this week when Alcoa releases its latest results on Monday. This week's other anticipated quarterly reports include those from industry bellwethers Intel, Google and JPMorgan Chase.

You might think that Intel's antitrust woes, which began with a complaint from rival AMD in 2005 and continue to this day, would have taught companies to be cautious about potentially exclusionary conduct. Is Apple doomed to repeat the lesson?

Advanced Micro Devices released Q4 earnings numbers Thursday of $1.18 billion, or $1.52 per share, topping expectations. But with much of the gains coming from a $1.25 billion settlement with Intel, and with AMD offering negative guidance for Q1 2010, stock prices dipped in after-market trading.

Advanced Micro Devices posted its first quarterly profit in three years. But the world's No. 2 maker of microprocessors said it would have lost money were it not for the payment it received from Intel to squash a long-running antitrust battle.

On Thursday, chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices will step into the earnings spotlight. Analysts' expectations call for a loss of 15 cents per share, compared a loss of 69 cents per share a year ago. But even if AMD beats expectations, a sell-off may be in the cards.

Intel's fourth quarter profits handily beat Wall Street's expectations, suggesting the tech industry is on the leading edge of the U.S. economic recovery. The world's No. 1 chip-maker also forecast a strong first quarter of 2010.

Intel (INTC), the famous chip maker whose major competitors include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Texas Instruments (TXN), started the new year off on a great foot. According to Eric Buscemi's roundup Monday, the company received an upgrade from Baird which gave it a price...

The FTC filed a major lawsuit against Intel on Wednesday, dumping a massive lump of coal in the giant chipmaker's. The suit accuses the company of trying to "stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly," and comes just one month after Intel's $1.25 billion settlement with AMD, its main rival.