Intel Corp. INTC +0.21% recorded a year-to-year increase in its third-quarter share of global microprocessor revenue, as it continued to expand its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD +7.28% , according to technology researcher IHS Inc. IHS +0.07% . Though Intel has warned its fourth-quarter revenue will fall short of expectations, the company is still expected to expand its lead in the... 

Microsoft Corp. MSFT will give developers of fast-selling apps for its smartphone and tablet operating systems as much as 80% of revenue when it opens its Windows Store app market next year, according to two people familiar with the plan. Developers of apps that generate $25,000 or more per month will get to keep 80% of the sales, said the people who had been briefed by Microsoft. Makers of software... 

CBOE Holdings Inc. CBOE +0.05% said average daily trading volume of options at its namesake exchange jumped 25% in September from a year ago even as its market share continued to decline. The September average daily options volume of 4.7 million rose from 3.8 million a year earlier but slid 24% from August’s record of 6.3 million. CBOE’s share of total U.S. options volume in July slipped... 

Biopharmaceutical company Horizon Pharma Inc. released estimated terms for its planned initial public offering, projecting to raise a little less than the maximum it estimated last summer to sell, develop and win approval for its drugs. Monday, it predicted the IPO’s size would be 5.5 million shares, with the deal’s estimated price between $10 and $12 a share. The company in August projected... 

NEW YORK -(MarketWatch)- Washington Mutual Inc. agreed to settle a large shareholder class-action lawsuit for $208.5 million, according to a court filing by the plaintiff’s lawyers. The suit in federal court in Seattle was the consolidated version of several other class action lawsuits filed by shareholders, in multiple courts, that all essentially alleged that Washington Mutual failed to stop... 

ProLogis Inc.’s PLD -1.33% public offering of 30 million shares priced at a 2.2% discount to Wednesday’s close. Shares were trading 2.8% lower at $33.30 premarket, compared with the offering price of $33.50. The stock has risen 35% over the past year. The warehouse real-estate investment trust has said it would use the proceeds to repay debt, including borrowings under its ProLogis European... 

Silvercorp Metals Inc. (SVM, SVM.T) said Friday it planned to repurchase up to 5.7% of its outstanding shares over the next year because it believes its stock is undervalued. Silvercorp’s New York Stock Exchange-listed shares were up 2.8% at $8.33 after hours. The stock has fallen 37% since the beginning of the year through the close. The company, a miner largely of silver in China, said in a... 

PHOENIX, AZ and HONG KONG, Aug 06, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Amergence Group (PINKSHEETS: AMNG), a company that focuses on the development, nurturing, and rapid expansion of selected emerging companies across a wide range of industries and disciplines, announced today its new vision called “Dividend Farming” — a methodology intended to more directly share the benefits...