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Shares are pushing a new 52-week high and it's a good time to take a position in this monster stock.

Apple Inc's shares cruised past $300 for the first time on Wednesday, as investors anticipated another strong earnings report from the iPhone maker next week.

ChinaCache International Holdings, a provider of Internet content, soared 95% on its Nasdaq trading.

Facebook plans to split each of highly priced shares into five to help cut their price - the third time the company has done so.

It's not the major player in network security, but McAfee is something of a specialist in the field.

Industrial and technology stocks pulled the market sharply higher Tuesday after Boeing Co. said it was boosting production and an industry group forecast that demand for computers would increase.

IBM increased its quarterly dividend by 18% and will look buy back $8 billion worth of stock.

Dubbed CS5, analysts and industry executives said on Friday, it has the makings of a hit, which Adobe needs after its predecessor CS4 received lukewarm reviews. CS4 was released in 2008, during the depth of the recession.

This morning, JMP Securities upgraded shares of Yahoo! from market perform to outperform citing its new deal with Microsoft. The firm sees their search partnership helping drive better results for Yahoo! in the coming quarters. With the upgrade, JMP set a price target of $21 per share.

Santa arrived early for Apple Inc. shareholders: The stock surged $6.94, or 3.4%, on Thursday to close at a record high of $209.04. That topped the previous closing high of $207 on Nov. 17.

The buzz continues to build about the company's widely anticipated -- albeit unconfirmed -- tablet computer. The Financial Times reported that Apple has rented a stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in late January, most likely for a product announcement.