Technology

Sony Sells Stake in HBO Latin America to Time Warner for $217 Million Sony Corp.’s U.S. television and film production unit sold a stake in HBO Latin America to a Time Warner Inc. affiliate for $217 million, as it focuses on operations where Sony has a majority ownership.

Robert Moffat, Former IBM Executive, Pleads Guilty in Galleon Group Case Robert Moffat, a former senior vice president at International Business Machines Corp., admitted he leaked inside information to Danielle Chiesi, a consultant for New Castle Funds LLC.

Google to Join Goldman Sachs as Mori Tower Tenant in Tokyo Roppongi Hills Google Inc., owner of the world’s most used Internet search engine, will relocate to the Mori Tower in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills complex where Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has its Japan headquarters.

Silicon Valley Loses Best-Workplace Luster After Companies Cut Jobs, Pay Talk about bad timing: Within weeks of being named the best place to work last year, NetApp Inc. announced plans to cut about 6 percent of its workforce.

Verizon Said to Be in Preliminary Talks With Vodafone on Wireless Business Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc continue to hold informal talks on how to optimize returns from their U.S. mobile-phone partnership, two people familiar with the talks said.

`American Idol,' Elvis Presley Rights Owners CKX Confirms Company for Sale “American Idol” owner CKX Inc. confirmed it’s in discussions regarding a possible sale, after Chief Executive Officer Robert F.X. Sillerman said this month he was “extremely frustrated” with the company’s stock price.

DreamWorks' `Dragon' Tops Weekend Box Office After Sales of $43 Million DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. fell the most in almost a year in Nasdaq trading after the studio’s 3-D adventure, “How to Train Your Dragon,” missed some analysts’ estimates at the box office this weekend.

Priceline.com, Expedia Gain as Analysts Recommend Stocks on Travel Rebound Priceline.com Inc. and Expedia Inc. rose in Nasdaq trading after analysts recommended buying shares of the travel Web sites on signs that spending on their services is increasing.

Avnet to Buy Bell Microproducts for $252 Million to Expand Distribution Avnet Inc., the U.S. distributor of electronic parts, agreed to buy smaller rival Bell Microproducts Inc. for $252 million in cash to expand its reach in storage and computing products.