Fast-growing Apple plans to expand its Silicon Valley presence and build a second big campus in Cupertino, Calif. while H-P consolidates.

[at The Wall Street Journal] - Seagate Ends Go-Private Bid Seagate Technology said it called off talks with private-equity firms about taking the company private for a second time, concluding the price likely to be offered wasn’t attractive.

[at Forbes.com] - Barcode Hero’s Blake Scholl recalls the first time he took his parents mountain flying.

[at The Wall Street Journal] - Tablets Seen Sapping PC Demand Gartner cut its global personal-computer shipments forecast for 2010 and 2011 as consumers rein in spending and interest grows in tablet devices such as Apple’s iPad.

Tablets are expected to displace 10% of PC unit sales by 2014, says Gartner.

The Salvation Army takes credit cards at its red kettles in some places, while the group is finding donations are still flowing despite the tough times. And marketers have turned to the food truck to gather customers. It’s all here in this edition of MarketWatch News Break.

Online retailer advances on day expected for big Internet sales

2010 11 29 23:01

Market researchers are scaling back forecasts for global sales of personal computers, blaming an uncertain economic outlook in some markets and competition from tablet devices such as Apple Inc’s iPad. 2010 11 29 19:15

The smart money’s wrong. 2010 11 29 05:17