AP - Software giant Microsoft Corp. said Monday its board approved a plan to buy back up to another $40 billion of its shares.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday as a spike in oil prices renewed fear about consumer spending and investors worried whether a $700 billion rescue package for the financial sector would be enough to resuscitate the economy.

AFP - US computer software giant Microsoft announced Monday that it would buy back another 40 billion dollars of its shares.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to buy back up to $40 billion of its own stock, lift its dividend and issue commercial paper for the first time in the company's history, the software maker said on Monday.

AP - TV viewers can return to their favorite programs without fear of seeing Bill Gates shaking his tushie now that Microsoft Corp. has retired a bizarre two-week-old ad campaign featuring the software giant's chairman with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Reuters - Google Inc plans to move ahead with Yahoo Inc in implementing its advertising search deal and believes that rival Microsoft is behind plans to derail the deal, top executives of the Internet search leader said on Wednesday.

AFP - Internet giants Google and Microsoft have pulled adverts for sex selection products and other services considered illegal in India after being threatened with legal action, activists said Thursday.