Biz Break: It’s the economy: GDP soars, but home sales slide Today: Is the economic recovery strong or weak? Plus: Palm stock continues to fall. Read more on San Jose Mercury News

Biz Break: Intel, Google and other Silicon Valley giants to the rescue? Today: It’s the economy: Intel CEO Paul Otellini says his company will join with venture capitalists and other tech giants to invest $3.5 billion in technology startups and boost hiring of recent college grads. Plus: home prices,...

New Branded Apps Struggle To Break Out of the Pack That didn’t take long. It hasn’t even been 18 months since the first iPhone app launched, and now with more than 140,000 of them, marketers are finding it tougher and more expensive to get their branded apps in wide circulation. Read more on BrandWeek

Biz Break: AT&T joins Google’s Android army; plus: Intuit profit rises Today: AT&T will offer its first Android-powered phone next month. TurboTax maker Intuit says profit and sales were up in its most recent quarter. The U.S. Justice Department and European regulators approved Yahoo’s...

Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News

Nexus One ‘break fee’ cut WASHINGTON – GOOGLE Inc has lowered by US$200 (S$284) the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc network. The Google fee was dropped to US$150 from US$350, but customers who break...