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At a time when companies are issuing warnings about missing earnings targets and scaling back expectations, enterprise cloud computing company salesforce.com seems to be bucking the trend.

After the bell, Salesforce.com reported income of $10.1 million, or 8 cents per share, on revenue of $276.5 million for the third quarter, which ended on Oct. 31.

Sprint continues to lose customers to other carriers as the company reported a third quarter subscriber tally of 50.5 million, down from 54 million a year ago.

The company lost 1.3 million wireless customers on a net basis in the third quarter including 1.1 million post-paid.

Akamai's Net Usage Index shows a Tuesday night peak of 8.5 million-plus visitors per minute to online news venues.

That's even better than March Madness.

At least 7.5 million American homeowners owe more on thier homes than they are currently worth, according to a report released Friday.

Online salary and career information site Glassdoor.com receives its second funding round amid a tough economic climate.

Mortgage lenders have helped nearly 2.5 million troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure since the mortgage meltdown began in the summer of 2007.

 Juniper Networks beat Wall Street estimates for the third quarter, reporting earnings of $148.5 million, or 27 cents per share, up from $85.1 million, or 15 cents per share, for the same quarter last year.

(statement) Adjusted profit was 32 cents.

Social shopping site, ShopIt has raised $2.5 million in funding. But it still has a long way to go.