Gold rush
Dunkin’ Donuts said it would open shops in southern California in 2015 in its long-awaited return to the state it left more than a decade ago. Shares closed up 2.6 percent to $34.89.
AMD suit
Advanced Micro Devices, a maker of processors for PCs, sued former employees, claiming they took “sensitive” company documents when they went to work for a competitor, Nvidia, according to a filing.
EBay clicking
Online marketplace eBay reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat some estimates after record holiday sales on the Web and mobile devices.
Bump for HP
Hewlett-Packard rose 4 percent to $17.21 on a report that said other companies have expressed interest in acquiring the computer maker’s Autonomy software and its technology-services unit.
$7B in Lake
Silver Lake, the PE firm said to be discussing a potential leveraged buyout of computer maker Dell, has already raised more than $7 billion to fund its venture.