Business Notebook

The motto at Sweet Beauty is: "If you can't eat it, you really shouldn't put it on your skin." It is a test of will not to scarf down the yummy lip balms and face masks at the Seattle store. The main ingredient in all products is chocolate.

Our handy guide to the best and latest low-cost notebook computers from Acer, Compaq, Dell, Everex, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba.

Dell will introduce more low-cost notebooks in Asia this year as the company steps up the introduction of new models across its entire notebook line, a senior company executive said Friday. "We've been pretty much a leader in the mid- and high-end price bands. We haven't played as strongly in the lower price bands," said Steve Felice, president of Dell Asia-Pacific, during a conference ...

Dell Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit dropped 6.4 percent and fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the personal computer maker cautioned that more cautious spending by customers and higher costs could hurt its business.

It's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business. "If [Asus' Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble," Mike Abary, told Cnet."That's just a race to the bottom... if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa..."

It's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business. "If [Asus' Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble," Mike Abary, told Cnet."That's just a race to the bottom... if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa..."

If Elfin laptop pulls in punters, it'll pull down pricesIt's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business.…

If Elfin laptop pulls in punters, it'll pull down pricesIt's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business.…

If Elfin laptop pulls in punters, it'll pull down prices It's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business.…

If Elfin laptop pulls in punters, it'll pull down prices It's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business.…