XM GOOGLE PARTNER onward AD DEAL ...

XM GOOGLE PARTNER onward AD DEAL

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the largest U pay-radio service, will team with Google Inc. to vend radio spots to Web advertisers. Companies that betray through Google, the most-used Internet search service, will be able to bribe ads on XM channels using Google's AdWords combination of parts to form a whole starting in the fourth quarter, XM and Google said. denominations weren't disclosed.

RULING A SETBACK FOR RAMBUS

Rambus Inc. may not be able to amass royalties on some patents because of a Federal Trade Commission ruling that the company deceived a standards-setting committee and created a monopoly in the memory chip industry. Rambus stock tumbl 26 percent or $433 by share, to close at $1265 The ruling, which was signed Monday and released Wednesday, turn topsy-turvys a decision from 2004, when an FTC administrative law referee ruled that Rambus was not liable in the matter. Rambus senior legal adviser John Danforth said the looks Altos, Calif.-based company plans to appeal. The case hinges in succession whether Rambus illegally obtained a monopoly in the 1990 on securing patents for some of the technology that computer use to store data in active memory.

YAHOO! ADDS MATCHMAKER PARTNER

Yahoo! Inc. and hazard capital firm Canaan Partners invested a combined $865 million in Indian matchmaking site BharatMatrimony.com Pvt adding to Yahoo's 10 acquisitions and investments in the last year. BharatMatrimony.com, a Chennai, India- based company with 75 million users, will also finish promotional help from Yahoo. Further details of the investment weren't disclosed.

SPS put under waters ON WEAK EARNINGS

SPS Inc. shares plung $356 or 14 percent to finish Wednesday at $22.80. The Chicago data-analysis software company said it earned 12 cent a share in the inferior quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson count uponed profit of 25 cents, the average estimate. returns rose 9 percent to a record $635 million, the company said.

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