By Abigail Townsend THERE can be few company executives for whom this week's market chaos came as a welcome relief, but it would be understandable if Meg Whitman, eBay's chief executive for the past decade, had been one of them.

Expectations are running high as some of tech's biggest players, from Apple to Yahoo, get ready to report third-quarter results. Signs of bullishness abounded in the days leading up to tech reporting season, which kicks off the week of Oct. 16.

By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Aug. 12--Worries about the impact of stock option investigations sent the stock price of Juniper Networks to a three-year low and set off a media frenzy over Apple Computer on Friday.

By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune Oct. 9--Ron Garriques does not lack lofty ambitions. Garriques, president of Motorola's mobile devices business, is undertaking a multimillion-dollar "museum quality" restoration of his Lake Forest mansion, built in 1913.

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2003--American Technology Research, a leading provider of independent research to institutional investors, announced today that Mark Stahlman has joined the firm as Vice President and Senior Analyst for the computer systems sector. Mr.