By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 22--In a move that could challenge Cisco's dominance in the network equipment market, San Jose-based Brocade Communications Systems announced Monday that it plans to buy Foundry Networks in a $2 billion deal.

By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 21--In a move that could challenge Cisco's dominance in the network equipment market, San Jose-based Brocade Communications Systems announced Monday that it plans to buy Foundry Networks in a $2 billion deal.

Although Apple Inc.’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs avoided being indicted for his role in Apple's backdating of stock options grants, he and his company still face other looming legal battles.

By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jun.

Standard & Poor's lowered Equitable Resources Inc.'s credit and senior unsecured ratings to BBB from A- with a negative outlook on Wednesday, a day after the North Shore-based company dropped plans to buy two natural gas companies from Dominion Resources Inc.