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FILE - In this file photo made March 3, 2010, Hewlett-Packard Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd speaks during an appearance in Conway, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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** FILE ** In this June 24, 2010, photo, seafood dealer Jerri Lombas uses tongs to unpack a shipment of blue crabs at an outdoor market in New Orleans. The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to reopen more than three months after crude oil began gushing from the sea floor. But those who harvest, process and sell the catch face a new crisis -- convincing wary consumers it's not only delicious, but also safe. (AP Photo/John Flesher)
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** FILE ** Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd speaks during an appearance in Conway, Ark., in March 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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FILE - In this file photograph taken July 7, 2010, Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard Inc., arrives at the annual Allen & Co. Media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. Activision Blizzard Inc. reports quarterly financial earnings Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)
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FILE - This file photo made March 7, 2010, shows a Cablevision sign in New York. Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, said its second-quarter profit fell sharply as a hefty loss related to paying down debt helped offset revenue gains as more people signed up for its video, Internet and phone services. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2009 file photo, a Time Warner Cable truck is parked in New York. Time Warner Cable Inc., the country's second-largest cable company said Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, it lost more video subscribers in the latest quarter than it ever has before, (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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FILE - In this May 7, 2008 file photo, a show attendee leaves the AOL booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Internet company AOL said Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, a $1.4 billion accounting charge pushed the company to a $1 billion-plus net loss in the second quarter. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Graphic compares the BP oil spill with other sources of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, such as natural seepage and leaks
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from right, speaks about the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Joining him, from left are, Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Laura Price, manager at Under Armour located at Prime Outlets in Gulfport, Miss., checks out a customer on Friday, July 30 2010. Mississippi's second annual sales tax holiday brought shoppers to Prime Outlets for extra savings. The same thing is expected to happen this weekend in Virginia. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy)
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal dunks the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The Boston Celtics have signed O'Neal. The team announced Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, that it had signed the 15-time NBA All-Star, who had been a free agent after spending last season with the Cavaliers. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
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Associated Press U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Michigan Democrat, leaves after delivering her concession speech Wednesday morning. Mrs. Cheeks Kilpatrick lost her bid for an eighth term on Tuesday, becoming the sixth incumbent to lose a bid so far this year.
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal dunks the ball against the Los Angeles Clippers during an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. The Boston Celtics have signed O'Neal. The team announced Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, that it had signed the 15-time NBA All-Star, who had been a free agent after spending last season with the Cavaliers. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Qwest employee Scott Naylin prepares to work on underground cables in Portland, Ore. Qwest Communications International Inc., which has agreed to be acquired by a smaller phone company, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, said its second-quarter earnings fell 26 percent as customers continued to cancel landlines, and it signed up few new broadband customers. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)
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A receptionist sits in the lobby of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tokyo head office Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The world's biggest automaker reported a quarterly profit of $2.2 billion, reversing from red ink a year earlier as global car sales recovered and raised its full year earnings forecast. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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A customer shops in late July at an Aeropostale store in Paramus, N.J., where some items are marked down 50 percent. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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SLASHING COSTS: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is looking for ways to save money. (Associated Press)
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Mike Lazaridis, president and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Research In Motion, talks about his company's new BlackBerry Torch, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO-AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, holds the new BlackBerry Torch during a product introduction, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - This file photo made Feb. 8, 2010, shows PlayStation and Wii versions of Madden NFL 10, an Electronic Arts game, are seen on display in Mountain View, Calif. Video game publisher Electronic Arts said, Tuesdsay, Aug. 3, 2010, said Tuesday its net income totaled $96 million, or 29 cents per share in its fiscal first quarter, which ended in June. In the same period last year EA's net loss was $234 million, or 72 cents per share. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
