Story Stocks: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Sara Lee (NYSE:SLE), Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS)

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), the world’s largest chipmaker, said it will invest as much as $300 million to back the development of technology to speed up the introduction of notebook computers it’s calling “ultrabooks.” Intel will put the money in companies building hardware and software to create thinner, lighter laptops that can go all day without a battery charge, the Santa Clara, California-based company said in a statement. The investments will take place over the next three to four years. Intel, whose processors run more than 80 percent of the world’s computers, is trying to fire up demand by adding some of the features that have made Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad tablet and its competitors a threat to personal-computer sales. In May . . . → Read More: Story Stocks: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Sara Lee (NYSE:SLE), Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS)