Aug. 2-8

An Aug. 5 Bond Focus, Treasuries Dare to Dream That Fed Won't Hike Rates, incorrectly stated that in an interest-rate swap, the floating rate starts at the same level as the fixed rate. The floating-rate side of a swap is generally Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate, which at the outset of a swap is lower than the fixed rate. (corrected Aug. 6)

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An Aug. 6 story, Ameritrade's Bond Issue Meets With Lukewarm Demand, erroneously said that Ameritrade Holdings (AMTD:Nasdaq) planned to sell 10 million shares in a secondary offering. In fact, Ameritrade planned to sell 8.5 million shares in that offering. (corrected Aug. 6)

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An Aug. 5 Under the Hood column, Van Wagoner, Riding High, Waits Out the Tech Turmoil, incorrectly said that Priority Healthcare (PHCC:Nasdaq) was a current favorite stock of fund manager Garrett Van Wagoner. In fact, he likes Province Healthcare (PRHC:Nasdaq). (corrected Aug. 5)

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The Aug. 3 Market Roundup, Market Players See Light at End of Darkening Tunnel, incorrectly said the Mexican Stock Exchange IPC Index dropped 71.32, or 1.4%, to 5178.09. The index rose 71.32, or 1.4%, to 5178.09. (corrected Aug. 4)

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The Company Report section of the July 30 Market Roundup, Data and Doldrums Combine to Smother Stocks, incorrectly said Lam Research (LRCX:Nasdaq) rose 1/16 to 10 3/16. That quote was for Latin American Investment Fund (LAM:NYSE). Lam Research rose 9 to 55 3/8. (corrected Aug. 4)

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An Aug. 3 story, Some Dot-Coms Get Trampled in IPO Stampede, mistakenly reported that Yahoo!'s (YHOO:Nasdaq) stock dropped 33.2% since April 5. In fact, it dropped 42.9%. (corrected Aug. 4)

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An Aug. 4 story, At Robbie Tech Conference, Net Investors Smell Smoke, misspelled the name of New York-based hedge fund manager Jeffrey Diecidue. (corrected Aug. 4)

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The Aug. 3 Jim Seymour column, Don't Yell 'Yahoo!' Quite Yet, mistakenly reported that Time Warner (TWX:NYSE) is a big holder of Excite@Home (ATHM:Nasdaq) shares. The column also misstated which Excite@Home executive discounted reports of the merger: It was President George Bell, not CEO Tom Jermoluk. (corrected Aug. 3)

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The Wake-Up Watchlist section of the Aug. 2 Wake Up-Call, Stocks Brace for Rough Morning; the Midday Watchlist section of the Aug. 2 Midday Musings, Gains Moderate but Stay in Place as Fed Picture Clears a Bit; the Aug. 2 Got a Minute?; the Company Report section of the Aug. 2 Market Roundup, How Do You Spell 'Real Rally'? Market Stumped in Spelling Bee; and the Aug. 2 TaskMaster column, Would You Buy a Used Car From This Man?, incorrectly reported based on an incomplete company press release that AutoNation's (AN:NYSE) second-quarter earnings from continuing operations of 21 cents a share fell short of the First Call estimate of 27 cents. Earnings of 6 cents a share from certain discontinued operations were meant to be considered along with the earnings from continuing operations, meaning AutoNation reported earnings of 27 cents, in line with expectations. (corrected Aug. 2)

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An Aug. 2 Silicon Babylon column, Thom Weisel, the Man Behind the Man in the Yellow Jersey, incorrectly said Thomas Weisel established Montgomery Sports, a division of Montgomery Securities, in 1999. It was established in 1989. (corrected Aug. 2)

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A July 27 Tech Savvy column, Opportunity Ahead: Donning the Red Hat, Part 2, incorrectly stated that Yahoo! (YHOO:Nasdaq) is running its servers on Linux. The column should have said that Yahoo! uses Free BSD Unix. The erroneous statement has been deleted from the story. (corrected Aug. 2)

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An Aug. 2 James J. Cramer column, Repositioning Time, incorrectly said that Cramer was buying bonds at 87 6/32. In fact, he was buying at 87 20/32. (corrected Aug. 2)