EARNINGS

Intel Corp.: The Santa Clara, Calif.-based high-technology firm posted third-quarter net income of $7.2 million, down almost 50% from the same period last year, on revenue of $77.1 million, off 2% from the third quarter of 1988. The company said net income was affected in part by a previously announced $35-million charge associated with the end of BiiN, a computer systems joint venture.