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IBM Beats Earnings Estimates, Shares Rise After Hours

Posted: July 18, 2012 at 4:35 pm

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) on Wednesday announced earnings higher than Wall Street expectations, sending shares up 1.83% in the first 20 minutes of after-hours trading to $191.70. The company earned $3.9 billion in ...
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Indian IT Outsourcing Woes Continue (WIT, INFY, CTSH, IBM)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 5:57 am

Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) is following the same lead as was recently set by Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY). The Indian information technology outsourcing firm turned in profit growth of almost ...
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Analyst Call: Buy IBM, $230 Target… New Street-High (IBM, BRK.A)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:29 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) may be loved by Warren Buffett now with the huge stake owned by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A), but it turns out that the ...
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Business is Good for IT Outsourcers (INFY, WIT, IBM, CSC, CTSH, ACN)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:32 pm

India's Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) reported second-quarter earnings today, and EPS came in more than 10% higher than in the same period a year ago. The company also lowered ...
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IBM Passes Microsoft in Market Cap Beauty Contest (IBM, MSFT, AAPL, HPQ, DELL, NOK, GOOG)

Posted: September 30, 2011 at 8:58 am

The results are in, and though they may be temporary, it's now official that IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has become the second largest high-tech firm in the world, passing Microsoft ...
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IBM Earnings Try To Escape Larger Market Woes (IBM)

Posted: July 18, 2011 at 4:31 pm

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has managed to beat its earnings targets.  The technology services and equipment giant reported non-GAAP earnings growth of 18% to $3.09 EPS vs $3.03 ...
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Intel Claims New Server Chip Can Handle Any Workload in the World (INTC, ORCL, HPQ, IBM, MSFT, RHT)

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 10:20 am

At yesterday's launch of its newest Xeon processor, an Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) executive claimed that there is no workload in the world that the Xeon cannot handle. That may be ...
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Lenovo and NEC Talks: More PC Consolidation (DELL, HPQ, ACEIF, LNVGY, NIPNF, IBM)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 11:45 am

That the PC market is shrinking is no longer news. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are cutting into PC desktop and laptop sales at a growing rate. What ...
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The 2010 Patent Kings: Top Ten Patent Grants By Company

Posted: January 10, 2011 at 5:41 am

Patents approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office rose 31% in 2010 , according to IFI Claims Patent Services. The surge may have something to do with a pick-up ...
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The Most Profitable Companies For 2011

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Wall Street analysts often believe that they know how much money large public companies will make before the companies actually post quarterly and annual profits. The most widely followed public ...
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Michael Dell Buys Dell Stock: No One’s Fooled

Posted: December 21, 2010 at 5:21 am

Michael Dell bought $100 million of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) stock. He clearly wants the market to believe he has faith in the health of the company he founded. His action ...
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Seagate Is Not For Sale, Who Will Buy It (STX, WDC, IBM, HPQ, SNDK, AAPL)

Posted: December 3, 2010 at 9:25 am

Earlier this week Seagate Technology PLC (NYSE: STX) said that it was ending discussions with private equity firms concerning a possible sale, and that the company would instead begin a ...
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America’s Biggest Companies, Then and Now (1955 to 2010)

Posted: September 21, 2010 at 6:46 am

Today's corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade ...
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Media Digest 9/20/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 20, 2010 at 4:11 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million. Reuters:   The US said that BP has "killed" the leaking well. ...
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 35

Posted: September 13, 2010 at 4:24 am

The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies  in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product ...
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