IBM spurs rally on Wall Street
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Stocks rebounded on Monday from last week's losses after tech bellwether IBM  posted upbeat preliminary quarterly results, spurring a broad rally in technology shares.
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The tech-heavy Nasdaq has been climbing recently, spurred by some of the usual suspects, such as Google. But Oracle results and prospects for chip makers also inspired confidence among IT investors this week.
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Stocks resumed the weekâs rally as Wall Street drew confidence from strong earnings from Oracle.
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Blue chips rallied Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow bouncing back from a more than 300-point loss earlier in the session, while the Nasdaq erased losses sparked by Apple's profit warning.
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WALL Street opened higher today on the heels of last week&#39;s closing rally, with investors awaiting the latest snapshot on US factory orders.
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US stocks rebounded on Monday after IBM surprised the market with some better than expected preliminary quarterly earnings but retailers remained under pressure after a profit warning at Sears.
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London equities made strong gains on Friday,as fresh bid activity energerised the mining sector and Wall Street futures took off after Microsoft made an offer for Yahoo.
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IBM  reported a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on Monday on strong sales in Asia, Europe and emerging markets, driving its shares up as much as 10 percent and spurring a broader tech rally.
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Wall Street stocks rose on Friday after strong results from Research (NASDAQ:RIMM) In Motion provided a boost to the technology sector and on reports that Merrill Lynch may get a multi-billion dollar capital infusion from Singapore.
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Computer server and software maker IBM said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose 24 percent from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.
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International Business Machines  Corp. IBM.N on Tuesday posted a quarterly net profit that  beat Wall Street's recently raised target as solid year-end  product sales were buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar.
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Stocks rallied on Monday, led by financial companies, after Merrill Lynch  took steps to shore up its balance sheet with plans to raise up to $6.2 billion and sell a lending unit.
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ARMONK, N.Y. -- Computer server and software maker IBM said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose 24 percent from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.
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IBM reported a better-than-expected 24 percent rise in preliminary quarterly earnings on Monday on strong sales in overseas markets, driving its shares up 6 percent and spurring a broader tech rally.
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Wall Street was poised for a higher open on Friday, lifted by positive news from the technology sector, including higher-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  and a stock buyback from Texas Instruments Inc .
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IBM  on Thursday forecast  2008 earnings ahead of Wall Street expectations, sending its  shares up 5 percent.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Halting a recent tech slide, Big Blue preannounced that profit rose 24% to $2.80 a share ex items, 20 cents above views. A weak dollar helped lift IBM's revenue   10% to $28.9 bil. But IBM was mum on U.S. results. Meanwhile, German software giant SAP   said Q4 sales rose 10%, beating views. IBM shares rose 5% and SAP 4%.