IBM Executes $12.5 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchases
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it repurchased $12.5 billion of its  outstanding common stock through accelerated share repurchase agreements.
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BusinessWeek Online - On the surface, IBM seems to be cruising. Its stock is trading near a six-year high, at almost $106, and its overall financial performance has been improving steadily for more than a year. On May 29, the company raised this year&#39;s per-share earnings forecast after stepping up a stock repurchase plan.
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The electronics retailer said it would immediately start a $5.5 billion buyback program and raise its quarterly dividend nearly a third.
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GARTNER IT &amp; Software Asset Management Summit -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced details of its latest promotion to make it easier for companies to safely dispose of their unused IT assets.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new initiative to help spur innovation in the marketplace with the venture capital (VC) community.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Sallie Mae, the Reston student loan company, said yesterday that it would try to raise $2.5 billion by issuing new stock and use the proceeds to help it satisfy a standing agreement to repurchase its shares.
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China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group, said today it has acquired a majority stake in International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business for $1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today it recently surpassed the major milestone of its 500th deployed offering under the Built on IBM Express Advantage program, launched in April, 2005.
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IBM sold its first euro-denominated bond in almost five years on Wednesday, with a deal that reflected strong interest from retail investors in rare and highly rated corporate borrowers.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules yesterday that will allow members of the American Stock Exchange to repurchase the market from the NASD, ending five years of ownership marked by profit declines.
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Shares of IBM  gained 4 percent on Tuesday after the world's largest computer company posted third-quarter results that marked a recovery from a weak second-quarter performance, Wall Street commentators said.
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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back $10 billion of company shares. The plan replaces a previous plan in which the company was buying back $7 billion worth of shares.
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Amazon.com Inc  on Friday said  its board authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion of the  company's common stock over the next two years, and its shares  rose 3.2 percent before the bell.
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Investor's Business Daily - The vaults of the blogosphere opened wide last month after IBM spent nearly $4 billion to acquire four software, primarily middleware-related companies. Bloggers and journalists jockeyed to interpret Big Blue's big-picture strategy.
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After settling a portion of a 5-year-old lawsuit involving its pension plan, Armonk, NY-based IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) will take a $320 million charge on its third-quarter earnings.