IBM Net Flat; Sees Strong Fourth Quarter
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International Business Machines Corp.  IBM.N on Monday posted a flat quarterly net profit, weighed  down by a legal settlement, but said fourth-quarter results  would be better than expected, and its shares rose 2.3 percent.
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InfoWorld - IBM provided more details of its robust fourth-quarter and 2007 financial performance on Thursday following an early preview of the figures on Monday.
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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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IBM  on Thursday forecast 2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations as strong growth abroad made up for weaker results in the United States, sending its shares up 5 percent.
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IBM , the world&#39;s largest  technology services company, on Wednesday posted a higher  quarterly profit as revenue rose 9 percent, helped by  software-company acquisitions and growth in computer services.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat  market open on Friday as optimism about further merger and  acquisition activity offset news of a disappointing revenue  outlook from Dell Inc. DELL.O.
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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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Stock index futures were little changed on Friday before a key employment report that could shed light on the economy and the profit outlook.
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IBM&#39;s new four-year storage strategy, laid out last week, came with a few surprises. First, the talk was all about gee-whiz hardware and lower costs, not related services.
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I.BM, a barometer of trends in the computing business, delivered a solid quarterly performance yesterday that pointed to modest if uneven improvement in the corporate technology sector.
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IBM, a barometer of trends in the computing business, has reported a solid quarterly performance that pointed to modest if uneven improvement in the corporate technology sector.
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Stocks were near flat on Monday, paring losses as strength in the technology sector offset declines in bank shares tied to fears of bigger-than-expected loan losses.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed  on Friday, pointing to a flat market open, after third-quarter  gross domestic product data showed the U.S. economy grew at a  slower-than-expected pace.
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IBM reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on Monday, beating analysts' expectations. It plans to provide its full earnings report later this week.
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IBM reported a 6 percent increase in profit for its fiscal third quarter as a strong performance from its services business offset a slide in hardware revenue.
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NEW YORK - IBM Corp. posted quarterly results on Monday showing 9 percent revenue growth from last year and slight earnings growth, despite a $320 million charge it took during the quarter to settle some claims in a lawsuit over its pension plan.
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US computer giant IBM reports better than expected profits thanks to strong sales and the beneficial impact of the weak dollar.