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Tag Archives: IBM
IBM Beats Hasty Retreat
The ridiculous IBM “Outsourcing of Services” patent has been withdrawn and magnanimously returned to “the public domain”. Evidently IBM decided in September of 2006 they would stress filing patents with “significant technical content”. They are going to “sharply reduce” the filling of … Continue reading
Patently Nonsense
IBM, whose position atop of the ranks of companies with the most patents awarded each year never quite holds up upon inspection of their actual patents, is offering up another gem.While still not a match for their all-time title holder of absurd … Continue reading
The IBM LBO Continues…
[From last week's IBM earnings announcement] Revenue up $1.8 billion for the quarter. Hard to tell what organic growth was but probably very low single digits. Repurchased $14.6 billion in stock and the number of outstanding shares down over 6% in the … Continue reading
This is a Healthy Business?
IBM is out touting their profit growth prospects (perhaps in response to having been eclipsed by HP in both performance and absolute size?). They are outlining their potential earnings growth by 2010 on moderate expected revenue growth. Today’s WSJ reports: “Of the roughly … Continue reading
