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Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer said, "In the second quarter our long-term strategic investments in the company's growth initiatives again helped drive strong revenue performance.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) reported Q2 EPS of $3.09, ahead of consensus estimates of $3.03 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 12% year-over-year to $26.7 billion, topping consensus estimates of $25.4 billion.

Good Morning. It's Wednesday, May 18, 2011. At this hour, U.S. equity futures are up. Overseas, the Asian markets advanced, while the European markets are higher. Buckeye Partners (NYSE:BPL) will not acquire BP's (NYSE:BP) interes

IBM has now increased its quarterly dividend for 16 years straight, with the payout rising 400% since 2003.

The Board of Directors for IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per common share. The declaration is an increase of $0.10 over the prior quarterly dividend.

Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer said, "We delivered a strong first quarter with revenue growth across hardware, software and services and with more than 40 countries growing in double digit

IBM (NYSE:IBM) reported Q1 EPS of $2.41, beating the consensus estimate for a profit of $2.30 per share. Revenues for the quarter were up 8% year-over-year to $24.60 billion, beating the consensus estimate for $24.02 billion.

This is what's in the news for Thursday, April 7th. The Wall Street Journal reports that Portugal said it would ask the E.U. for a financial bailout, the third nation in the 17 member euro zone to ask for help. Bloomberg reports

This is what's in the news for Monday, April 4th. Reuters reports that a massive data breach exposed the names and e-mails of customers of several U.S. corporate giants over the weekend, …The Financial Times reports that JPMorga