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GE embraces big data

By Richard Clough, Bloomberg | October 9, 2014

General Electric Co. expects to generate more than $1 billion in sales this year from its growing business of helping customers use data collected from industrial equipment.

Hewlett-Packard splits

By Jack Clark, Bloomberg | October 6, 2014

Hewlett-Packard Co. is splitting into two companies, using a breakup to become nimbler after failing to keep up with the shift away from the printing and personal- computing businesses it pioneered.

What is Alibaba?

By Joseph Ciolli and Jeremy Herron, Bloomberg | September 19, 2014

Alibaba and shareholders including Yahoo! Inc. sold 320.1 million shares in the Hangzhou, China-based company for $68 each, after offering them at a range of between $66 and $68, according to a statement.

European market drags on

By Yoshiaki Nohara and Stephen Kirkland, Bloomberg | June 23, 2014

European stocks fell as Iraq fighting intensified while manufacturing and services activity in the euro area weakened.

Oracle to buy Micros

By Dina Bass, Bloomberg | June 23, 2014

Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Micros Systems Inc. for $5.3 billion as Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison seeks to reignite slowing growth by adding software for hotels and restaurants.

U.S. stocks fluctuate before Fed stimulus decision

By Callie Bost, Bloomberg | March 19, 2014

U.S. stocks fluctuated, following the biggest two-day rally in five weeks, as investors awaited a FED decision that is forecast to cut monthly bond purchases.

IBM’s sales slump turns stock into Dow’s lone loser of 2013

By Alex Barinka, Bloomberg | December 31, 2013

International Business Machines Corp., the world’s largest provider of computing services, hasn’t convinced investors that it can pull out of a sales slump, leaving the stock poised for its first annual decline since the financial crisis in 2008.

U.S. stocks fluctuate on Fed bets after retail sales, jobs data

By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Callie Bost, Bloomberg | December 12, 2013

U.S. stocks fluctuated, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had its biggest loss in a month, as investors weighed whether improving economic data will prompt the Federal Reserve to cut stimulus next week.

U.S. stocks decline after S&P rally on Fed policy statement

By Nick Taborek and Lu Wang, Bloomberg | September 19, 2013

U.S. stocks fell after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rallied to a record yesterday on the Federal Reserve’s decision to refrain from cutting stimulus as investors weighed the latest batch of economic reports.

IBM boosts annual forecast after earnings beat estimates

By Sarah Frier, Bloomberg | July 18, 2013

International Business Machines Corp., the largest computer-services company, raised its annual forecast after second-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates, lifted by cost cuts and share buybacks.

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