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IBM expected to lay off 5,000 U.S. workers SAN FRANCISCO --- IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned. An IBM manager...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/03/26/bus_515914.shtml
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IBM boosts efforts to make and sell network computers

NEW YORK - If IBM Corp. has its way, millions of U.S. workers could be using stripped-down, cheaper personal computers by the next decade. Boosting...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1996/11/14/tec_200544.shtml
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Honda, IBM enhance in-vehicle, speech-recognition system

DETROIT -- Honda Motor Co., with help from partner IBM Corp., is preparing to introduce an improved speech-recognition...the Net: Honda Motor Co.: http://www.honda.com IBM Corp.: http://www.ibm.com

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/09/10/liv_428120.shtml
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Report: IBM's Gerstner to stay on for five more years

NEW YORK - The chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp. has agreed to stay on for at least five more years, The Wall Street Journal reported today. In return, Louis V. Gerstner...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/11/22/tec_217918.shtml
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IBM continues 2nd day of claims against Microsoft

WASHINGTON -- In a second day of testimony damaging to Microsoft, an IBM Corp. manager accused the software giant Tuesday of dangling valuable discounts for Windows if IBM agreed not to distribute rival software...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/06/09/tec_263313.shtml
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New Apple notebook made by IBM

...it will start selling a smaller, lighter version of its PowerBook notebook computer manufactured by its former rival, IBM Corp. The PowerBook 2400c, which weighs 4.4 pounds, is the first computer with Apple's Macintosh operating system to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/05/10/tec_208071.shtml
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Government's Microsoft hired gun is veteran of legal 'Vietnam'

...Department over whether a giant computer company illegally strongarmed competitors. Boies was a young lawyer representing IBM Corp. in 1969, when the government broadly declared IBM an illegal monopoly and tried unsuccessfully to break up the company...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/13/tec_230846.shtml
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Netscape introduces stand-alone version of Navigator

...other software programs for businesses. Netscape's strategy reversal eases relations with important allies such as IBM Corp. IBM's Lotus Notes software competes directly with components of Netscape's broad suite of corporate software, called...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/08/19/tec_213216.shtml
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Apple CEO Tim Cook puts gentler face on company

...Cook was born in Alabama and at age 52 it seems he is still a Southern gentleman. He joined Apple Inc. in 1998 from IBM Corp., where he worked for 12 years. Starting out as Apple's senior vice president of worldwide operations, he rose...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-08/apple-ceo-tim-cook-puts-ge
Apple urged to kowtow to Wall Street as shares plunge

...quite different. It's still massively profitable, but its growth is moderate, making it similar to companies like IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp."The company is at a bit of a crossroads," said Nomura Securities analyst Stuart Jeffrey...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-01-24/apple-urged-kowtow-wall-st