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Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

...Resorts kept a suite at its tony Las Vegas resort constantly open for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, a perk valued at $452,000. IBM, upon the retirement of CEO Samuel Palmisano, let him keep an office and renovated it for $1 million. Constellation Brands...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-22/median-ceo-pay-rises-97-mi
IBM pulls stock market out of morning slump

NEW YORK - News that IBM will buy back more stock and raise its dividend...indexes out of a morning slump Tuesday.IBM and other technology stocks led the Standard...lowest level of the year, 1.65 percent.IBM said it will increase its quarterly dividend...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-30/ibm-pulls-stock-market-out
More than 1,000 veterans turn out for job fair

...hiring fair of the year, and more than 1,000 veterans turned up looking for work.Among the 60 companies in attendance were IBM, Comcast and Southern Co., which was looking for as many as 10 truck operators to build and manage the energy provider's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-07/more-1000-veterans-turn-ou
Buffett says women will play key role in America's prosperity

...account for more than half of the company's net income. The Omaha, Neb., company also has major investments in companies such as the Coca-Cola Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Inter national Business Machines Corp., better known as IBM.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-02/buffett-says-women-will-pl
Buffett: Stocks still reasonable but bonds awful

...was also asked about aspects of that company, which owns more than 80 companies and holds major investments in Wells Fargo, IBM, Coca-Cola and other iconic companies.He defended the way the pending $23.3 billion takeover of ketchup-maker H.J...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-06/buffett-stocks-still-reaso
Mercedes-Benz, UPS have new supporting roles at Masters Tournament

...international partner of the tournament since 2008, will join AT&T and IBM as a global sponsor beginning in 2014."The Masters is the...commercial interruptions, and Mercedes-Benz will join AT&T and IBM in airing television commercials.UPS will join Rolex as an...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2013-04-30/mercedes-benz-ups-have-new-s
Fort Gordon job expo set for May 7

...Transition Battalion.More than 30 employers, including Bridgestone, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, CSX Railroad and IBM will attend. Some employers will be hiring, and others will discuss future job opportunities.Job-seekers are asked to bring...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-04-30/fort-gordon
Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops

...tablets and smartphones rather than upgrading their home PCs.It's the biggest challenge to the personal computer since the IBM PC was released in 1981.In an attempt to keep the PC relevant, Microsoft released a radical new version of Windows on Oct...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-10/research-firm-pc-sales-plu
Standard & Poor's 500 edges above previous record high

...average rose 106.20 points to 14,818.75, up 0.7 percent. Microsoft and IBM were among the Dow's best performers, rising more than 2 percent each. IBM, which rose $4.84 to $199.15, accounted for a third of the Dow's increase...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-29/standard-poors-500-edges-a
Hostage-taker faced personal, financial crises

...new husband and his two children, according to neighbors and people who knew the family.Brown had worked as a consultant for IBM in 1999, but described himself as disabled when he filed for bankruptcy protection three years later, according to court documents...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-11/hostage-taker-faced-personal-financ