Word: ibm
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...participants did what they had to do," said IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter. "President Clinton was primarily engaged in defending his record. He was quite successful in focusing on his past accomplishments...
Micro Center carries a very poor selection of PC notebooks; they only sell the Winbook line, which are sub-par compared to Toshiba and IBM models. They do sell a wide variety of desktops, but bring money for a taxi to take things home...
...national chain CompUSA has an outlet nearby (Corner of N. Beacon and Market St., Brighton), but I would steer clear if you're looking for quality systems. CompUSA's prices are rock-bottom, but the machines they sell--IBM Aptivas, Compaq Presarios, and Packard Bells--are all designed for the home market, not a college dorm. These computers may seem like good deals in the short-run, but you may have problems expanding them in the long term...
...financial services. Integrion plans to battle the software giant by linking consumers to accounts through the Internet, and with financial software like Intuit's Quicken. The partners will also set up interactive kiosks that act like bank branches for home banking away from home. "With this new venture," says IBM chairman Louis Gerstner, "electronic commerce will take its biggest step forward to date...
After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up online-banking customers, banks have become eager to prove that they're not headed for extinction. Last week IBM and a group of 15 U.S. and Canadian banking behemoths, including Bank of America, Banc One and Mellon Bank, unveiled a venture that aims to provide a full range of financial services to the banks' 60 million customers at the touch of a telephone button or the click of a mouse. Called Integrion, the partnership will phase in such activities as bill paying, electronic lending and stock and bond trading beginning...