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...point is simple: this is just one of the things people are worrying about while the broad economic picture could hardly be better. General Electric just reported strong earnings and is confident of double-digit growth. IBM did the same. Citigroup chief financial officer Sallie Krawchek said recently on CNBC that it was "credit nirvana," the best environment they had seen in almost 15 years, and Citigroup raised its dividend another...
...officer reported to Hawes Hall in Allston to investigate the theft of computer parts including an IBM docking station, a 17-inch IBM Thinkvision screen, computer speakers, an IBM keyboard, mouse, and cable locks valued altogether...
...fingerprints and chocolate bars to study teeth imprints--there was also a heavy dose of science and math. The troops measured the "culprit's" footprints to extrapolate how tall he or she might be and used deductive reasoning to eliminate suspects from further investigation. The workshop, organized by IBM for the fifth annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, emphasized another skill crucial to the girls' future success in science and engineering: the troops were advised to spend their 15-minute snack break networking...
...resignation came a week before HP was due to report earnings--a report that the company acknowledges will meet Wall Street's estimates. But the guillotine blade began its descent in December, when IBM decided to sell its money-losing personal-computer business to Lenovo, a Chinese company. IBM had concluded that a PC was a commodity, little more than a toaster that also does long division, and its decision to get out of the business spotlighted Fiorina's opposite bet. Under her command, HP in 2002 spent $19 billion buying Compaq, largely to expand its position...
...staying home with the kids. Back then, aptitude tests revealed that she would make a perfect engineer, and she plunged back into school for a degree in computer science at age 40. With degree in hand, she began a high-tech career that included stops at Digital, Apple and IBM. This time, however, she didn't need someone to tell her what she was interested in. While at IBM, Dibner started taking sculpture classes, riding the T to Boston's Museum School after work. Once she decided to accept an early-retirement package and devote herself to professional sculpture...