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IBM Beats Forecasts

John Paczkowski in News on October 15, 2009 at 2:37 pm PT

IBM continues to be one of the econalypse’s success stories. This afternoon, the company beat analyst expectations, posting a third-quarter profit of $3.2 billion, or $2.40 a share, on revenue of $23.6 billion. Net income was $3.2 billion, up 14 percent from year-ago earnings of $2.8 billion.