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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) surprised investors Tuesday afternoon when the companies announced a global sales partnership. The deal includes new sales (IBM will sell iOS devices to its global business clients) and special apps that IBM will develop exclusively for the iPhone and...

The Supreme Court's decision on Monday, in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby, exempted some companies from offering contraceptive coverage for women workers. The ruling raised concerns among equal rights proponents about potential discrimination against members of the LGBT and other communities, based on...

This weekend in Barron's online: the 2014 Midyear Roundtable, why most investing professionals are below average, as well as the prospects for Goodyear, Franklin Resources, Tribune Company, Electronic Arts, Southwest Airlines, Big Lots and more. Cover Story "2014 Midyear Roundtable -- Picking Up...

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Watson supercomputer will soon have competition. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said Monday it plans to launch two new supercomputers under the name Apollo – one of them a direct attempt to take on Watson. The announcement came just ahead of Hewlett-Packard...

This weekend in Barron's online: how IBM's CEO may save the company, as well as the prospects for Gannett, Columbia Banking System, AmTrust, Cedar Fair and more. Cover Story "Reinventing Big Blue" by Leslie P. Norton. While the naysayers are ganging up on IBM (NYSE: IBM) CEO Ginni Rometty,...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new tablet promised a world of innovation, but it wasn't necessarily the tablet that investors expected to see last week. Instead of a seven-inch Surface, the company unveiled a tablet that was somewhat bigger than any it had developed before. In addition to...

After three consecutive years as the virtual ‘we try harder,’ number two global brand, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) just passed Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the premier spot, according to a new study conducted by Millward Brown. According to AdWeek, the top five names in the “BrandZ Top 100...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) confirmed its acquisition of artificial intelligence startup, Cognea, via a blog post Tuesday. Cognea offers a stable of virtual assistants that communicate with people via relatable personalities. Depending on the user, IBM said, Cognea’s virtual assistants would focus on “...

Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) became an intriguing tech stock after the company announced that it had hired Morgan Stanley to evaluate its strategic alternatives. No one knows if a merger will actually occur. And if it does, the buyer is still a question mark, as there are many possible suitors. Ivan...

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) had a disappointing earnings report with revenue down for another quarter. Rumors suggested that billionaire investor Warren Buffett wasn't happy with the stock. He confronted them in a recent interview on CNBC with Becky Quick. “That's not true, no....

U.S. stocks inched higher as Apple's strong earnings reported on Wednesday proved to be not enough to ease fears over an escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine. Reports surfaced of escalated troop movements in Ukraine while Russia began military drills near the Ukraine border. After...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher on Thursday as both the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq index recorded a fourth straight winning session in a relatively slow news day that was heavy on earnings. The Dow Jones rose as much as 35 points and falling as much as 56 as earnings from Dow listed companies...

U.S. stock futures were pointing towards a modestly higher open as investors found enough optimism from Dow components Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson who both reported better than expected quarterly results. Investors were further spooked by reports of pro-Russian separatists taking...

The new earnings season kicks into high gear this shortened week. Highlights will include quarterly reports from Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, from Intel and IBM, and from Coca-Cola, which are all expected to post earnings declines, as well as from Google and Johnson & Johnson...