IBM Shares Hit 3-Year Low after Company Abandons 2015 Operating Earnings Target and BlackBerry Pops on Lenovo Bid Rumors
October 21 2014 - 12:00AM
InvestorsHub NewsWire
Slower business in
September helps push International Business Machines
Corporation (NYSE:IBM)
to a new 52-week low on Monday. The stock dropped 7% on over 24
million shares traded.
IBM, the world’s largest technology services company, took a
blow on Monday after the company reported a marked slowdown in
business in September and abandoned its 2015 operating earnings
target. This was a steep drop for investor Warren Buffet whose
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the company’s top shareholder.
The drop in share price on Monday sliced off over $13 billion from
IBM’s market cap. IBM will announce a new operating earnings per
share target for 2015 in January.
Company CEO Ginni Rometty commented, “We are disappointed in our
performance. We saw a marked slowdown in September in client buying
behavior, and our results also point to the unprecedented pace of
change in our industry."
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Lenovo bid reports push
BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)
shares to as high as $10.36 on Monday. The stock closed up 8.54% at
the close with over 29 million shares traded.
BlackBerry could be seeing a bid from Chinese computer and phone
manufacturer Lenovo as soon as this week. Reports revealed that
Lenovo may make a bid for the smartphone maker in a deal that could
reach as high as $18 a share.
Such rumors have surfaced many times in the last two years. Lenovo
and BlackBerry have both said that their companies did not comment
on rumors and speculation.
Benzinga.com has said an
offer of $15 could come as early as this week, citing an unnamed
source familiar with the matter.
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