zwar nicht von Adam Smith, sondern nur von Libuda, aber Libuda hat mit Adam Smit im Himmel über das Hany Kontakt aufgenommen:
Es hat sich immer gelohnt, Bäumchen zu pflanzen, wenn die Katastropheten und ihre Lemminge die Welt untergehen sahen:
Reuters
IBM profit rises on services, software strength
Wednesday April 16, 4:19 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM - News) reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday despite a weakening U.S. economy, helped by strong revenue from technology services and consulting, sending its shares higher.
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First-quarter net income rose 26 percent to $2.32 billion, or $1.65 per share, from $1.84 billion, or $1.21 per share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 11 percent to $24.5 billion from $22 billion. Currency gains contributed seven percentage points to revenue growth.
Analysts, on average, expected profit of $1.45 per share and revenue of $23.7 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
IBM, the world's largest technology-services company, said in February that strong fourth-quarter growth in services contracts lasting a year or less was paying off. IBM said those benefits gave it more confidence in its U.S. business, even as other technology companies were seeing weaker spending amid concern over the U.S. economy.
IBM shares, seen as a safe haven by many investors, have added almost 10 percent this year compared with the Dow Jones Industrial index's (DJI:^DJI - News) 6.8 percent decline and the Nasdaq Composite Index's (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) 14 percent drop through Tuesday. IBM trades at about 14 times expected 2008 earnings per share compared with about 13 for competitor Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ - News).
(Reporting by Philipp Gollner, editing by Phil Berlowitz)
Zu den Weltuntergangspropheten zählten diesmal die größten Schreihälse, die Investmentbängster. Aber gerade das Reduzieren, Rasieren und Dezimieren dieses zum größen Teil für den Wohlstand der Menschheit unnüzten Packs ist der Schlüssel zum Aufstieg der Wirtschaft weltweit und der Aktienkurse.
Es hat sich immer gelohnt, Bäumchen zu pflanzen, wenn die Katastropheten und ihre Lemminge die Welt untergehen sahen:
Reuters
IBM profit rises on services, software strength
Wednesday April 16, 4:19 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM - News) reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday despite a weakening U.S. economy, helped by strong revenue from technology services and consulting, sending its shares higher.
ADVERTISEMENT
First-quarter net income rose 26 percent to $2.32 billion, or $1.65 per share, from $1.84 billion, or $1.21 per share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 11 percent to $24.5 billion from $22 billion. Currency gains contributed seven percentage points to revenue growth.
Analysts, on average, expected profit of $1.45 per share and revenue of $23.7 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
IBM, the world's largest technology-services company, said in February that strong fourth-quarter growth in services contracts lasting a year or less was paying off. IBM said those benefits gave it more confidence in its U.S. business, even as other technology companies were seeing weaker spending amid concern over the U.S. economy.
IBM shares, seen as a safe haven by many investors, have added almost 10 percent this year compared with the Dow Jones Industrial index's (DJI:^DJI - News) 6.8 percent decline and the Nasdaq Composite Index's (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) 14 percent drop through Tuesday. IBM trades at about 14 times expected 2008 earnings per share compared with about 13 for competitor Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ - News).
(Reporting by Philipp Gollner, editing by Phil Berlowitz)
Zu den Weltuntergangspropheten zählten diesmal die größten Schreihälse, die Investmentbängster. Aber gerade das Reduzieren, Rasieren und Dezimieren dieses zum größen Teil für den Wohlstand der Menschheit unnüzten Packs ist der Schlüssel zum Aufstieg der Wirtschaft weltweit und der Aktienkurse.
