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News Breaks September 5, 2012 08:32 EDT PLCM, IBM Polycom announces co-development initiative with IBM Research Polycom (PLCM) announced an initiative with IBM Research (IBM) to co-develop next-generation innovations that are designed to further accelerate cloud-delivered video collaboration applications to support key vertical and social uses. Under the initiative, Polycom will work with IBM Research to explore and develop technologies that leverage the Polycom RealPresence Platform and real-time video capabilities in the cloud, as businesses are increasingly evaluating Video-as-a-Service offerings through private, public and hybrid cloud models. News For PLCM;IBM From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on PLCM;IBM the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. June 18, 2013 07:29 EDT IBM Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association to host a conference Subscribe for More Information June 14, 2013 06:09 EDT IBM IBM revenue can grow again in second half, says Citigroup Subscribe for More Information June 12, 2013 15:01 EDT IBM New Four Horsemen of Tech option implied volatility is mixed Amazon.com (AMZN) overall option implied volatility of 29 is below its 26-week average of 31, Google (GOOG) is at 24, near its 26-week average of 23, Apple (AAPL) is at 27; below its 26-week average of 29, IBM (IBM) is at 19, above its 26-average of 16 according to Track Data. 13:25 EDT IBM IBM starts U.S. job cuts, Bloomberg says IBM began cutting U.S. jobs today as part of a $1B plan, announced in April, to trim its global workforce, reports Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the move. Reference Link 11:51 EDT IBM IBM heading for test of $200 area, levels to watch Subscribe for More Information 05:51 EDT IBM Amazon, IBM battle over $600M CIA contract, WSJ reports The fight between IBM (IBM) and Amazon.com (AMZN) over a $600M contract to set up a cloud-computing system for the Central Intelligence Agency shows the growing importance of intelligence-agency business for technology companies, reports the Wall Street Journal. Reference Link June 10, 2013 07:17 EDT IBM Storage Networking Industry Association to host conference Storage Plumbing & Data Engineering Conference is being held in Santa Clara on June 10-12. June 6, 2013 18:03 EDT IBM AT&T, IBM announce eCommerce agreement Subscribe for More Information 07:22 EDT IBM IDG Enterprise to host a seminar Subscribe for More Information June 5, 2013 12:04 EDT IBM Juniper CEO says IBM a key enterprise partner Subscribe for More Information 07:15 EDT IBM IBM acquisition positive, says RBC Capital Subscribe for More Information June 4, 2013 16:20 EDT IBM On The Fly: Closing Wrap Stocks on Wall Street were lower, but the major averages closed well off their worst levels thanks to a move higher in the final hours of trading. The late move wasn't enough, however, to keep the Dow from ending its streak of 20 consecutive higher closes on Tuesday sessions. ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., the trade deficit widened to $40.3B in April from its $38.8B prior reading, which compared to a deficit forecast of $41.1B. In Europe, an index of U.K. construction activity in May beat expectations and U.K. retail sales were also better than expected. COMPANY NEWS: Salesforce.com (CRM) and IBM (IBM) both announced acquisitions. Salesforce.com will acquire ExactTarget (ET) for $2.5B, or $33.75 per share. The deal sent shares of ExactTarget up $11.59, or 52.44%, to $33.69, while Salesforce slipped $3.24, or 7.89%, to $37.80. IBM said it will buy privately-held SoftLayer and the WSJ pegged the value of the transaction at $2B. IBM shares lost $2.76, or 1.32%, to $206.19. MAJOR MOVERS: Among the notable gainers was G-III Apparel (GIII), up $9.07, or 21.22%, to $51.81 after its first quarter earnings beat estimates and the company raised its full-year earnings outlook. Also higher were shares of Morgans Hotel Group (MHGC), up 86c, or 12.89% to $7.53 after the company said it will explore its strategic alternatives. Among noteworthy losers was Dollar General (DG), down $4.91, or 9.17%, to $48.64 after reporting in-line first quarter earnings giving a full-year earnings outlook below expectations. Also lower was Pandora (P), which slid 83c, or 5.45%, after dropping over 10% yesterday as speculation mounts that Apple (AAPL) will launch a competing music streaming service at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week. INDICES: The Dow was down 76.49, or 0.50%, to 15,177.54; the Nasdaq was down 20.11, or 0.58%, to 3,445.26; and the S&P 500 was down 9.04, or 0.55%, to 1,631.38. 12:32 EDT IBM On The Fly: Midday Wrap Subscribe for More Information 11:15 EDT IBM IBM looking to enhance cloud services with SoftLayer deal Subscribe for More Information 10:22 EDT IBM IBM deal may be seen as adding Rackspace competition, says Wells Subscribe for More Information 10:20 EDT IBM IBM deal for SoftLayer worth about $2B, WSJ says International Business Machines' deal to buy privately held SoftLayer Technologies, which was announced earlier without the terms being disclosed, is worth around $2B, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter. 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