Share. That topped estimates by a full six cents. That was the positive revenue came in a bit shy of expectations. Still, big blue brought in nearly 21 billion in the quarter. If thats shy, id like to be shy. Investors were not pleased, though they sent shares lower right off the bat in extended trading today. John fort has the one takeaway you should focus on. One takeaway from the ibm call the downturn in Growth Markets was not enough to make up for stabilization in the services business. Brazil russia and china, and particularly down doubledigits. Those were markets that ibm was looking forward to grow. India was up partially. Services backlog was up to 122 billion. The first time thats seen positive growth in a couple years. That wasnt enough to make up for the trouble in Growth Markets and the stock was down after hours. For nightly Business Report im john fort. The street will be focused on ibms earnings there will be plenty of big name teks companies announcing their results thi
Share. That topped estimates by a full six cents. That was the positive revenue came in a bit shy of expectations. Still, big blue brought in nearly 21 billion in the quarter. If thats shy, id like to be shy. Investors were not pleased, though they sent shares lower right off the bat in extended trading today. John fort has the one takeaway you should focus on. One takeaway from the ibm call the downturn in Growth Markets was not enough to make up for stabilization in the services business. Brazil russia and china, and particularly down doubledigits. Those were markets that ibm was looking forward to grow. India was up partially. Services backlog was up to 122 billion. The first time thats seen positive growth in a couple years. That wasnt enough to make up for the trouble in Growth Markets and the stock was down after hours. For nightly Business Report im john fort. The street will be focused on ibms earnings there will be plenty of big name teks companies announcing their results thi
Share. That topped estimates by a full six cents. That was the positive revenue came in a bit shy of expectations. Still, big blue brought in nearly 21 billion in the quarter. If thats shy, id like to be shy. Investors were not pleased, though they sent shares lower right off the bat in extended trading today. John fort has the one takeaway you should focus on. One takeaway from the ibm call the downturn in Growth Markets was not enough to make up for stabilization in the services business. Brazil russia and china, and particularly down doubledigits. Those were markets that ibm was looking forward to grow. India was up partially. Services backlog was up to 122 billion. The first time thats seen positive growth in a couple years. That wasnt enough to make up for the trouble in Growth Markets and the stock was down after hours. For nightly Business Report im john fort. The street will be focused on ibms earnings there will be plenty of big name teks companies announcing their results thi
Alphabet. The stock which you may own in a fund or retirement account or individually initially fell by more than 3 when the Company Reported profits 28 lower than a year ago. That was largely because the company booked a 2. 7 billion fine from european regulators. Ongoing Regulatory Risk is apparently what spooked investors this afternoon. Overall, the business is clicking right along. Net revenue rose 21 to 26 billion. Clicks on ads jumped 52 compared with a year ago. Cloud revenue up smartly as well. Josh lipton has our report on alphabet, the Worlds Largest advertising company. Reporter 18. 4 billion, that was a big number in alphabets latest earning report, refers to google property revenue, revenue generated from search and youtube. Raymond james says its critical because thats the highest margin businesses for google and the revenue jumped 20 year over year. Kessler notes there could have been some disappointment in the report specifically with traffic acquisition costs, thats w
Over again, whats next . It is widely reported president obamas executive action would allow 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States to live and work legally. It was said the threat to issue the order will be notified if publicans would turn over a bill that would address the border and a path to citizenship. Give me a bill that addresses those issues. I will be the first 20 sign it and metaphorically, i will crumble up whatever executive action that will be taken we will toss it in the wastebasket because we will now have a law that addresses these issues. We assume the next move is the president issues and executive order. After that, which side has a stronger hand . The present has a stronger hand now and Going Forward. A lot of people supporting him will be happy. The people against him will be confused and angry and there will be a lot of publicans discussing what to do next. Advantage, president obama. I thought last week, the president was underestimating