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5 Best Blue Chip Stocks To Buy Right Now: International Business Machines Corporation(IBM)

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) provides information technology (IT) products and services worldwide. Its Global Technology Services segment provides IT infrastructure and business process services, including strategic outsourcing, process, integrated technology, and maintenance services, as well as technology-based support services. The company?s Global Business Services segment offers consulting and systems integration, and application management services. Its Software segment offers middleware and operating systems software, such as WebSphere software to integrate and manage business processes; information management software for database and enterprise content management, information integration, data warehousing, business analytics and intelligence, performance management, and predictive analytics; Tivoli software for identity management, data security, storage management, and datacenter automation; Lotus software for collaboration, messaging, and so cial networking; rational software to support software development for IT and embedded systems; business intelligence software, which provides querying and forecasting tools; SPSS predictive analytics software to predict outcomes and act on that insight; and operating systems software. Its Systems and Technology segment provides computing and storage solutions, including servers, disk and tape storage systems and software, point-of-sale retail systems, and microelectronics. The company?s Global Financing segment provides lease and loan financing to end users and internal clients; commercial financing to dealers and remarketers of IT products; and remanufacturing and remarketing services. It serves financial services, public, industrial, distribution, communications, and general business sectors. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in! 1924. IBM was founded in 1910 and is base d in Armonk, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By GuruFocus]

  International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Reached the 52-Week Low of $177.90

  The prices of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) shares have declined to close to the 52-week low of $177.90, which is 20.1% off the 52-week high of $215.90. International Business Machines Corp. is owned by 35 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 16 have added to their positions during the past quarter. Thirteen reduced their positions.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) shares tumbled more than 7% in Friday's trading on a report that Rackspace is not receiving any interest from potential acquirers. DealReporter reported Friday that International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) has backed away and Rackspace has seen little interest from other strategic buyers. Rackspace Hosting shares gained 1.81% to $34.24 in after-hours trading.

• [By Elliott Gue]

  Right now, top companies -- from IBM (NYSE: IBM) to Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) -- are giving shareholders more bang for their investment buck with a special kind of "dividend." But unlike dividends, these are completely tax-free.

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