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International Business Machines has relied on Analytics, Smarter Planet, IBM cloud and other new initiatives to drive growth the past few quarters and this continued in Q1 2013 as well.

Investor Carl Icahn is unlikely to follow through on a preliminary offer he made to take control of Dell, and will instead consider a potential hostile bid if shareholders reject an offer from Michael Dell.

We have some fairly high expectations of the products we buy.

Formula One's regulators confirm Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as scheduled, despite protests in the Gulf state.

Fitch Ratings has stripped the U.K. of its top-grade triple-A rating, following a similar move by Moody's Investors Service earlier this year.

Analysts are expecting CIT Group (CIT) to return to profitability when it reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Analysts are expecting CIT to come in at 89 cents per share, bouncing back from a l...

Analysts expect decreased profit for Nabors Industries (NBR) when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Although Nabors reported profit of 49 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate c...

AK Steel (AKS) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Arch Coal (ACI) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Analysts expect higher profit for FMC Technologies (FTI) when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 46 cents a share, reflecting a rise ...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Ingersoll-Rand (IR) when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 41 cents a share, a rise from ...

Panera Bread (PNRA) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Torchmark (TMK) reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, has turned bullish on 30-year Treasury bonds at a time when worries over the economy have derailed some investors' expectations for higher yields and lower prices.

Optimism surrounds ARM Holdings (ARMH), as it gets ready to report its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of 17 cents a share, up from 13 cents a year ag...

Analysts foresee VMware (VMW) announcing decreased profits on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, when it reports its first quarter earnings. Despite this, they are generally optimistic about the stock.

Owens & Minor (OMI) is expected to report poor first quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 with analysts expecting a 8.7% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 42 cents per share, down from ea...

Wall Street is optimistic about Edwards Lifesciences (EW), which is slated to report its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Analysts project a profit of 76 cents a share, a rise from 53 cents per share a y...

Analysts foresee Broadcom (BRCM) announcing decreased profits on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, when it reports its first quarter earnings. Despite this, they are generally optimistic about the stock.

Analysts are looking for decreased profit for Illinois Tool Works (ITW) when the company reports its results for the first quarter on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Illinois Tool reported profit of 97 cents a year ago, but the...

In spite of an expected dip in profit, most analysts are positive about Pentair (PNR) before it reports its third quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Analysts expect decreased profit for PACCAR (PCAR) when the company reports its first quarter results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Although PACCAR reported profit of 91 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate calls for e...