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JAN 19 - IBM Corp, the world's largest technology services company, aims to grow earnings by at least 10 percent this year after it beat fourth quarter profit estimates, underderscoring signs of confidence in global tech spending.

China's fledgling real estate investment fund market could see a surge of activity in 2012 as property developers launch their own vehicles in a desperate bid to bridge an estimated $111 billion financing gap in the year ahead.

Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) stock, after meandering at $5 for much of the fall, has pushed above $5. What's that mean for the stock, moving forward?

Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns both decried the state of U.S. higher education Wednesday and said it wasn't producing enough engineers to ensure U.S. technology leadership.

President Barack Obama plans to introduce a series of incentives to bring outsourced jobs back to America and increase domestic investment.

Even before the rumor mills have stopped buzzing about iPad 3, words about its successor iPad 4 are beginning to surface.

U.S. President Barack Obama kicked off an effort to encourage businesses to keep jobs at home instead of outsourcing them overseas, as he rolled out a new election-year theme on Saturday aimed at courting middle-class voters.

IBM said it was honored by the European Commission for 27 data centers that reduce energy consumption “in a cost-effective manner” without lowering mission-critical capabilities

Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to Samsung for $940 million, the Korean firm said on Monday, as Sony struggles to staunch red ink at its TV business.

Task outsourcing startup TaskRabbit has closed a new $17.8 million round of funding, the company announced today.

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top TV brand, said on Thursday its television sales hit a record 5.7 million units in November, helped by strong U.S. sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Beating street estimates, software services exporter Mahindra Satyam on Thursday posted more than 10-fold jump in quarterly net profit.

Hiring for the approaching holiday season in the U.S. is expected to be on par with 2010, in line with an anticipated year-on-year growth decline in seasonal sales, according to the National Retail Federation. Still, seasonal jobs provide an opportunity to secure a permanent position, employers and industry experts say.

The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is not a cloud-centric device like the Amazon Kindle Fire.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion financial fraud case.

Sony Corp said it is now headed for its fourth straight annual net loss instead of a profit as Thai floods disrupt camera production on top of losses from a soaring yen and price slides in its TVs and PCs in the United States and Europe.

Sony Corp on Wednesday slashed its full-year operating profit outlook by 90 percent to its lowest level in three years as Thai floods disrupt camera production at the Japanese company, which is already struggling with a soaring yen and sluggish television sales in the U.S. and Europe.

CBRE Group Inc., the world's largest real estate brokerage and services company, reported third quarter revenue to $1.5 billion, up 21% from $1.3 billion in 2010.

Infosys Ltd, India's No.2 software services exporter, is looking for acquisitions worth up to $700 million, Infosys' Executive Co-Chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan said on Thursday.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp will scale back domestic semiconductor output by the end of March 2012 and cut about 1,000 jobs, reflecting its recent move to reduce TV panel production, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

For decades, American workers and their machines advanced in tandem. As companies invested in technology, more workers were needed to operate machines.