re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#47 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#61
NSA Revelations Kill IBM Hardware Sales In China http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/10/wolf-richter-nsa-revelations-kill-ibm-hardware-sales-in-china.html from above: But there was nothing to spin in Asia-Pacific, where revenues plunged 15%. Revenues in IBM's "growth markets" dropped 9%. They include the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - where revenues sagged 15%. In China, which accounts for 5% of IBM's total revenues, sales dropped 22%, with hardware sales, nearly half of IBM's business there, falling off a cliff: down 40%. ... snip ... -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN