Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms

October 9, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There's just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.



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