IBM's Buyback Binge Includes $11.5B Loan

May 29, 2007 By BRIAN BERGSTEIN , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- IBM Corp. disclosed Tuesday that it is taking on $11.5 billion in new debt to finance an aggressive acceleration of its stock repurchase plan, which the company believes is one of the largest such steps ever.

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