Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, April 17, 1990 TAG: 9004170153 SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A5 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
\ International Business Machines Corp. helped give the stock market a boost Monday by reporting a better-than-expected 9 percent jump in first-quarter earnings over a year ago. The world's biggest computer company is a bellwether stock on Wall Street.
by CNB