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<text id=93TT0930>
<title>
Jan. 25, 1993: Business:Et Cetera
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Jan. 25, 1993 Stand and Deliver: Bill Clinton
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
BUSINESS, Page 22
Et Cetera
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<p> MURPHY'S LAW
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<p> At International Business Machines last year, they thought
everything that could go wrong for the computer company did.
Market share fell in every single product line; the once
unshakable firm was forced to revoke a 78-year policy against
involuntary layoffs; and it recorded losses of $3 billion. This
year isn't shaping up any better. Standard & Poor's stripped IBM
of its prized triple-A credit ranking, lowering it three notches
to double-A-minus. That will adversely affect some $19 billion
worth of senior debt. Last March, Moody's Investors Service
downgraded IBM's debt rating.
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