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To: kormac who wrote (45295)	1/26/2006 2:45:45 PM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

DJ IBM Acquires CIMS Lab, In Mktg Pact With Parametric Tech ARMONK, N.Y. (Dow Jones)--International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) acquired privately held CIMS Lab Inc. for an undisclosed price. IBM will incorporate CIMS Lab's technology, which tracks the use of computing resources, into its software, hardware and services. In a press release Wednesday, IBM said the acquisition of CIMS Lab improves its software portfolio of virtualized technology, which allows users, especially large organizations, to manage their information technology resources and adjust them as needed. California-based CIMS Lab has been an IBM Business Partner since 2003. In a separate release, IBM said it started a cooperative marketing agreement on Jan. 1 with Parametric Technology Corp. (PMTC) focusing on China in an effort to expand its sales reach. In premarket trading on Inet, IBM shares were at $80.86, up a penny from Tuesday's closing price. Company Web site: ibm.com -Josee Rose; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400; asknewswires@dowjones.com

To: kormac who wrote (45295)	1/26/2006 2:46:42 PM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

=DJ Table Of 20 Largest U.S. Cos. By Market Capitalization .Data as of close on 1/25/06 Company Ticker Market Cap ($in billions) Exxon Mobil XOM 374.65 General Electric GE 346.15 Microsoft Corp. MSFT 281.02 Citigroup Inc. C 233.88 Bank of America BAC 207.30 Procter & Gamble PG 199.82 Wal-Mart Stores WMT 191.40 Pfizer Inc. PFE 183.03 Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174.03 American Int'l Group AIG 170.82 Altria MO 153.78 Chevron CVX 138.83 Berkshire Hathaway BRK.a 138.37 JPMorgan Chase JPM 134.64 Google GOOG 127.97 Intel Corp. INTC 127.88 IBM IBM 127.80 Cisco Systems CSCO 114.07 Wells Fargo WFC 103.68 Coca-Cola KO 97.88