IBM posts lower 1Q earnings amid hardware slump

Published April 17, 2014 12:16am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — IBM’s first-quarter earnings fell and revenue came in below Wall Street’s expectations amid an ongoing decline in its hardware business, one that was exacerbated by weaker demand in China and emerging markets.

The world’s largest technology services company has been working to expand into new areas as its hardware business falters, but the latest results show that these efforts have yet to fully pay off.

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