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IBM Corp suffered after reporting its canada goose lowest quarterly revenue in five years as the company struggles with falling demand for its storage and server products. Total cheap canada goose uk revenue fell 4 percent to $22.5 billion in the first quarter, below average estimate of $22.91 billion.
Shares of the world largest technology services company fell about 4 buy canada goose jacket percent to $188.20 in after hours trade.
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Yellen said achieving the Fed economic goals likely require low real interest rates for some time, a policy view she said was shared broadly uk canada goose outlet across many advanced economies.
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But that in turn weighed on the dollar which eased back to 102.01 yen from an early high at 102.26. The euro was a whisker firmer at $1.3835 but well within recent ranges.
Bonds in cheap Canada Goose Europe continued their spectacular rally amid speculation that persistently low inflation would force the European Central Bank to launch canada goose clearance sale further stimulus.
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